Barometric pressure in Sendai
Over the past day, pressure has been falling slowly. It stands 1 hPa lower than it did at this time yesterday. The fall carries on until early on Thursday.
Sea level reading, as of 00:00 local time.
The past week and the days ahead
The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast.
The week ahead
Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.
Falls steadily through the day.
31° / 22°3.3 mmlow 1012 · high 1016 hPa
Eases down slowly through the day.
33° / 22°low 1008 · high 1012 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
30° / 23°4.8 mmlow 1006 · high 1010 hPa
Edges up slowly through the day.
28° / 21°5.6 mmlow 1005 · high 1008 hPa
Rises steadily through the day.
28° / 19°1.0 mmlow 1008 · high 1012 hPa
Eases down slowly through the day.
25° / 17°11.5 mmlow 1009 · high 1013 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
24° / 20°27.8 mmlow 1003 · high 1009 hPa
Hour by hour
| Hour | Weather and temperature | Rain (mm) | Pressure (hPa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 |  23° | 1016 | |
| 01:00 | 23° | 1015 | |
| 02:00 | 22° | 1015 | |
| 03:00 | 22° | 1014 | |
| 04:00 |  22° | 1014 | |
| 05:00 | 22° | 1015 | |
| 06:00 |  22° | 1015 | |
| 07:00 | 24° | 1015 | |
| 08:00 |  26° | 1015 | |
| 09:00 | 28° | 1015 | |
| 10:00 | 29° | 0.1 | 1014 |
| 11:00 | 30° | 0.1 | 1013 |
| 12:00 | 31° | 0.1 | 1013 |
| 13:00 | 30° | 0.8 | 1013 |
| 14:00 | 29° | 0.8 | 1012 |
| 15:00 | 29° | 0.8 | 1012 |
| 16:00 | 28° | 0.2 | 1012 |
| 17:00 | 28° | 0.2 | 1012 |
| 18:00 | 27° | 0.2 | 1012 |
| 19:00 | 26° | 1012 | |
| 20:00 | 25° | 1012 | |
| 21:00 |  24° | 1013 | |
| 22:00 | 24° | 1013 | |
| 23:00 | 23° | 1012 |
Of the seven days, Sunday moves most: down 5 hPa.
Pressure bottoms out near 1005 hPa early on Thursday, and rises after that.
Sendai sits 53 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 6 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1009 hPa as of 00:00.
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 Sendai.
About Sendai
In Sendai spring is just as turbulent as winter. Of the roughly 52 big daily pressure changes in a typical year, March and April bring as many as December and January. Early spring is when a barometer here is at its busiest. The pressure's annual high comes late, in October, about 1019 hPa on average. The low comes in the August heat, near 1010, and deep readings under 1000 hPa show up only some four days a year. Most of the time, Sendai's readings stay in a comfortable middle range.
Sources: WikipediaERA5 reanalysisElevation: Copernicus DEM via Open-Meteo
Cities nearby
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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 Sendai, which stands 53 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 6 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.
