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Barometric pressure in Sucre

1019hPa
Falling

Day to day, pressure has fallen steadily. A drop of 2 hPa since this time yesterday. That fall is ending: it turns and rises until tomorrow morning.

Sea level reading, as of 11:00 local time. A barometer in Sucre itself reads about 739 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.

now15° / 9°11° / 8°19° / 7°19° / 7°20° / 5°19° / 7°19° / 7°15° / 8°21° / 6°23° / 5°26° / 6°27° / 7°25° / 11°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29100010101020
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

Edges up slowly through the day.

Overcast19° / 7°0.6 mm

low 1012 · high 1021 hPa

MonAug 24 −1 hPa

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

Light drizzle15° / 8°9.0 mm

low 1016 · high 1023 hPa

TueAug 25 −6 hPa

Falls quickly, most of it in the afternoon.

Light drizzle21° / 6°

low 1008 · high 1020 hPa

WedAug 26 −4 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Clear sky23° / 5°

low 1005 · high 1015 hPa

ThuAug 27 −1 hPa

Rises first, then falls away in the afternoon.

Clear sky26° / 6°

low 1003 · high 1012 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Clear sky27° / 7°

low 1001 · high 1011 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Rises first, then falls away in the morning.

Clear sky25° / 11°

low 1004 · high 1014 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky9°1020
01:00Clear sky8°1020
02:00Clear sky8°1020
03:00Clear sky7°1020
04:00Mainly clear7°1020
05:00Mainly clear7°1020
06:00Mainly clear7°1020
07:00Clear sky8°1021
08:00Clear sky10°1021
09:00Mainly clear12°1021
10:00Partly cloudy14°1020
11:00Overcast16°1019
12:00Overcast17°1017
13:00Partly cloudy18°1015
14:00Partly cloudy19°1013
15:00Partly cloudy18°1012
16:00Partly cloudy18°1012
17:00Partly cloudy17°1012
18:00Overcast15°1014
19:00Overcast13°1015
20:00Overcast12°1017
21:00Light drizzle11°0.21018
22:00Light drizzle11°0.21020
23:00Light drizzle10°0.21021

Biggest change: Tuesday, down 6 hPa.

What happens next

The high point comes tomorrow morning, near 1023 hPa; after that it falls.

The daily rhythm

In Sucre pressure moves on a daily clock: about 9 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

Sucre sits 2794 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 280 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 739 hPa as of 11:00.

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 Sucre.

Cities nearby

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

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Sucre, on our sister site uvi.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 Sucre, which stands 2794 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 280 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.