Weather can impact our mood in a variety of ways. Learn more about this topic, supporting research, and healthy responses to weather-related mood changes.

Can Weather Affect Your Mood?

People often ask the question of how exactly does weather impact our mood. For instance, how does hot weather affect our mood? Does it make us more aggressive — or even more violent?

Does rain make us sad? How about cold temperatures… do they make us feel more like wanting to hunker down, hibernate, and isolate ourselves from others?

In this article from PsychCentral, learn more about how weather affects our mood and impacts our lives.

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Weather and Mood

A great overview of the studies that exist on weather and mood. According to John Grohol, PsyD, founder and CEO of Psych Central, “there is research that says weather has little to do with mood, but the overall preponderance of evidence suggests that weather can have more than just ‘a little effect’ on you mood.”

Just like those rainy days

10 Summer Depression Busters

A substantial number of folks feel more depressed in the summer. Extreme heat is hard to tolerate. In a study published in Science in 2013, researchers reported that as temperatures rose, the frequency of interpersonal violence increased by 4 percent, and intergroup conflicts by 14 percent. If you’re a Summer Hater, or just notice that your mood is affected negatively by the heat, here are some summer depression busters that may help you better tolerate these months — maybe even enjoy them.

Beat the heat!

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