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Barometric pressure in Kishanganj

1004hPa
Rising

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has risen slowly. It stands 1 hPa higher than it did at this time yesterday. It is flattening out; a fall begins tomorrow evening.

Sea level reading, as of 23:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now31° / 27°32° / 27°32° / 26°33° / 27°32° / 27°34° / 28°33° / 27°32° / 27°32° / 26°31° / 25°32° / 25°31° / 26°30° / 26°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29995.0997.51000.01002.51005.01007.5
The forecast runs 6 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Dense drizzle33° / 27°10.8 mm

low 1001 · high 1004 hPa

MonAug 24 +1 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle32° / 27°6.6 mm

low 1000 · high 1005 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light rain32° / 26°9.9 mm

low 1000 · high 1005 hPa

WedAug 26 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Light drizzle31° / 25°8.1 mm

low 999 · high 1005 hPa

ThuAug 27 −1 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Light drizzle32° / 25°6.9 mm

low 998 · high 1003 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle31° / 26°4.8 mm

low 998 · high 1002 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Dense drizzle30° / 26°14.1 mm

low 998 · high 1003 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Light rain29°1.71003
01:00Light rain28°1.71002
02:00Light rain27°1.71002
03:00Light drizzle27°0.21002
04:00Light drizzle28°0.21002
05:00Light drizzle29°0.21002
06:00Light drizzle29°0.21002
07:00Light drizzle29°0.21003
08:00Light drizzle30°0.21004
09:00Light drizzle31°0.11004
10:00Light drizzle32°0.11004
11:00Light drizzle33°0.11003
12:00Dense drizzle33°1.11003
13:00Dense drizzle32°1.11002
14:00Dense drizzle31°1.11001
15:00Light drizzle31°0.31001
16:00Light drizzle30°0.31001
17:00Light drizzle29°0.31001
18:00Overcast29°1002
19:00Overcast29°1003
20:00Overcast29°1004
21:00Partly cloudy28°1004
22:00Mainly clear28°1004
23:00Mainly clear28°1004

Biggest change: Wednesday, down 3 hPa.

What happens next

Pressure tops out near 1005 hPa tomorrow evening, and falls after that.

The daily rhythm

Kishanganj has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 4 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Kishanganj sits 51 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 6 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 999 hPa as of 23:00.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Kishanganj.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Kishanganj, on our sister site uvi.today.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude, and sometimes the instrument itself. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. The figure for Kishanganj, which stands 51 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 6 hPa below the sea-level reading. If your barometer is already set to sea level and still reads slightly differently, that is the setting on the instrument rather than the weather.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.