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Barometric pressure in Saskatoon

1008hPa
Falling

Pressure has spent the past day falling quickly. A drop of 13 hPa since this time yesterday. The fall carries on until this evening.

Sea level reading, as of 10:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

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

now25/1520° / 10°26° / 8°26° / 13°26° / 13°24° / 12°28° / 11°30° / 19°20° / 15°24° / 14°26° / 12°28° / 14°28° / 18°25° / 13°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291005101010151020
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 −6 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast30° / 19°

low 1004 · high 1011 hPa

MonAug 24 +10 hPa

Rises quickly through the day.

Light drizzle20° / 15°3.9 mm

low 1005 · high 1014 hPa

TueAug 25 +5 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Partly cloudy24° / 14°

low 1015 · high 1020 hPa

WedAug 26 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky26° / 12°

low 1017 · high 1021 hPa

ThuAug 27 −8 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Overcast28° / 14°

low 1010 · high 1017 hPa

FriAug 28 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast28° / 18°

low 1004 · high 1009 hPa

SatAug 29 +6 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Partly cloudy25° / 13°

low 1006 · high 1012 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Mainly clear21°1011
01:00Partly cloudy21°1010
02:00Partly cloudy22°1010
03:00Overcast22°1010
04:00Overcast21°1009
05:00Overcast20°1009
06:00Overcast19°1009
07:00Overcast19°1008
08:00Overcast20°1008
09:00Overcast21°1008
10:00Overcast22°1008
11:00Overcast24°1007
12:00Partly cloudy25°1006
13:00Partly cloudy27°1006
14:00Mainly clear28°1005
15:00Mainly clear29°1005
16:00Mainly clear29°1004
17:00Partly cloudy30°1004
18:00Overcast29°1004
19:00Partly cloudy27°1004
20:00Mainly clear25°1004
21:00Clear sky22°1004
22:00Clear sky21°1005
23:00Clear sky20°1005

Monday has the week's biggest move: up 10 hPa.

What happens next

The low point comes this evening, near 1004 hPa; after that it rises.

Your own barometer

Saskatoon sits 486 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 55 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 953 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 Saskatoon.

Cities nearby

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

Wondering how clean the air is? See today's air quality in Saskatoon, on our sister site airindex.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 Saskatoon, which stands 486 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 55 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.