Do you have weather or climate sensitivities?

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I have heat sensitivity as part of my dyspraxia. My internal "thermostat" does not function properly.

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I even have a term I use for it, I call it 'atmosphere headache" and it doesn't go away with anything I've tried, tylenol, aleve, sodium naxopren is close but no cure.... but I would not call what I get a migrane, and I thoroughly pity the person who has to endure migranes. My complete sympathy to those who do

Americans can say what they want about Canadians putting up with too much cold weather, but it's the HEAT I really hate! I live on the second floor of a small apartment building (about the size of a large house) and the hot, humid air rises up to it and it not only gets really hot but unbearably stuffy. Opening the windows doesn't help much even when there's a breeze, in fact it seems to bring in more humidity and dampness. My parents generously got me an air conditioner for the living room. It works wonders but doesn't cool down the rest of the apartment much, especially my bedroom. Every morning I wake up hot and sweaty with the sun glaring in my eyes and I have to put on that silly-looking eye mask I bought. I find when the heat goes up people naturally get very bad tempered and there is more violence and crime than usual, and the fact that many are quenching their thirst with dehydrating alcoholic drinks doesn't help it. For years before my diagnosis I would have bad anxiety and anger issues during the summer and I am often bored because I don't want to go out because I'll be a a smothering, sweating mess in only a few minutes and I'm afraid of the sun giving me skin cancer even when I wear sunblock. I also hate wearing shorts. I'm actually lucky that it's not as hot as it is in a lot of other places during the summer because we're surrounded by the ocean. My brother lives in New Brunswick and when I went over there last October it was like a heat wave!
It's supposed to rain this weekend, so it might cool things a bit. or it'll make everything even more humid and I will have to spray myself with Lysol to kill the mildew growing on my body. Oh, that is gross!

When I was a young kid I used to be hypersensitive to extreme cold but not so much to extreme heat, but for some reason as I got older, my hypersensitivity switched to extreme heat, though I can now tolerate cold weather more.

It seems that a lot of people here hate the heat but like the cold.

I'm the opposite though. I'm extremely sensitive to the cold but I can barely feel the heat.

I seriously hate the combination of heat and humidity and don't like either by itself much either. It zaps my energy and I can't think as well either. Weather in general definitely affects my mood and I like moody weather. Wild wind, howling storms, the pitter patter of rain all appeal to me. I also love a nice pleasant coolish day with mid to low humidity. Fall and Spring tend to be my favorite seasons.

I read somewhere that weather affects aspies more than others but I also know there have been many academic papers written on how weather affected various cultures over the centuries so I think it affects all people more than they may realize. I think aspies may be more in tune to how weather affects us than the general population because we are more in tune with our senses in general. Just my two cents

Thanks to the OP. Interesting topic.

Constant rain or chilly air in the summer makes me feel depressed and disappointed.

Heavy snow or freezing air in the winter makes me feel anxious and unhappy.

I like that your name for it. It far better than my ultra craetive alternative, rain headache.

I do not cope well with heat, I start to get agitated.

I'm the one that will walk around outside in 35 F weather because I feel its the perfect temperature and a coat is to confining.

It is a known and recognized condition. This is a common term used:

http://www.barometricpressureheadache.com/

Some info from Mayo clinic:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/headaches/AN00751/

Funny you mention it. I don't like hot or humid weather. It makes me feel like I'm melting.

But cold weather I love, and look forward to all year. I love nothing more than bundling up in a wool army overcoat, hat,gloves, scarf, and boots and traipsing around in the snow. Makes me feel like an Arctic explorer!

hey, thanks! I did not know that. But 'atmosphere headache' is easier to say and as a side note, I do get altitude sickness. Once drove through Colorado, spent an hour in Leadville, then on the way down started to black out... husband had to drive. very yucky feeling

DRIZZLY RAIN makes me feel very irritable and annoyed. I LOATHE getting wet. It is probably my biggest sensory issue. And non-thunderstorm rain with a gray, dismal sky is so depressing and aggravating for me. I lived in Portland, OR during part of my childhood, and it only made me hate drizzle rain even more. Every day seemed so bleak. I would NEVER live there again! I like thunderstorms, despite it being wet, too, because I think lightning is gorgeous. Also, thunderstorms make the sky black or dark, not gray, so it's not so depressing. For the opposite effect, hot, sunny days with very clear and blue skies make me super happy. It's beautiful out, and it makes me happy from the association of how that is the best weather to have at Cedar Point. And Cedar Point makes me super happy.

Maybe it's our Neanderthal genes kicking in that so many of us seem to hate hot humid weather and prefer cold. I'm only half kidding since Neanderthals were adapted to such a cold climate.

I tend to get VERY uncomphertable when i'm cold... Also, I seem to get sick a lot when the seasons are 'changing'

cloudy weather drives me crazy and upsets mme tremendously