barometric pressure

Example Sentences

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I came to think she had a constant storm inside of her, and because of that she created storms outside, as if to maintain equal barometric pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

There’s even an app, WeatherX, designed to tip off those who suffer from barometric pressure headaches when a shift is happening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

The massive low-pressure system that developed off San Francisco Tuesday set a March record for the lowest barometric pressure, one measure of a storm’s strength, Robinson Cook said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

The Gulf acts like a huge bathtub, and when strong storms enter into this region, they help lift up the water due to low barometric pressure.

From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2022

A side effect of the surgery, he discovered early in the Everest climb, was that the low barometric pressure that exists at high altitude caused his eyesight to fail.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer