Does the weather outside really have an effect on your overall mood?

Answer 1

it does!! it's such a great day out and it puts me in such a better mood, when it's all rainy and gloomy outside it brings me down too.....but it's beautiful out, so i'm in a wonderful mood, plus i've been talking to a really great friend and i haven't been able to do much of that lately either, the two combined makes for a wonderful day!!!!

Answer 2

There are studies that link weather with long periods of high temperatures to increase in crime. It is believed that people get irritable and hostile when it is extremely hot. Several law enforcement agencies have statistics that shows te correlation of the two. Think about how you felt if ever you had experienced a heat wave: hot, irritable, frustrated, maybe even angry.

Another way that has been proven and documented that the weather can affect your mood is called SAD. SAD stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD is a syndrome characterized by depression during winter months when there is less daylight. Seasonal Affective Disorder is directly related or even caused by too little sunlight, which causes the body's time clock to go out of sync, thus upsetting the body's routine, and may even affect certain hormonal levels in the body. The symptoms of SAD are depression, sadness, lethargy, fatigue, excessive sleeping, difficulty getting up in the morning, loss of appetite or increased eating of carbohydrates, thus increase in weight, decreased activity and socialization, apathy, irritability. Treatment for SAD includes UV light therapy where the body is exposed to ultraviolet light for periods of time. This should, however, only be done under the care of a physician.


In conclusion, there is some evidence that says that the weather can affect our mood. But not documented, I believe we can judge for ourselves, as well. If you have ever been happy and energetic on a bright sunny day, or sad and depressed or lack of energy on winter days or rainy days, or if you have been irritable on an extremely hot day, you have proven that, the weather does have some physical, however minimal, and/or psychological affect on our mood.

Answer 3

Yes, psychologically your mood can be effected by the weather outside and the color of the room you are in.

Answer 4

Yes, if you move to the Pacific Northwest from the Midwest you learn very quickly what effect the weather and natural environment have on people.

Answer 5

Sure weather affects everything ,how you sleep work ,movement during the day and night. Wind produces negative ions in the air this can really affect your mood.

Answer 6

The temperature, yes.

If a bad storm is coming, and I am driving in it, I get very nervous.

Cool weather puts me in a great mood, because I love it.

Rain always makes me feel romantic.
Snow makes me feel nostalgic.

Low pressure gives me a migraine.
High pressure makes me very tired.

Answer 7

Oh yeah! It was cloudy yesterday morning, and it looked very gloomy. It made me sleep in for an hour more before I had to deal with the cold weather to get to class.

Answer 8

yes the weather has a effect on your mood. like a cloudy day or not sunny day. i get tired fast and really bored. and a rainy day i like to play video games.a sunny day i run outside and swim and listen to music.

Answer 9

TOTALLY! I was just thinking about this earlier. When it's cloudy and cold outside I can't shake this sluggish feeling I get. It's like I can't wake up.

It's almost like I need sunshine to function, even if it's not warm outside.

Answer 10

It is raining outside right now where I am and I am in a gloomy mood so yeah I guess so.