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Barometric pressure in Sodo

1016hPa
Steady

Day to day, pressure has barely moved. It holds near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 19:00 local time. A barometer in Sodo itself reads about 803 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.

now21° / 12°21° / 13°21° / 13°21° / 13°22° / 14°22° / 13°23° / 13°23° / 14°23° / 15°24° / 15°24° / 14°24° / 13°23° / 14°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29101010151020
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.

Light drizzle23° / 13°0.6 mm

low 1015 · high 1021 hPa

MonAug 24 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle23° / 14°

low 1014 · high 1021 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Partly cloudy23° / 15°

low 1013 · high 1020 hPa

WedAug 26 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Partly cloudy24° / 15°

low 1012 · high 1020 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Overcast24° / 14°

low 1013 · high 1020 hPa

FriAug 28 −1 hPa

Rises first, then falls away in the afternoon.

Clear sky24° / 13°

low 1013 · high 1020 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Rises first, then falls away in the morning.

Clear sky23° / 14°

low 1013 · high 1020 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky13°1018
01:00Clear sky13°1018
02:00Clear sky14°1017
03:00Clear sky14°1017
04:00Clear sky14°1017
05:00Clear sky13°1018
06:00Clear sky14°1018
07:00Mainly clear15°1019
08:00Mainly clear16°1021
09:00Mainly clear18°1021
10:00Light drizzle19°0.11021
11:00Light drizzle20°0.11020
12:00Light drizzle21°0.11019
13:00Light drizzle22°0.11018
14:00Light drizzle23°0.11016
15:00Light drizzle23°0.11015
16:00Mainly clear22°1015
17:00Mainly clear22°1015
18:00Mainly clear20°1015
19:00Clear sky19°1016
20:00Clear sky17°1017
21:00Clear sky15°1017
22:00Clear sky15°1018
23:00Clear sky15°1018

A quiet week. Nothing moves more than 8 hPa in a day.

What happens next

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

The daily rhythm

Sodo has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 6 hPa between a regular low and high, at almost the same hours each day. Most of what the graph shows is that daily wave, which is why the change since yesterday says more here than the change over a few hours.

Your own barometer

Sodo sits 2050 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 212 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 803 hPa as of 19:00.

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 Sodo.

Cities nearby

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

Is this weather normal for the season? See how these days compare with Sodo weather 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 Sodo, which stands 2050 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 212 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.