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Barometric pressure in Wah Cantt

1004hPa
Rising

Day to day, pressure has risen slowly. It is 2 hPa higher than this time yesterday. It is levelling off, then starts falling on Tuesday morning.

Sea level reading, as of 21:00 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.

now33° / 24°32° / 25°30° / 25°30° / 24°32° / 25°33° / 24°32° / 24°33° / 25°34° / 25°34° / 25°34° / 26°34° / 27°33° / 27°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29995.0997.51000.01002.51005.01007.5
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 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle32° / 24°4.2 mm

low 1002 · high 1006 hPa

MonAug 24 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky33° / 25°

low 1001 · high 1006 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

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

Clear sky34° / 25°

low 1001 · high 1005 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle34° / 25°

low 999 · high 1005 hPa

ThuAug 27 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle34° / 26°

low 998 · high 1002 hPa

FriAug 28 +1 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Light drizzle34° / 27°1.2 mm

low 998 · high 1001 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

The same daily climb.

Light drizzle33° / 27°0.9 mm

low 998 · high 1001 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Dense drizzle26°1.21002
01:00Dense drizzle25°1.21003
02:00Dense drizzle24°1.21004
03:00Light drizzle24°0.11004
04:00Light drizzle25°0.11003
05:00Light drizzle25°0.11003
06:00Mainly clear25°1004
07:00Partly cloudy25°1004
08:00Partly cloudy26°1005
09:00Partly cloudy27°1005
10:00Partly cloudy29°1006
11:00Mainly clear30°1006
12:00Mainly clear31°1006
13:00Mainly clear31°1005
14:00Mainly clear32°1005
15:00Light drizzle32°0.11004
16:00Light drizzle31°0.11003
17:00Light drizzle31°0.11003
18:00Clear sky30°1003
19:00Clear sky29°1003
20:00Clear sky28°1003
21:00Clear sky27°1004
22:00Clear sky27°1004
23:00Clear sky27°1004

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 5 hPa.

What happens next

The high point comes on Tuesday morning, near 1005 hPa; after that it falls.

The daily rhythm

Wah Cantt 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

Wah Cantt sits 467 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 52 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 952 hPa as of 21:00.

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 Wah Cantt.

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 Wah Cantt 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 Wah Cantt, which stands 467 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 52 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.