We have been experiencing some lovely warm weather in November. Isn't it wonderful?

Question

Here is my question: What are the benefits of cold weather? Even though I enjoy unseasonably warm weather, I also love cold weather. I feel like I am more healthy in cold weather than I am in hot weather. I find myself yearning for the cold, because I actually feel healthier when it finally gets here. I FEEL MORE ALIVE! Is I nuts?? Or is there a medical reason for this? All answers are welcomed.

Answer 1

In 1877, S.Weir Mitchell, a Philadelphia doctor wrote an article in the prestigious American Journal of Medical Sciences on "The Relation of Pain to Weather". The article related the onset and degree of pain recorded in a log by a Union Captain, whose leg had been amputated after a Civil War injury, to local weather conditions. He observed that the pain began as pressures fell and humidity and temperatures rose, conditions usually associated with an approaching storm. He noted the pain continued until the pressures began to rise and humidities began to fall as the storm departed.

Seventy years later in Germany, another very similar study confirmed this relationship and really kick-started a new science, called Biometeorology. Formed from the two Greek words "bios" meaning life and meteoros meaning "the study of phenomena up above (thus weather phenomena in the atmosphere)". The new science studied the effect of weather on life (health).

This time the two players were Otto Hollich, a PhD student at the University of Hamburg and Claus Thurkow, a German soldier. Claus had lost an arm in 1945 after heavy shrapnel injury suffered in World War II. He kept a detailed daily log of the onset, degree and duration of pain for five years while the meteorology student tracked the daily weather. The meteorology student used more sophisticated statistical methods than the earlier study but the results were very much the same. He noted that the pain began when pressure fell and humidities rose, the first sign of an approaching storm. The research showed the pain continued until the storm and cold front finally passed, pressures began to rise and temperatures and humidities began to fall.

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The pain and weather relationship has since been established beyond reasonable doubt from further controlled studies. After that study, much additional research in both the US and abroad has since established relationships between many ailments and weather conditions. The Germans have taken a world lead in this new discipline. The German meteorological service for years now have provided daily advice and advisories to hospitals, doctors and clinics in Germany on which ailments are likely to be aggravated due to expected weather conditions.

In this country, the principle proponent of the science of Biometeorology was the late Helmut Landsberg, Professor at the University of Maryland and the father of modern Climatology. He catalogued many ailments and their weather connection in the landmark book "Weather and Health, An Introduction to Biometeorology

Answer 2

I wouldnt say your nuts. My guess is that your body is more adapt to the cold weather more then it is the warmer weather. It may sound weird but thats just how some are. Also, the warmer temps around this time does not sit well with some. This gives a sign to all that Global Warming is for real and we ALL should be worried. Shortly, you will see the lands going under water after the glaciers start to melt SOON unless we can do something about it. Watch Al Gore's new movie that just was released to DVD on tuesday whether you like him or not, it talks all about Global Warming.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I grew up in Minnesota, went to college in Bemidji, MN and went to Antarctica while in the Coast Guard. Now that I am in my sixties I enjoy the warmer weather. The 60 degree temps we had for Thanksgiving were great.