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Barometric pressure in Ressano Garcia

1026hPa
Rising

Pressure has been rising very rapidly for the past day. It is 10 hPa higher than this time yesterday. The rise carries on until this evening.

Sea level reading, as of 18:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

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

now26° / 13°28° / 13°26° / 17°32° / 18°29° / 18°34° / 18°27° / 18°26° / 17°30° / 15°26° / 17°23° / 18°24° / 16°26° / 15°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291015102010251030
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 +11 hPa

Rises very rapidly, most of it overnight.

Clear sky27° / 18°

low 1018 · high 1029 hPa

MonAug 24 −4 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Partly cloudy26° / 17°

low 1023 · high 1029 hPa

TueAug 25 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Clear sky30° / 15°

low 1017 · high 1024 hPa

WedAug 26 +9 hPa

Rises very rapidly through the day.

Light drizzle26° / 17°1.8 mm

low 1021 · high 1029 hPa

ThuAug 27 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle23° / 18°1.8 mm

low 1028 · high 1031 hPa

FriAug 28 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast24° / 16°

low 1026 · high 1030 hPa

SatAug 29 −7 hPa

Falls quickly, most of it in the morning.

Overcast26° / 15°

low 1020 · high 1026 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky22°1018
01:00Clear sky22°1019
02:00Clear sky21°1019
03:00Clear sky20°1021
04:00Clear sky20°1022
05:00Clear sky19°1024
06:00Clear sky19°1026
07:00Clear sky20°1027
08:00Clear sky21°1028
09:00Clear sky22°1028
10:00Clear sky24°1028
11:00Clear sky25°1028
12:00Clear sky26°1027
13:00Mainly clear26°1026
14:00Mainly clear27°1026
15:00Mainly clear26°1025
16:00Clear sky26°1025
17:00Clear sky25°1025
18:00Clear sky23°1026
19:00Clear sky21°1027
20:00Clear sky20°1028
21:00Clear sky19°1028
22:00Clear sky18°1029
23:00Clear sky18°1029

Of the seven days, today moves most: up 11 hPa.

What happens next

The high point comes this evening, near 1029 hPa; after that it falls.

Your own barometer

Ressano Garcia sits 101 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 12 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1014 hPa as of 18:00.

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 Ressano Garcia.

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 Ressano Garcia 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 Ressano Garcia, which stands 101 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 12 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.