Weather24Barometric pressure in Boston today: right now
Right now in Boston the barometric pressure is 29.96 inHg (1015 hPa): normal, steady over the last 3 hours (−0.02 inHg). This time yesterday: 30.14 inHg; tomorrow the model expects 29.87 inHg.
normal · 1015 hPa, as in forecasts
1013 hPa · at about 30 ft, unadjusted
low: Friday 10/30 at 1 PM · high: Sunday 11/1 at 8 AM
Data for 3 AM local time. The first value is reduced to sea level; the barometer value is the pressure at the city’s height.
In the Weather24 app
How will the pressure affect you today?
Meteo-sensitivity from 0 to 10, hour by hour, and the “Rapid pressure drop” warning.
Pressure in Boston: the past week and tomorrow
Hour by hour, at sea level, in inHg. Left of the amber line is the past 7 days, right of it the forecast.
- Sea-level pressure
- Standard, 29.92 inHg
- Now, 3 AM
- Forecast
- Biggest 24-hour change
- Now
- 29.96 inHgnormal
- Tomorrow, same time
- 29.87 inHg−0.09 inHg from now
- Biggest 24-hour change this week
- +0.46 inHgto Saturday 10/31 at 12 PM
Boston and “bomb cyclones”
Boston is often in the path of coastal storms that deepen quickly. Meteorologists call it bombogenesis when a storm’s central pressure falls very fast: by 24 hPa (about 0.71 inHg) in 24 hours at 60° latitude, and a little less at Boston’s latitude. Some nor’easters deepen this way off New England. In the city that shows up as a steep fall on the chart and a sharp rise afterwards.
Sea level or barometer: 29.96 inHg and 29.92 inHg in Boston
The model point for Boston is at about 30 ft, so here the two numbers are close. Pressure drops by about 0.1 inHg every 90 feet of height.
In the Weather24 app you choose which one to see under “Pressure reference”: Local, the default, shows a value close to a barometer’s; Sea level shows the forecast value used on this page.
Pressure swings in Boston and how you feel
Weather-sensitive people usually notice changes in pressure — especially a fast fall ahead of a front — more than the value itself. That is why it helps to watch the change over the last 3 hours and the last 24.
More in migraine and arthritis weather forecast.
This is weather information, not medical advice. If your symptoms are severe or new, talk to your doctor.
Barometric pressure in Boston in the Weather24 app
The “Pressure” card with the reading and level where you are, the “Pressure over the day” chart with the standard-pressure line, the “Pressure” map layer with highs and lows, the “Rapid pressure drop” warning card and “Meteo-sensitivity”: a 0–10 score, hour by hour, with the reasons — pressure change, humidity, wind, temperature swings.
Barometric pressure in Boston: FAQ
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See also: rain radar Boston · lightning map · UV index Boston