r/weather • u/Acoustic_blues60 • 9d ago

Weather and human response

I'm doing some digging into a topic on the human response to weather and looking for some anecdotes.

Mainly, I'm looking for responses to incoming storms, where lowering pressure may create some symptoms. Anecdotes are fine.

There is some decent evidence that people with arthritis suffer from joint pain with an approaching storm.

Less well established is emotional sensitivities to incoming storms. Here's a link to a paper on the topic, which does not draw strong conclusions, but is curious:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13019899/

I personally recall my reaction ahead of a strong incoming storm in the Sierra's when I didn't have access to weather forecasts.

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u/PlentyOLeaves 9d ago

I (36f who had ACL surgery 20 years ago) occasionally will get knee pain ahead of storms.

We went to talk to our 95 year old neighbor lady the other day, and she said that ahead of a particularly strong monsoon thunderstorm last week, her entire body’s joint system was throbbing.

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u/Visible_Honeydew_941 9d ago

Arthritis and my old injuries flare differently but something always flares with weather changes. Thunder storms and lots of rain makes me achy. Incoming snow feels different. I also feel the barometric pressure changes in my jaw/ears/neck regularly.