Pressure display incorrect when using Imperial units
Bug #137768 reported by
Bob Dundon
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Bug Description
When using Imperial unit display in version 0.2.0, the barometric pressure is displayed as hectopascals (hPa). At least in the U.S., it is much more common to display barometric pressure in inches of mercury (inHg). I found the conversion factor to convert hPa to inHg is 0.0295300.
For example, to covert 1008.13hPa mulitiply it by 0.0295300 to get the pressure in inHg (1008.13 x 0.0295300 = 29.77inHg).
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And when using Metric unit display, the barometric pressure is displayed as hectopascals too. But at least in Russia, it is much more common to display barometric pressure in millimetres of mercury (mmHg).
1 mmHg = 101325 / 760 =(approximately) 1.3332 hPa.
So, 1011.85 hPa = (approximately) 759 mmHg.