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Barometric pressure in Zhangjiajie

1006hPa
Steady

Beneath its daily wave, pressure has barely moved. It holds near this level for the coming days.

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. 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.

now32° / 24°32° / 25°33° / 26°33° / 26°34° / 25°34° / 26°34° / 26°30° / 25°34° / 25°32° / 25°33° / 25°35° / 26°34° / 25°32° / 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 0 hPa

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

Light drizzle30° / 25°11.4 mm

low 1002 · high 1006 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle34° / 25°2.7 mm

low 1002 · high 1007 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle32° / 25°5.4 mm

low 1002 · high 1006 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle33° / 25°1.8 mm

low 1002 · high 1007 hPa

FriAug 28 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Light drizzle35° / 26°1.2 mm

low 1001 · high 1006 hPa

SatAug 29 −2 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Partly cloudy34° / 25°

low 1001 · high 1005 hPa

SunAug 30 +3 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Light drizzle32° / 26°1.8 mm

low 1003 · high 1007 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Dense drizzle27°1.01006
01:00Dense drizzle26°1.01006
02:00Dense drizzle25°1.01006
03:00Light drizzle25°0.11005
04:00Light drizzle25°0.11005
05:00Light drizzle25°0.11005
06:00Mainly clear25°1005
07:00Mainly clear26°1005
08:00Partly cloudy27°1006
09:00Light drizzle28°0.31006
10:00Light drizzle29°0.31006
11:00Light drizzle30°0.31006
12:00Drizzle30°0.51005
13:00Drizzle29°0.51004
14:00Drizzle29°0.51004
15:00Drizzle29°0.51003
16:00Drizzle29°0.51002
17:00Drizzle29°0.51002
18:00Drizzle28°0.91003
19:00Drizzle27°0.91004
20:00Drizzle26°0.91005
21:00Drizzle26°0.51005
22:00Drizzle26°0.51006
23:00Drizzle26°0.51006

Of the seven days, Sunday moves most: up 3 hPa.

What happens next

Nothing in the week ahead moves pressure far from where it is now.

The daily rhythm

Zhangjiajie has a strong daily rhythm: pressure swings about 3 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

Zhangjiajie sits 184 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 986 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 Zhangjiajie.

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 Zhangjiajie, 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 Zhangjiajie, which stands 184 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.