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Barometric pressure in Piraquara

1021hPa
Rising

Pressure has spent the past day rising slowly. It stands 1 hPa higher than it did at this time yesterday. There is more to come: it climbs until tomorrow morning.

Sea level reading, as of 13:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

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

now28° / 15°29° / 16°28° / 16°26° / 15°19° / 11°20° / 7°18° / 9°12° / 8°12° / 9°17° / 11°25° / 13°28° / 16°28° / 17°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 2910051010101510201025
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 +2 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle18° / 9°1.0 mm

low 1020 · high 1025 hPa

MonAug 24 −1 hPa

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

Light drizzle12° / 8°1.9 mm

low 1023 · high 1027 hPa

TueAug 25 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Light drizzle12° / 9°3.6 mm

low 1020 · high 1024 hPa

WedAug 26 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Light drizzle17° / 11°5.4 mm

low 1016 · high 1020 hPa

ThuAug 27 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast25° / 13°

low 1012 · high 1017 hPa

FriAug 28 −4 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Partly cloudy28° / 16°

low 1008 · high 1014 hPa

SatAug 29 +3 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle28° / 17°5.4 mm

low 1009 · high 1013 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Light drizzle11°0.21023
01:00Light drizzle11°0.11022
02:00Light drizzle11°0.11022
03:00Light drizzle11°0.11022
04:00Overcast11°1022
05:00Overcast10°1022
06:00Overcast11°1022
07:00Partly cloudy11°1023
08:00Partly cloudy11°1023
09:00Partly cloudy12°1023
10:00Mainly clear13°1023
11:00Mainly clear15°1023
12:00Clear sky16°1022
13:00Clear sky17°1021
14:00Clear sky18°1020
15:00Clear sky18°1020
16:00Mainly clear16°1020
17:00Partly cloudy14°1021
18:00Overcast12°1022
19:00Light drizzle11°0.11023
20:00Light drizzle11°0.11024
21:00Light drizzle10°0.11024
22:00Light drizzle10°0.11025
23:00Light drizzle9°0.11025

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

What happens next

The highest reading, about 1027 hPa, comes tomorrow morning; it falls from there.

Your own barometer

Piraquara sits 894 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 101 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 920 hPa as of 13:00.

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 Piraquara.

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 Piraquara 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 Piraquara, which stands 894 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 101 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.