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Barometric Pressure Migraine Calculator
Check any city in the world for today's barometric pressure, its 24-hour trend, and your migraine weather risk — powered by real-time meteorological data.
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Download Free on iOS →Why Barometric Pressure Triggers Migraines
Barometric pressure — the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on everything around us — changes constantly as weather systems move through. For most people, these fluctuations go unnoticed. For the roughly 20% of the population with migraines, they can be a reliable trigger.
The leading hypothesis is that pressure changes affect the pressure differential between the outside environment and the air-filled spaces inside your head (sinuses, middle ear). When external pressure drops rapidly, those spaces may expand slightly, placing stress on surrounding tissue. This can activate the trigeminal nerve — the primary pain pathway in migraines — setting off a cascade that leads to an attack.
Research consistently identifies pressure drops greater than 5 hPa in 24 hours as a meaningful risk threshold. One study by Fukui et al. (2008) found migraine patients were significantly more likely to report an attack on days with falling pressure versus stable days. The effect is particularly strong when low pressure coincides with other triggers like sleep disruption, stress, or hormonal changes.
How to Use Your Pressure Reading
- Check your current pressure and trend. If pressure is below 1000 hPa or falling more than 5 hPa in 24 hours, treat it as a moderate-to-high risk day.
- Look ahead at the forecast. The trend chart above shows the next 24 hours, and the table shows the next 2 days. Days with forecast drops are worth flagging — take preventive medication if your doctor has approved it for predictable triggers.
- Stack with your personal data. Weather risk is most useful when combined with your own history. If you've tracked past attacks in Migraine Trail, you can see whether pressure drops consistently preceded your migraines.
- Avoid stacking triggers. On high-risk weather days, be more cautious about secondary triggers like caffeine changes, skipped meals, poor sleep, or alcohol.
About the Data
This calculator sources real-time atmospheric pressure from Open-Meteo, an open-source meteorological API that aggregates data from national weather services including NOAA, ECMWF, and Meteo-France. Pressure readings are at sea level (corrected from the local station altitude), consistent with the values used in published migraine research.
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