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Barometric pressure in Valdivia

1018hPa
Falling

Over the past day, pressure has been falling slowly. A drop of 1 hPa since this time yesterday. There is more to come: it falls until early on Wednesday.

Sea level reading, as of 12:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast.

now13° / 2°13° / 2°12° / 3°13° / 7°14° / 3°15° / 4°17° / 3°10° / 6°11° / 9°11° / 9°10° / 9°11° / 7°11° / 7°16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291000101010201030
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 −4 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Partly cloudy17° / 3°

low 1015 · high 1019 hPa

MonAug 24 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light rain10° / 6°11.1 mm

low 1013 · high 1015 hPa

TueAug 25 −11 hPa

Falls quickly through the day.

Rain11° / 9°44.7 mm

low 1002 · high 1013 hPa

WedAug 26 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light rain11° / 9°26.7 mm

low 1001 · high 1007 hPa

ThuAug 27 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Rain10° / 9°34.5 mm

low 1004 · high 1008 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light rain11° / 7°35.1 mm

low 1007 · high 1009 hPa

SatAug 29 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Drizzle11° / 7°20.7 mm

low 1005 · high 1009 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky6°1019
01:00Clear sky6°1019
02:00Clear sky5°1019
03:00Clear sky5°1019
04:00Clear sky4°1019
05:00Clear sky4°1018
06:00Mainly clear3°1018
07:00Partly cloudy3°1018
08:00Partly cloudy3°1019
09:00Partly cloudy5°1019
10:00Mainly clear8°1019
11:00Clear sky11°1019
12:00Clear sky13°1018
13:00Clear sky15°1017
14:00Clear sky16°1016
15:00Clear sky17°1015
16:00Clear sky17°1015
17:00Clear sky16°1015
18:00Clear sky14°1015
19:00Clear sky11°1015
20:00Clear sky8°1015
21:00Mainly clear7°1015
22:00Partly cloudy7°1015
23:00Overcast7°1015

Biggest change: Tuesday, down 11 hPa.

What happens next

The lowest reading, about 1001 hPa, comes early on Wednesday; it climbs from there.

Your own barometer

Valdivia is at sea level, so a barometer there reads about the same as the sea-level figure.

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 Valdivia.

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 Valdivia 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. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. Valdivia is at sea level, so there is almost nothing to correct and the two figures agree.

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.