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 | Percent | Settled by 400 CE | Settled by 800 CE | -1.75 to -1.5 | -1.5 to -1.25 | -1.25 to -1.0 | -1.0 to -0.75 | -0.5 to -0.25 | -0.25 to 0.25 | 0.5 to 0.75 | Viceroyalty of New Spain | Class | Rank | US dollars | Ocean Circulation Sinks | Alabama, United States of America | Alaska, United States of America | Alberta, Canada | Arizona, United States of America | Arkansas, United States of America | British Columbia, Canada | California, United States of America | Colorado, United States of America | Connecticut, United States of America | Delaware, United States of America | District of Columbia, United States of America | Florida, United States of America | Georgia, United States of America | Hawaii, United States of America | Idaho, United States of America | Illinois, United States of America | Indiana, United States of America | Iowa, United States of America | Kansas, United States of America | Kentucky, United States of America | Kiribati, Kiribati | Louisiana, United States of America | Maine, United States of America | Manitoba, Canada | Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia | Maryland, United States of America | Massachusetts, United States of America | Michigan, United States of America | Minnesota, United States of America | Mississippi, United States of America | Missouri, United States of America | Montana, United States of America | Nebraska, United States of America | Nevada, United States of America | New Brunswick, Canada | New Hampshire, United States of America | New Jersey, United States of America | New Mexico, United States of America | New York, United States of America | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | North Carolina, United States of America | North Dakota, United States of America | Northwest Territories, Canada | Nova Scotia, Canada | Nunavut, Canada | Ohio, United States of America | Oklahoma, United States of America | Ontario, Canada | Oregon, United States of America | Pennsylvania, United States of America | Prince Edward Island, Canada | Québec, Canada | Rhode Island, United States of America | Saskatchewan, Canada | South Carolina, United States of America | South Dakota, United States of America | Tennessee, United States of America | Texas, United States of America | Utah, United States of America | Vermont, United States of America | Virginia, United States of America | Washington, United States of America | West Virginia, United States of America | Wisconsin, United States of America | Wyoming, United States of America | Yukon, Canada | |
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| 1 | 2.28% | 58.3% | 2.11% | 0.444% | 1.11% | 0.206% | 0.177% | 0.267% | 0.120% | 65.0% | 10.5% | 46.6% | 67.2% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 53.2% | 96.8% | 99.7% | 99.5% | 82.5% | 16.8% | 91.4% | 98.2% | 40.5% | 90.3% | 54.1% | 30.9% | 48.2% | 45.8% | 43.9% | 15.5% | 2.03% | 48.2% | 45.7% | 99.9% | 4.13% | 26.2% | 57.0% | 99.9% | 60.6% | 32.3% | 54.4% | 64.7% | 27.8% | 99.9% | 46.7% | 34.6% | 98.5% | 99.9% | 83.0% | 20.5% | 53.0% | 32.6% | 75.1% | 97.2% | 97.9% | 39.9% | 99.9% | 83.0% | 57.6% | 82.6% | 93.5% | 72.9% | 10.9% | 100% | 34.6% | 31.2% | 45.6% | 78.1% | 100% | 50.4% | 32.4% | 99.2% | 21.0% | 99.8% | 99.6% | 99.9% | |||||||