Barometric pressure in Tiaret
Beneath its daily wave, pressure has risen steadily. A rise of 3 hPa since this time yesterday. It pauses for a while, then rises again this evening.
Sea level reading, as of 17:00 local time. A barometer in Tiaret itself reads about 907 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.
The week ahead
Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.
Barely moves all day.
34° / 19°1.5 mmlow 1015 · high 1018 hPa
Edges up slowly through the day.
35° / 22°low 1015 · high 1020 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
39° / 18°low 1012 · high 1019 hPa
Edges up slowly through the day.
40° / 24°low 1012 · high 1016 hPa
Falls first, then climbs in the evening.
40° / 17°low 1012 · high 1021 hPa
Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.
30° / 17°low 1017 · high 1021 hPa
Falls steadily through the day.
38° / 18°low 1016 · high 1020 hPa
Hour by hour
| Hour | Weather and temperature | Rain (mm) | Pressure (hPa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 |  21° | 1017 | |
| 01:00 | 21° | 1017 | |
| 02:00 | 20° | 1016 | |
| 03:00 |  20° | 1016 | |
| 04:00 | 20° | 1016 | |
| 05:00 | 19° | 1017 | |
| 06:00 | 19° | 1017 | |
| 07:00 | 19° | 1017 | |
| 08:00 | 23° | 1017 | |
| 09:00 | 27° | 1016 | |
| 10:00 | 31° | 1016 | |
| 11:00 | 33° | 1015 | |
| 12:00 | 34° | 1015 | |
| 13:00 | 34° | 1015 | |
| 14:00 | 34° | 0.4 | 1015 |
| 15:00 | 33° | 0.4 | 1015 |
| 16:00 | 32° | 0.4 | 1015 |
| 17:00 | 31° | 1015 | |
| 18:00 | 31° | 1015 | |
| 19:00 | 30° | 1015 | |
| 20:00 | 29° | 0.1 | 1016 |
| 21:00 | 28° | 0.1 | 1017 |
| 22:00 | 27° | 0.1 | 1018 |
| 23:00 | 26° | 1018 |
Tuesday has the week's biggest move: down 5 hPa.
The low point comes this evening, near 1015 hPa; after that it rises.
Tiaret has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 3 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.
Tiaret sits 1019 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 109 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 907 hPa as of 17:00.
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 Tiaret.
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 Tiaret, which stands 1019 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 109 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.
