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Barometric pressure in Zhenping

1007hPa
Steady

Air pressure has barely moved since this time yesterday. It starts rising on Friday afternoon.

Sea level reading, as of 01:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

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

now31° / 24°31° / 24°30° / 26°30° / 25°31° / 25°31° / 26°32° / 26°30° / 25°32° / 26°32° / 25°32° / 26°32° / 25°33° / 25°31° / 25°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

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

Light rain30° / 25°9.9 mm

low 1005 · high 1008 hPa

TueAug 25 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle32° / 26°0.6 mm

low 1004 · high 1009 hPa

WedAug 26 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle32° / 25°0.6 mm

low 1004 · high 1008 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle32° / 26°0.9 mm

low 1004 · high 1008 hPa

FriAug 28 −1 hPa

Eases down slowly through the day.

Clear sky32° / 25°

low 1003 · high 1007 hPa

SatAug 29 −1 hPa

Barely moves all day.

Light rain33° / 25°11.7 mm

low 1003 · high 1006 hPa

SunAug 30 +4 hPa

Rises steadily through the day.

Overcast31° / 25°

low 1005 · high 1008 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 24
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Mainly clear28°1007
01:00Partly cloudy27°1007
02:00Partly cloudy27°1006
03:00Light drizzle27°0.11006
04:00Light drizzle26°0.11006
05:00Light drizzle26°0.11006
06:00Drizzle26°0.81007
07:00Drizzle25°0.81007
08:00Drizzle25°0.81007
09:00Light drizzle27°0.31008
10:00Light drizzle28°0.31007
11:00Light drizzle30°0.31007
12:00Light rain30°1.71007
13:00Light rain30°1.71006
14:00Light rain29°1.71006
15:00Light drizzle29°0.31005
16:00Light drizzle30°0.31005
17:00Light drizzle30°0.31005
18:00Light drizzle29°0.11005
19:00Light drizzle28°0.11006
20:00Light drizzle28°0.11007
21:00Clear sky27°1007
22:00Clear sky27°1007
23:00Clear sky26°1008

Biggest change: Sunday, up 4 hPa.

What happens next

The low point comes on Friday afternoon, near 1003 hPa; after that it rises.

Your own barometer

Zhenping sits 183 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 01:00.

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 Zhenping.

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 Zhenping 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 Zhenping, which stands 183 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.