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Barometric pressure in Tiruchirappalli

1011hPa
Rising

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has risen slowly. It is 1 hPa higher than this time yesterday. The move has ended; it stays near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 22:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now37° / 28°37° / 28°35° / 28°36° / 27°36° / 28°36° / 28°36° / 27°34° / 27°33° / 27°34° / 27°37° / 27°37° / 27°36° / 26°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291002.51005.01007.51010.01012.5
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

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle36° / 27°4.2 mm

low 1005 · high 1011 hPa

MonAug 24 +1 hPa

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

Light drizzle34° / 27°2.1 mm

low 1006 · high 1011 hPa

TueAug 25 +1 hPa

Falls first, then climbs in the evening.

Light drizzle33° / 27°0.6 mm

low 1007 · high 1011 hPa

WedAug 26 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast34° / 27°

low 1006 · high 1011 hPa

ThuAug 27 +1 hPa

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

Light drizzle37° / 27°1.2 mm

low 1005 · high 1010 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle37° / 27°

low 1005 · high 1010 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle36° / 26°0.6 mm

low 1006 · high 1010 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Partly cloudy28°1009
01:00Mainly clear28°1008
02:00Clear sky27°1008
03:00Clear sky27°1008
04:00Mainly clear27°1008
05:00Mainly clear28°1008
06:00Partly cloudy28°1008
07:00Partly cloudy29°1009
08:00Partly cloudy30°1010
09:00Overcast32°1010
10:00Overcast33°1009
11:00Overcast34°1008
12:00Light drizzle35°0.11007
13:00Light drizzle36°0.11006
14:00Light drizzle36°0.11005
15:00Drizzle35°0.71005
16:00Drizzle32°0.71005
17:00Drizzle30°0.71006
18:00Drizzle29°0.61007
19:00Drizzle28°0.61009
20:00Drizzle28°0.61010
21:00Overcast27°1010
22:00Overcast27°1011
23:00Overcast27°1010

A quiet week. Nothing moves more than 6 hPa in a day.

What happens next

The forecast shows no big move in either direction this week.

The daily rhythm

Tiruchirappalli has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 4 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

Tiruchirappalli sits 80 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 9 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1001 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 Tiruchirappalli.

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 Tiruchirappalli 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 Tiruchirappalli, which stands 80 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 9 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.