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Barometric pressure in San Luis Potosí City

1021hPa
Steady

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has barely moved. Nothing in the week ahead takes it far from where it is now.

Sea level reading, as of 10:00 local time. A barometer in San Luis Potosí City itself reads about 826 hPa.

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.

now28/1928° / 15°27° / 14°28° / 15°27° / 16°28° / 17°28° / 15°29° / 14°27° / 17°27° / 15°28° / 15°27° / 16°30° / 14°29° / 15°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291010101510201025
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

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast29° / 14°

low 1015 · high 1022 hPa

MonAug 24 0 hPa

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

Overcast27° / 17°

low 1015 · high 1020 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle27° / 15°2.1 mm

low 1015 · high 1021 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast28° / 15°

low 1014 · high 1021 hPa

ThuAug 27 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast27° / 16°

low 1013 · high 1020 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Overcast30° / 14°

low 1013 · high 1021 hPa

SatAug 29 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky29° / 15°

low 1013 · high 1021 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast17°1022
01:00Overcast17°1022
02:00Partly cloudy16°1022
03:00Mainly clear16°1021
04:00Mainly clear15°1021
05:00Mainly clear14°1021
06:00Clear sky14°1021
07:00Clear sky15°1021
08:00Clear sky17°1022
09:00Clear sky20°1022
10:00Clear sky22°1021
11:00Clear sky25°1020
12:00Clear sky27°1019
13:00Clear sky28°1017
14:00Mainly clear29°1016
15:00Partly cloudy29°1015
16:00Partly cloudy28°1015
17:00Overcast27°1015
18:00Overcast25°1015
19:00Overcast24°1016
20:00Overcast22°1018
21:00Overcast21°1019
22:00Overcast20°1019
23:00Overcast20°1020

A quiet week. Nothing moves more than 9 hPa in a day.

What happens next

Nothing in the week ahead moves pressure far from where it is now.

The daily rhythm

In San Luis Potosí City pressure moves on a daily clock: about 7 hPa between its regular low and high, at much the same hours every day. That daily swing is most of the shape you see on the graph, so the change since yesterday tells you more here than the change over the past few hours.

Your own barometer

San Luis Potosí City sits 1868 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 195 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 826 hPa as of 10:00.

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 San Luis Potosí City.

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 San Luis Potosí City 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 San Luis Potosí City, which stands 1868 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 195 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.