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Barometric pressure in Nyala

1010hPa
Falling

Day to day, pressure has fallen slowly. Down 1 hPa since this time yesterday. The move has ended; it stays near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 17:00 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.

now37° / 24°35° / 24°30° / 23°37° / 25°37° / 26°34° / 23°34° / 24°37° / 26°39° / 26°39° / 26°40° / 28°37° / 26°33° / 27°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29100510101015
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

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

TodayAug 23 0 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Overcast34° / 24°

low 1010 · high 1016 hPa

MonAug 24 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Partly cloudy37° / 26°

low 1007 · high 1013 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

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

Partly cloudy39° / 26°

low 1005 · high 1011 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky39° / 26°0.6 mm

low 1005 · high 1012 hPa

ThuAug 27 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky40° / 28°

low 1005 · high 1012 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle37° / 26°

low 1006 · high 1011 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light drizzle33° / 27°1.2 mm

low 1009 · high 1012 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Partly cloudy26°1013
01:00Mainly clear26°1012
02:00Clear sky26°1012
03:00Clear sky25°1012
04:00Clear sky24°1012
05:00Mainly clear24°1013
06:00Partly cloudy25°1014
07:00Partly cloudy26°1015
08:00Partly cloudy27°1016
09:00Partly cloudy29°1016
10:00Partly cloudy31°1016
11:00Partly cloudy33°1015
12:00Partly cloudy33°1014
13:00Overcast33°1013
14:00Overcast33°1012
15:00Overcast33°1011
16:00Overcast34°1011
17:00Partly cloudy33°1010
18:00Overcast33°1010
19:00Overcast31°1011
20:00Overcast30°1011
21:00Overcast30°1012
22:00Overcast29°1012
23:00Overcast28°1013

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 7 hPa.

What happens next

Nothing in the week ahead moves pressure far from where it is now.

The daily rhythm

Nyala has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 5 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

Nyala sits 662 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 71 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 939 hPa as of 17:00.

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 Nyala.

Cities nearby

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

Wondering if this weather is normal? See what the weather in Nyala has done since 1940, on our sister site weatherjourney.com.

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 Nyala, which stands 662 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 71 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.