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Barometric pressure in Wuppertal

1024hPa
Rising

Air pressure rose slowly over the last 24 hours. Up 3 hPa since this time yesterday. The rise is giving way to a fall that lasts until early on Friday.

Sea level reading, as of 18:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

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

now19° / 15°18° / 14°20° / 16°21° / 14°20° / 14°16° / 13°18° / 10°21° / 11°23° / 13°23° / 16°27° / 18°20° / 15°18° / 14°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29100010051010101510201025
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

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light drizzle18° / 10°

low 1023 · high 1025 hPa

MonAug 24 −7 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Clear sky21° / 11°

low 1017 · high 1024 hPa

TueAug 25 −3 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast23° / 13°

low 1013 · high 1017 hPa

WedAug 26 +1 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Drizzle23° / 16°5.4 mm

low 1014 · high 1015 hPa

ThuAug 27 −7 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Light drizzle27° / 18°4.5 mm

low 1008 · high 1015 hPa

FriAug 28 +2 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Light rain20° / 15°13.2 mm

low 1004 · high 1009 hPa

SatAug 29 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle18° / 14°5.4 mm

low 1007 · high 1013 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky12°1023
01:00Clear sky12°1023
02:00Clear sky11°1023
03:00Clear sky11°1024
04:00Mainly clear11°1024
05:00Mainly clear10°1024
06:00Mainly clear11°1024
07:00Partly cloudy11°1025
08:00Partly cloudy12°1025
09:00Light drizzle13°0.11025
10:00Light drizzle14°0.11025
11:00Light drizzle16°0.11025
12:00Partly cloudy16°1025
13:00Overcast17°1025
14:00Overcast17°1025
15:00Overcast17°1024
16:00Partly cloudy18°1024
17:00Partly cloudy18°1024
18:00Mainly clear17°1024
19:00Mainly clear17°1024
20:00Clear sky16°1024
21:00Clear sky15°1024
22:00Clear sky14°1024
23:00Clear sky13°1025

Monday has the week's biggest move: down 7 hPa.

What happens next

Pressure bottoms out near 1004 hPa early on Friday, and rises after that.

Your own barometer

Wuppertal sits 173 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 21 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1003 hPa as of 18:00.

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 Wuppertal.

Cities nearby

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

Out in the sun today? Check the UV level in Wuppertal, on our sister site uvi.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 Wuppertal, which stands 173 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 21 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.