Barometric pressure in Punta Arenas
Air pressure has been rising steadily over the last 24 hours. It is 6 hPa higher than this time yesterday. It continues to climb until tomorrow evening.
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 week ahead
Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.
Rises steadily through the day.
7° / 0°low 994 · high 1000 hPa
Rises steadily through the day.
7° / 0°low 1000 · high 1005 hPa
Falls quickly through the day.
7° / 1°0.9 mmlow 996 · high 1004 hPa
Rises quickly, most of it in the evening.
7° / 2°low 993 · high 1004 hPa
Rises first, then falls away in the evening.
5° / 2°low 1003 · high 1009 hPa
Climbs in the afternoon, then settles back.
6° / 3°2.1 mmlow 999 · high 1004 hPa
Rises very rapidly through the day.
6° / 2°1.2 mmlow 1004 · high 1026 hPa
Hour by hour
| Hour | Weather and temperature | Rain (mm) | Pressure (hPa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 |  2° | 994 | |
| 01:00 | 1° | 995 | |
| 02:00 | 1° | 995 | |
| 03:00 | 1° | 995 | |
| 04:00 | 1° | 994 | |
| 05:00 |  1° | 994 | |
| 06:00 | 0° | 994 | |
| 07:00 | 0° | 994 | |
| 08:00 | 0° | 994 | |
| 09:00 | 0° | 994 | |
| 10:00 | 2° | 995 | |
| 11:00 | 4° | 995 | |
| 12:00 | 5° | 995 | |
| 13:00 | 6° | 996 | |
| 14:00 | 7° | 995 | |
| 15:00 | 7° | 996 | |
| 16:00 | 7° | 996 | |
| 17:00 | 7° | 996 | |
| 18:00 | 6° | 997 | |
| 19:00 | 5° | 997 | |
| 20:00 | 3° | 998 | |
| 21:00 | 1° | 999 | |
| 22:00 | 1° | 999 | |
| 23:00 | 1° | 1000 |
Biggest change: Thursday, up 22 hPa.
The high point comes tomorrow evening, near 1005 hPa; after that it falls.
Punta Arenas sits 15 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 2 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 993 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 Punta Arenas.
Cities nearby
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Is this weather normal for the season? See how these days compare with Punta Arenas weather since 1940, on our sister site 
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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 Punta Arenas, which stands 15 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 2 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.
