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psherman | 9 years ago

You can switch to the metric system on their website [1]. The graph can also be switched to metric by changing the "uom" query parameter from "E" to "M"

[1] http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42058&unit...

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thomasahle|9 years ago

nayuki|9 years ago

It would be better if NOAA used kilopascal (an actual SI unit) instead of millibar, but I guess the conversion is not too bad since 1000 mbar = 100 kPa.

StavrosK|9 years ago

"Oh wow, air pressure fell to almost zero, a person would suffocate in ther... Wait a minute, the ground unit is 940! This is a 6% difference!"