Barometric Pressure Forecast for Enid, Oklahoma
Barometric pressure forecast for Enid, Oklahoma — on the open wheat plains of the old Cherokee Outlet, northwest of Oklahoma City. See current barometric pressure and what it means for weather-sensitive people.
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Pressure and weather in Enid
Enid sits in Garfield County on the gently rolling red plains of northwestern Oklahoma, wheat country with long horizons and nothing between it and the Rockies to the west or the Gulf to the south. That geography puts it close to the dryline, the sharp boundary between humid Gulf air and dry air off the high plains that drifts east through Oklahoma on spring afternoons and retreats west overnight. When a strong upper trough crosses in April, May or early June, the dryline sharpens, the surface low deepens over the Texas panhandle and the pressure gradient across the state becomes severe, with wind, dust and the region's most dangerous storms. Winter is dry and windy, with Arctic fronts that arrive as an abrupt northerly wind shift and an immediate rise. Late summer is hot with a persistent southerly flow, and the stretch from late September into October is usually the quietest of the year.
What this means for you
The dryline can shift a location from humid to bone-dry within an hour while the barometer falls at the same time. If both matter to you, note humidity alongside the current barometric pressure through the spring.