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, Russia30.68 inHg7 am
2Leeds, United Kingdom30.47 inHg10 am yesterday
3Glasgow, United Kingdom30.47 inHg10 am yesterday
4Manchester, United Kingdom30.47 inHg10 am yesterday
5Birmingham, United Kingdom30.46 inHg10 am yesterday
6Dublin, Ireland30.45 inHg7 am
7Winnipeg, Canada30.44 inHg7 am
8Regina, Canada30.43 inHg7 am
9Saskatoon, Canada30.43 inHg7 am
10London, United Kingdom30.42 inHg10 am yesterday
11Yekaterinburg, Russia30.42 inHg3 am
12Quebec, Canada30.41 inHg1 pm yesterday
13Amsterdam, The Netherlands30.39 inHg10 am yesterday
14Calgary, Canada30.38 inHg3 pm yesterday
15Halifax, Canada30.38 inHg1 pm yesterday
16Edmonton, Canada30.38 inHg3 pm yesterday
17City of Brussels, Belgium30.36 inHg10 am yesterday
18Hamburg, Germany30.36 inHg9 am yesterday
19Minneapolis, Minnesota30.35 inHg7 am
20Bismarck, North Dakota30.35 inHg7 am
21Augusta, Maine30.34 inHg1 pm yesterday
22Copenhagen, Denmark30.33 inHg9 am yesterday
23Berlin, Germany30.33 inHg10 am yesterday
24Paris, France30.31 inHg8 am yesterday
25Montreal, Canada30.31 inHg2 pm yesterday




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.