High- and Low-Pressure Zones, January
WorldPhysical EnvironmentLocations of high- and low-atmospheric pressure at mean sea level during January.
natureA map illustrates high- and low-pressure zones worldwide for January, with high-pressure zones marked in red and low-pressure zones in blue.
High-Pressure Zones are found in Western North America (1,022 millibars), Northwest Africa (1,024 millibars), North-central Asia (1,044 millibars), Southeast Pacific (1,018 millibars), South Atlantic (1,022 millibars), South Indian Ocean (1,022 millibars) Low-Pressure Zones are found in North Pacific near the Aleutian Islands (984 millibars), North Atlantic near Greenland and Iceland (992 millibars), along the equator in the Central Pacific Ocean, Central Africa, and Western Pacific Ocean, and around the coasts of Antarctica (three lows at 980 millibars).
High | Class | Rank | Kilograms | Class | Rank | Percent | Class | Rank | Live births per 1,000 people | Arches | Aulavik National Park of Canada | Auyuittuq National Park of Canada | Badlands | Banff National Park of Canada | Bering Land Bridge National Park | Big Bend | Canyonlands | Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada | Capitol Reef | Channel Islands | Congaree | Crater Lake | Death Valley | Denali | Everglades | Fundy National Park of Canada | Glacier Bay | Glacier National Park of Canada | Glacier | Grand Canyon | Grand Teton | Great Basin | Great Sand Dunes | Great Smoky Mountains | Gros Morne National Park of Canada | Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve of Canada and Haida Heritage Site | Haleakala | Hawai'i Volcanoes | Isle Royale | Ivvavik National Park of Canada | Jasper National Park of Canada | Joshua Tree | Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada | Kenai Fjords | Kings Canyon | Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada | Kobuk Valley | Kootenay National Park of Canada | Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada | Lassen Volcanic | Mammoth Cave | Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve | Mount Rainier | Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve of Canada | Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada | North Cascades | Olympic | Parc national Kuururjuaq | Parc national Tursujuq | Prince Albert National Park of Canada | Pukaskwa National Park of Canada | Qausuittuq National Park of Canada | Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada | Redwood | Riding Mountain National Park of Canada | Rocky Mountain | Saguaro | Shenandoah | Sirmilik National Park of Canada | Theodore Roosevelt | Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve of Canada | Tuktut Nogait National Park of Canada | Ukkusiksalik National Park of Canada | Vuntut National Park of Canada | Wapusk National Park of Canada | Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada | Yellowstone | Yoho National Park of Canada | Yosemite | Zion | |
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| 1 | 0.132% | 1.27% | 0.759% | 0.211% | 0.921% | 0.777% | 0.422% | 0.602% | 1.74% | 0.414% | 0.108% | 0.118% | 0.283% | 1.93% | 1.58% | 2.68% | 0.241% | 0.595% | 0.127% | 1.09% | 1.65% | 0.426% | 0.115% | 0.316% | 0.934% | 0.426% | 0.112% | 0.380% | 7.64% | 0.404% | 2.50% | 1.59% | 0.737% | 0.681% | 0.139% | 0.837% | 4.12% | 0.527% | 0.129% | 0.277% | 0.115% | 0.152% | 2.69% | 0.544% | 0.314% | 1.87% | 1.18% | 2.07% | 0.319% | 1.85% | 0.603% | 0.169% | 0.597% | 3.97% | 0.113% | 0.423% | 0.399% | 0.108% | 0.738% | 1.16% | 0.137% | 2.69% | 1.55% | 0.646% | 1.08% | 1.76% | 1.98% | 1.35% | 0.127% | 0.741% | 0.258% | ||||||||||