Does the weather influence your mood?
It's a beautiful day where I live today. Pale blue sky, nice breeze, and a welcome bit of warm weather.
I don't know if sunny vs. cloudy is enough to change my mood a whole lot, but if I have to think about the weather (e.g., it's snowing, bitter cold, raining heavily) where it affects driving or my physical comfort in some specific way, then it brings my mood down, but maybe that's more because it's an inconvenience. I suspect that whether we're conscious of it or not, even if we like rainy days, we have a positive physiological response to sunlight which affects mood — but the effect might be subtle on any given day, though I think the cumulative effects are significant (e.g., "cabin fever" in the winter months when the sun might be hidden for days or even weeks at a time).
Definitely influences my mood. A huge factor also in why I moved to Florida. The sun shines way more often here than gloomy winter days in Buffalo NY. Beautiful warm breezes, bright days, even hot days, all make me feel centered.
@silvereyes I live right near the river, but still the breeze is glorious. There are, however, certain times of the year that the river is pungent, and in that case- yay for AC.
To be fair, almost anywhere is preferable to Buffalo. I consider Buffalo to be only marginally worse than Utica, NY, though. (Utica is… gray. That's the only description I have for it.)
I miss the Florida sunshine! Lived there for 19 years.
I'm bothered more by stagnant weather. Weeks of hot weather in the summer with no break is depressing. I love watching storms roll in and I love rainy days. Probably because they're the exception rather than the rule around here.
@PhitDoctor50 but you get mad lightning there right? Love the lightning.
It sure does! Day like today, warm, sunny, pleasant breeze... Even found 4 golf balls when I walked the dog. (Bringing the 2018 count up to an even dozen so far.)
I think it's been shown conclusively that weather/sunshine amount affects mood & disposition. & the incidence of BBQ's!
Statistically people but more cake on rainy days. How do I know this? I've worked in the bread industry. So yeah, I think weather affects moods.
Absolutely! I love a nice cold, overcast or rainy day. Winter time temps!!! Summer.... it’s too hot and puts me in a bad mood. :/
Tho I live in Phoenix, & welcome rain at any time, as we get so little of it, & I am not a fan of many 120 degree+ days in a row, I still prefer warm (80's/90's) with sun & a bit of breeze. My arthritis & cold & damp don't get along much anymore.
Definitely. Hot weather makes me depressed, cold weather makes me happy, wind is exciting, snow makes me feel content. My very favourite is snow on the ground on a freezing but sunny day. Rain makes me feel relaxed and I sleep best of all when it's raining heavily.
It has a little effect. Our winters can be grey with light rain a lot. A little bit of sun is welcome. On sunny day, usually head out to the porch which faces south for a short time. Moved to Oregon from New Mexico. Quite a change. It bothered my wife a lot more. Would take a trip over the hill to central Oregon which has much more sun. We did get full spectrum light, and that seemed to help her.
I agree. Love this weather for bicycling. Dislike cold and damp though.
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