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Barometric pressure in Salzgitter

1022hPa
Rising

Pressure has spent the past day rising steadily. A rise of 5 hPa since this time yesterday. There is more to come: it climbs until tomorrow morning.

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.

now19° / 15°20° / 13°20° / 16°22° / 14°22° / 15°19° / 13°19° / 12°20° / 11°24° / 12°25° / 16°28° / 17°25° / 17°23° / 16°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29100010051010101510201025
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 +3 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle19° / 12°0.6 mm

low 1020 · high 1023 hPa

MonAug 24 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast20° / 11°

low 1020 · high 1024 hPa

TueAug 25 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast24° / 12°

low 1016 · high 1020 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light drizzle25° / 16°

low 1017 · high 1018 hPa

ThuAug 27 −8 hPa

Falls quickly through the day.

Overcast28° / 17°

low 1009 · high 1017 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

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

Dense drizzle25° / 17°4.5 mm

low 1003 · high 1009 hPa

SatAug 29 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle23° / 16°1.2 mm

low 1008 · high 1011 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky14°1020
01:00Clear sky13°1020
02:00Clear sky13°1021
03:00Clear sky12°1021
04:00Clear sky12°1021
05:00Clear sky12°1021
06:00Mainly clear12°1021
07:00Mainly clear12°1022
08:00Mainly clear13°1022
09:00Light drizzle14°0.11022
10:00Light drizzle16°0.11022
11:00Light drizzle17°0.11022
12:00Light drizzle17°0.11022
13:00Light drizzle18°0.11022
14:00Light drizzle18°0.11022
15:00Mainly clear19°1022
16:00Mainly clear19°1022
17:00Mainly clear19°1022
18:00Mainly clear18°1022
19:00Mainly clear18°1022
20:00Mainly clear17°1022
21:00Mainly clear16°1023
22:00Mainly clear15°1023
23:00Clear sky14°1023

Thursday has the week's biggest move: down 8 hPa.

What happens next

Pressure tops out near 1024 hPa tomorrow morning, and falls after that.

Your own barometer

Salzgitter sits 105 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 13 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1009 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 Salzgitter.

Cities nearby

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

Wondering if this weather is normal? See what the weather in Salzgitter has done 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 Salzgitter, which stands 105 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 13 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.