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Barometric pressure in Ottakring

1020hPa
Rising

Over the past day, pressure rose slowly. It is 3 hPa higher than this time yesterday. The rise is giving way to a fall that lasts until Friday evening.

Sea level reading, as of 19:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast.

now29° / 17°21° / 15°28° / 16°31° / 19°26° / 16°24° / 15°24° / 14°25° / 14°27° / 15°29° / 16°32° / 18°35° / 22°23° / 19°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291005101010151020
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

Barely moves all day.

Clear sky24° / 14°

low 1020 · high 1023 hPa

MonAug 24 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast25° / 14°

low 1018 · high 1022 hPa

TueAug 25 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast27° / 15°

low 1012 · high 1018 hPa

WedAug 26 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle29° / 16°0.9 mm

low 1016 · high 1018 hPa

ThuAug 27 −4 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast32° / 18°

low 1014 · high 1017 hPa

FriAug 28 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast35° / 22°

low 1007 · high 1013 hPa

SatAug 29 +3 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Drizzle23° / 19°7.2 mm

low 1012 · high 1015 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky16°1021
01:00Clear sky15°1021
02:00Clear sky14°1022
03:00Clear sky14°1022
04:00Clear sky14°1022
05:00Clear sky14°1022
06:00Clear sky14°1022
07:00Clear sky15°1023
08:00Clear sky16°1023
09:00Clear sky17°1023
10:00Clear sky19°1023
11:00Clear sky20°1023
12:00Clear sky21°1022
13:00Mainly clear22°1022
14:00Mainly clear23°1022
15:00Clear sky23°1021
16:00Clear sky24°1021
17:00Clear sky24°1020
18:00Clear sky22°1020
19:00Clear sky21°1020
20:00Mainly clear19°1020
21:00Mainly clear18°1021
22:00Mainly clear17°1021
23:00Mainly clear17°1021

Of the seven days, Thursday moves most: down 4 hPa.

What happens next

The lowest reading, about 1007 hPa, comes on Friday evening; it climbs from there.

Your own barometer

Ottakring sits 249 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 29 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 991 hPa as of 19:00.

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 Ottakring.

Cities nearby

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

Is this weather normal for the season? See how these days compare with Ottakring weather 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 Ottakring, which stands 249 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 29 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.