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Barometric pressure in Santiago del Estero

1022hPa
Falling

Pressure has spent the past day falling slowly. Down 2 hPa since this time yesterday. The fall carries on until Wednesday evening.

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.

now16° / 13°19° / 11°15° / 10°26° / 9°25° / 11°20° / 8°19° / 9°21° / 14°26° / 12°30° / 15°24° / 18°23° / 18°23° / 16°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291000101010201030
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 −1 hPa

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

Overcast19° / 9°

low 1019 · high 1024 hPa

MonAug 24 −5 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast21° / 14°

low 1016 · high 1022 hPa

TueAug 25 −7 hPa

Falls quickly, most of it in the afternoon.

Clear sky26° / 12°

low 1009 · high 1017 hPa

WedAug 26 −12 hPa

Falls very rapidly, most of it in the afternoon.

Clear sky30° / 15°

low 997 · high 1010 hPa

ThuAug 27 +6 hPa

Rises quickly, most of it in the morning.

Light drizzle24° / 18°0.5 mm

low 998 · high 1004 hPa

FriAug 28 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Overcast23° / 18°0.6 mm

low 1004 · high 1008 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Overcast23° / 16°

low 1006 · high 1011 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky13°1022
01:00Clear sky12°1022
02:00Clear sky11°1022
03:00Clear sky11°1022
04:00Clear sky10°1021
05:00Clear sky9°1021
06:00Clear sky9°1021
07:00Mainly clear10°1022
08:00Partly cloudy10°1022
09:00Overcast11°1023
10:00Overcast13°1023
11:00Overcast14°1024
12:00Overcast16°1024
13:00Overcast17°1022
14:00Overcast18°1021
15:00Overcast19°1020
16:00Overcast19°1019
17:00Overcast19°1019
18:00Overcast19°1020
19:00Overcast18°1020
20:00Overcast17°1021
21:00Overcast16°1021
22:00Overcast15°1021
23:00Overcast15°1022

Wednesday has the week's biggest move: down 12 hPa.

What happens next

Pressure bottoms out near 997 hPa on Wednesday evening, and rises after that.

Your own barometer

Santiago del Estero sits 185 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 22 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1000 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 Santiago del Estero.

Cities nearby

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

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Santiago del Estero, 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 Santiago del Estero, which stands 185 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 22 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.