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Barometric pressure in Peicheng

1008hPa
Steady

Day to day, pressure has barely moved. A climb is beginning, and runs until tomorrow morning.

Sea level reading, as of 01:00 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° / 23°32° / 24°30° / 26°29° / 24°31° / 24°32° / 25°32° / 26°32° / 26°32° / 26°31° / 25°32° / 24°32° / 25°32° / 26°31° / 25°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30100010051010
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 24 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle32° / 26°0.6 mm

low 1006 · high 1009 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

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

Mainly clear32° / 26°

low 1007 · high 1011 hPa

WedAug 26 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle31° / 25°

low 1006 · high 1009 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Partly cloudy32° / 24°

low 1006 · high 1009 hPa

FriAug 28 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast32° / 25°

low 1004 · high 1008 hPa

SatAug 29 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle32° / 26°0.9 mm

low 1002 · high 1005 hPa

SunAug 30 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Overcast31° / 25°

low 1003 · high 1007 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky27°1008
01:00Clear sky27°1008
02:00Clear sky27°1008
03:00Clear sky26°1008
04:00Mainly clear26°1007
05:00Mainly clear26°1007
06:00Mainly clear26°1008
07:00Partly cloudy27°1009
08:00Partly cloudy27°1009
09:00Light drizzle28°0.11009
10:00Light drizzle29°0.11009
11:00Light drizzle30°0.11009
12:00Light drizzle31°0.11008
13:00Light drizzle31°0.11008
14:00Light drizzle32°0.11007
15:00Clear sky32°1007
16:00Clear sky32°1006
17:00Clear sky31°1006
18:00Clear sky31°1007
19:00Clear sky30°1008
20:00Clear sky29°1008
21:00Clear sky28°1009
22:00Clear sky28°1009
23:00Clear sky28°1009

Of the seven days, Sunday moves most: up 4 hPa.

What happens next

The highest reading, about 1011 hPa, comes tomorrow morning; it falls from there.

The daily rhythm

Peicheng has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 2 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

Peicheng sits 38 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 4 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1004 hPa as of 01:00.

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 Peicheng.

Cities nearby

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

Watching the sun as well? See how strong the UV is in Peicheng right now, 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 Peicheng, which stands 38 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 4 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.