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Barometric pressure in Srinagar

1008hPa
Rising

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has been rising slowly. It stands 2 hPa higher than it did at this time yesterday. It continues to climb until Tuesday morning.

Sea level reading, as of 22:00 local time. A barometer in Srinagar itself reads about 840 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.

now30° / 21°28° / 21°27° / 20°25° / 20°29° / 19°28° / 19°26° / 18°28° / 15°30° / 15°31° / 17°31° / 17°32° / 18°32° / 19°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29995100010051010
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

Edges up slowly through the day.

Overcast26° / 18°1.5 mm

low 1006 · high 1011 hPa

MonAug 24 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Mainly clear28° / 15°

low 1003 · high 1011 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

Rises first, then falls away in the morning.

Mainly clear30° / 15°

low 1003 · high 1010 hPa

WedAug 26 −3 hPa

Rises first, then falls away in the afternoon.

Mainly clear31° / 17°

low 1001 · high 1009 hPa

ThuAug 27 −1 hPa

Rises first, then falls away in the morning.

Mainly clear31° / 17°

low 1000 · high 1007 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

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

Clear sky32° / 18°

low 998 · high 1006 hPa

SatAug 29 −2 hPa

Rises first, then falls away in the afternoon.

Mainly clear32° / 19°

low 998 · high 1005 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Partly cloudy20°1007
01:00Partly cloudy19°1007
02:00Overcast19°1007
03:00Drizzle18°0.51007
04:00Drizzle18°0.51008
05:00Drizzle19°0.51009
06:00Partly cloudy19°1009
07:00Mainly clear20°1010
08:00Mainly clear20°1010
09:00Mainly clear21°1011
10:00Partly cloudy22°1011
11:00Overcast23°1011
12:00Overcast25°1010
13:00Overcast25°1009
14:00Overcast26°1007
15:00Partly cloudy26°1007
16:00Mainly clear26°1006
17:00Clear sky26°1006
18:00Clear sky24°1006
19:00Clear sky23°1006
20:00Clear sky22°1007
21:00Clear sky21°1007
22:00Clear sky20°1008
23:00Clear sky19°1009

Of the seven days, Wednesday moves most: down 3 hPa.

What happens next

Pressure tops out near 1010 hPa on Tuesday morning, and falls after that.

The daily rhythm

In Srinagar pressure moves on a daily clock: about 6 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

Srinagar sits 1594 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 168 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 840 hPa as of 22:00.

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 Srinagar.

Cities nearby

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

Wondering if this weather is normal? See what the weather in Srinagar has done 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 Srinagar, which stands 1594 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 168 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.