Abstract

Meteoropathy (from Greek "meteora", celestial phenomena, and "pathos", feeling, pain, suffering) is a physical condition, or symptom associated with weather conditions such as humidity, temperature or pressure.

Description

Meteoropathy is different from historical conceptions of "air" causing diseases and strongly influencing people's sense of well-being (see Miasma theory of disease).

""Pleasant weather (higher temperature or barometric pressure) was related to higher mood, better memory, and ‘‘"broadened"’’ cognitive style during the spring as time spent outside increased. The same relationships between mood and weather were not observed during other times of year, and indeed hotter weather was associated with lower mood in the summer.""

Non-English languages

The word "meteoropathy" is uncommon in English, but the concept and similar words are widespread in certain other languages. In Polish a sufferer is a "meteoropata", in Italian a "meteoropatico", in Croatian a "meteoropat",Macedonian a "метеопат (meteopat)", and Japanese a for example.