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Barometric pressure in Yangpu

1009hPa
Rising

Air pressure has been rising steadily over the last 24 hours. Up 4 hPa since this time yesterday. It keeps rising until this evening.

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

The past week and the days ahead

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

now32° / 24°31° / 25°32° / 26°32° / 26°32° / 26°31° / 27°31° / 27°32° / 26°31° / 26°32° / 25°32° / 27°32° / 26°34° / 27°30° / 26°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 +1 hPa

Edges up slowly through the day.

Overcast32° / 26°

low 1008 · high 1010 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle31° / 26°0.6 mm

low 1008 · high 1010 hPa

WedAug 26 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Overcast32° / 25°

low 1005 · high 1009 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light drizzle32° / 27°3.0 mm

low 1005 · high 1006 hPa

FriAug 28 0 hPa

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

Light drizzle32° / 26°3.9 mm

low 1004 · high 1006 hPa

SatAug 29 −3 hPa

Falls steadily through the day.

Light drizzle34° / 27°1.5 mm

low 1002 · high 1005 hPa

SunAug 30 +3 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light rain30° / 26°14.7 mm

low 1002 · high 1005 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Mainly clear27°1009
01:00Mainly clear27°1009
02:00Mainly clear27°1008
03:00Mainly clear27°1008
04:00Clear sky26°1008
05:00Clear sky27°1008
06:00Clear sky27°1009
07:00Clear sky28°1009
08:00Clear sky29°1010
09:00Clear sky30°1010
10:00Clear sky31°1010
11:00Clear sky32°1010
12:00Clear sky32°1009
13:00Clear sky32°1009
14:00Clear sky32°1008
15:00Clear sky31°1008
16:00Clear sky30°1008
17:00Mainly clear30°1008
18:00Mainly clear29°1008
19:00Overcast28°1009
20:00Overcast27°1010
21:00Overcast27°1010
22:00Partly cloudy27°1010
23:00Mainly clear27°1010

Saturday has the week's biggest move: down 3 hPa.

What happens next

The high point comes this evening, near 1010 hPa; after that it falls.

Your own barometer

Yangpu sits 10 m above sea level, so a barometer in the city reads about 1 hPa lower than the sea-level figure. A home station set to the local reading should show about 1008 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 Yangpu.

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 Yangpu 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 Yangpu, which stands 10 m above sea level, is in the note above: about 1 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.