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Barometric pressure in Wenshan City

1008hPa
Steady

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has barely moved. Nothing in the week ahead takes it far from where it is now.

Sea level reading, as of 00:00 local time. A barometer in Wenshan City itself reads about 872 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.

now27° / 20°28° / 20°26° / 20°29° / 20°29° / 20°28° / 21°30° / 20°30° / 20°27° / 20°23° / 20°28° / 20°27° / 20°26° / 20°29° / 19°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30100010051010
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 24 0 hPa

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

Light drizzle30° / 20°1.5 mm

low 1001 · high 1008 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Rain27° / 20°13.8 mm

low 1003 · high 1008 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Rain23° / 20°29.1 mm

low 1004 · high 1008 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain28° / 20°11.1 mm

low 1003 · high 1007 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain27° / 20°23.7 mm

low 1002 · high 1007 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light rain26° / 20°16.8 mm

low 1003 · high 1008 hPa

SunAug 30 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle29° / 19°10.8 mm

low 1003 · high 1007 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Overcast22°1008
01:00Overcast22°1007
02:00Overcast21°1007
03:00Partly cloudy21°1007
04:00Mainly clear20°1007
05:00Clear sky20°1007
06:00Clear sky21°1007
07:00Clear sky21°1008
08:00Mainly clear22°1008
09:00Mainly clear24°1008
10:00Partly cloudy26°1008
11:00Overcast27°1007
12:00Light drizzle28°0.11007
13:00Light drizzle28°0.11006
14:00Light drizzle29°0.11005
15:00Light drizzle29°0.21003
16:00Light drizzle30°0.21002
17:00Light drizzle29°0.21001
18:00Light drizzle28°0.11002
19:00Light drizzle25°0.11004
20:00Light drizzle23°0.11005
21:00Light drizzle22°0.11007
22:00Light drizzle22°0.11007
23:00Light drizzle22°0.11008

A quiet week. Nothing moves more than 7 hPa in a day.

What happens next

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

The daily rhythm

Wenshan City 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

Wenshan City sits 1268 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 136 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 872 hPa as of 00:00.

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 Wenshan City.

Cities nearby

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

Wondering how clean the air is? See today's air quality in Wenshan City, on our sister site airindex.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 Wenshan City, which stands 1268 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 136 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.