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Last reading 37 min ago

Barometric pressure at Apache Pier

Fish feel a pressure change before you do. The direction of the line matters far more than where it sits.

How it feeds the bite score

Current pressure

1021.5 mb

8.3 mb above standard

Trend

rising

Rising — the bite usually slows for a day

3-hour change

+0.7 mb

A move of 3 mb or more in three hours is worth acting on

Last 72 hours

72 readings for Apache Pier over the window, ranging 1015.7–1022.0 mb. Pressure rose 2.5 mb across the period, ending at 1021.5 mb 37 min ago — 8.3 mb above standard sea-level pressure.
Show the readings as a table
Barometric pressure readings in millibars
TimePressure
Oct 6 10 PM1019.0 mb
Oct 6 11 PM1019.1 mb
Oct 7 12 AM1019.2 mb
Oct 7 1 AM1018.6 mb
Oct 7 2 AM1018.2 mb
Oct 7 3 AM1017.9 mb
Oct 7 4 AM1017.4 mb
Oct 7 5 AM1017.5 mb
Oct 7 6 AM1017.7 mb
Oct 7 7 AM1018.0 mb
Oct 7 8 AM1018.5 mb
Oct 7 9 AM1018.6 mb
Oct 7 10 AM1019.2 mb
Oct 7 11 AM1018.9 mb
Oct 7 12 PM1018.5 mb
Oct 7 1 PM1017.8 mb
Oct 7 2 PM1017.1 mb
Oct 7 3 PM1016.0 mb
Oct 7 4 PM1015.8 mb
Oct 7 5 PM1015.7 mb
Oct 7 6 PM1015.9 mb
Oct 7 7 PM1015.9 mb
Oct 7 8 PM1016.3 mb
Oct 7 9 PM1016.9 mb
Oct 7 10 PM1017.2 mb
Oct 7 11 PM1017.0 mb
Oct 8 12 AM1016.8 mb
Oct 8 1 AM1017.1 mb
Oct 8 2 AM1016.6 mb
Oct 8 3 AM1016.4 mb
Oct 8 4 AM1016.0 mb
Oct 8 5 AM1016.1 mb
Oct 8 6 AM1016.5 mb
Oct 8 7 AM1017.0 mb
Oct 8 8 AM1017.5 mb
Oct 8 9 AM1018.3 mb
Oct 8 10 AM1018.8 mb
Oct 8 11 AM1018.8 mb
Oct 8 12 PM1018.7 mb
Oct 8 1 PM1018.1 mb
Oct 8 2 PM1017.8 mb
Oct 8 3 PM1017.5 mb
Oct 8 4 PM1017.4 mb
Oct 8 5 PM1017.1 mb
Oct 8 6 PM1017.4 mb
Oct 8 7 PM1017.9 mb
Oct 8 8 PM1018.6 mb
Oct 8 9 PM1019.0 mb
Oct 8 10 PM1019.2 mb
Oct 8 11 PM1019.6 mb
Oct 9 12 AM1019.9 mb
Oct 9 1 AM1019.5 mb
Oct 9 2 AM1019.4 mb
Oct 9 3 AM1019.4 mb
Oct 9 4 AM1019.2 mb
Oct 9 5 AM1019.4 mb
Oct 9 6 AM1019.9 mb
Oct 9 7 AM1020.5 mb
Oct 9 8 AM1020.9 mb
Oct 9 9 AM1021.3 mb
Oct 9 10 AM1021.8 mb
Oct 9 11 AM1021.7 mb
Oct 9 12 PM1022.0 mb
Oct 9 1 PM1021.9 mb
Oct 9 2 PM1021.6 mb
Oct 9 3 PM1021.1 mb
Oct 9 4 PM1021.2 mb
Oct 9 5 PM1021.4 mb
Oct 9 6 PM1020.8 mb
Oct 9 7 PM1020.7 mb
Oct 9 8 PM1021.4 mb
Oct 9 9 PM1021.5 mb

Recent readings

The twelve most recent entries, newest first.

Most recent barometric pressure readings at Apache Pier
WhenPressure3-hour changeTrend
Oct 9, 2026 9:00 PM1021.5 mb+0.7 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 8:00 PM1021.4 mb0.0 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 7:00 PM1020.7 mb-0.5 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 6:00 PM1020.8 mb-0.3 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 5:00 PM1021.4 mb-0.2 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 4:00 PM1021.2 mb-0.7 mbfalling
Oct 9, 2026 3:00 PM1021.1 mb-0.9 mbfalling
Oct 9, 2026 2:00 PM1021.6 mb-0.1 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 1:00 PM1021.9 mb+0.1 mbsteady
Oct 9, 2026 12:00 PM1022.0 mb+0.7 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 11:00 AM1021.7 mb+0.8 mbrising
Oct 9, 2026 10:00 AM1021.8 mb+1.3 mbrising

Reading the barometer

A falling barometer means a front is on the way. Fish tend to feed ahead of it, which is why the few hours before the weather turns can be the best of the week. Once the front passes and the pressure climbs again, the bite usually goes quiet for a day.

Standard sea-level pressure is 1013.25 mb. Anything from about 1005 to 1020 mb is ordinary here. What matters is the slope: a 3 mb drop over three hours is a real signal, a 0.4 mb wobble is noise.

Pressure is one of several inputs to this pier's bite score. Compare it against the tide table before you commit to a time.

Readings come from the National Weather Service gridded forecast for ILM, not from a barometer on the pier. All times Eastern.