Barometric pressure in St Helens
Pressure has barely moved over the past day. From here it heads down until Friday evening.
Sea level reading, as of 18:00 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.
Barely moves all day.
18° / 8°low 1025 · high 1027 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
20° / 11°low 1018 · high 1025 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
22° / 13°low 1012 · high 1018 hPa
Eases down slowly through the day.
23° / 16°3.9 mmlow 1010 · high 1013 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
20° / 16°8.1 mmlow 1004 · high 1010 hPa
Eases down slowly through the day.
19° / 14°10.0 mmlow 1000 · high 1003 hPa
Rises steadily through the day.
17° / 15°5.0 mmlow 1000 · high 1005 hPa
Hour by hour
| Hour | Weather and temperature | Rain (mm) | Pressure (hPa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 |  11° | 1026 | |
| 01:00 | 11° | 1026 | |
| 02:00 |  10° | 1026 | |
| 03:00 |  10° | 1025 | |
| 04:00 | 10° | 1025 | |
| 05:00 | 9° | 1026 | |
| 06:00 | 8° | 1026 | |
| 07:00 | 8° | 1026 | |
| 08:00 | 10° | 1026 | |
| 09:00 |  13° | 1026 | |
| 10:00 | 15° | 1027 | |
| 11:00 | 17° | 1027 | |
| 12:00 | 17° | 1026 | |
| 13:00 | 18° | 1026 | |
| 14:00 | 18° | 1026 | |
| 15:00 | 18° | 1026 | |
| 16:00 | 18° | 1026 | |
| 17:00 | 18° | 1025 | |
| 18:00 | 17° | 1025 | |
| 19:00 | 16° | 1025 | |
| 20:00 | 15° | 1025 | |
| 21:00 | 13° | 1025 | |
| 22:00 | 12° | 1025 | |
| 23:00 | 12° | 1025 |
Thursday has the week's biggest move: down 7 hPa.
The low point comes on Friday evening, near 1000 hPa; after that it rises.
St Helens sits 29 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 4 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1022 hPa as of 18:00.
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 St Helens.
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 St Helens 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 St Helens, which stands 29 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 4 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.
