Cities with the Highest Barometric Pressure Today


The following list ranks our tracked cities by the highest highs over the course of the 24-hour period starting and ending at midnight, UTC−08:00 (Pacific Standard Time). This is determined by finding the earliest incidence of the peak sea level adjusted barometric pressure reading on the forecast for each city and then ranking each city accordingly. Generally speaking, the highest highs will occur in cities with more extreme pressure fluctuations, which are generally farther from the equator (high latitudes) and during their hemispheres’ fall or winter seasons. High barometric pressure is often observed during a phenomenon known as an anticyclone or high pressure system. On the map, high pressure regions are depicted with an ‘H’ and are shaded in red. High pressure systems are often associated with fair weather and clear skies.

Adjusted to sea level, barometric pressures over 30.2 inHg are considered to be high and pressures above 30.5 inHg are considered to be very high.


#CityPressureHigh Time
1Novosibirsk, Russia30.85 inHg1 pm
2Glasgow, United Kingdom30.5 inHg9 am
3Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia30.5 inHg7 am tomorrow
4Manchester, United Kingdom30.49 inHg10 am
5Leeds, United Kingdom30.48 inHg10 am
6Dublin, Ireland30.47 inHg9 am
7Birmingham, United Kingdom30.47 inHg10 am
8Yakutsk, Russia30.46 inHg1 am tomorrow
9London, United Kingdom30.42 inHg10 am
10Reykjavik, Iceland30.37 inHg1 am tomorrow
11Amsterdam, The Netherlands30.36 inHg10 am
12Winnipeg, Canada30.36 inHg8 am
13City of Brussels, Belgium30.35 inHg9 am
14Khabarovsk, Russia30.34 inHg10 am
15Beijing, China30.34 inHg3 am tomorrow
16Yekaterinburg, Russia30.33 inHg8 am
17Paris, France30.32 inHg8 am
18Grand Rapids, Michigan30.31 inHg1 pm
19Bucharest, Romania30.3 inHg7 am tomorrow
20Milwaukee, Wisconsin30.3 inHg11 am
21Munich, Germany30.3 inHg8 am
22Minneapolis, Minnesota30.3 inHg9 am
23Hamburg, Germany30.29 inHg8 am
24Berlin, Germany30.28 inHg9 am
25Chicago, Illinois30.27 inHg2 pm




Barometric Pressure Record Highs

The generally accepted figure for the highest barometric pressure ever recorded is 32.01 inHg in Agata, Russia (in Siberia) on December 31, 1968. Like the typical high pressure pattern mentioned above, this was in a location of high latitude during the wintertime. Similarly, the highest recorded pressure in North America was 31.4 inHg in Dawson City, Canada on February 2, 1989.