How does the weather affect your mood there's a common thought around the world that sunny warm weather is linked to happiness and cold cloudy weather is linked to sadness but is there any science behind this idea does the weather affect our biology or is this all in the mind sunlight is our main source of synthesizing vitamin D which is critical in producing serotonin the neurotransmitter responsible for feeling happy low levels of serotonin have been linked to depression there is a very real psychological disorder called a seasonal affective disorder. which impacts around 20% of a population primarily experienced in the darkness of winter seasonal affective disorder makes you tired unmotivated sad and can make it hard for some to find a reason to get out of bed sunny warm weather has been found to make people more generous waiters and waitresses report higher tips during warmer weather studies have shown that people are more likely to help those in need when it's hot romance increases with the temperature when it's warm people are more likely to respond positively to pickup attempts.
However warm weather has been found to bring out the worst in people studies show that the warmer the temperature is the more aggressive people to come the number of violent crimes Rises with the temperature and peaks at about 90 degrees Fahrenheit or 32 degrees Celsius late spring and early summer is also in suicide rates peak researchers found that outdoor workers were far more likely to commit suicide in spring than in the winter months people who worked indoors were far more likely to commit suicide and summer studies from both the northern and southern hemisphere report the same seasonal pattern for suicides the impact of weather on your mood may depend on your personality type. A 2011 Dutch study on adolescents found that 17% loved summer the subjects were less angry less fearful and more positive when the sun was shining,26% hated summer and experienced the exact opposite effect,9% hated the rain and felt depressed on gloomy wet days and 48% were not affected by the weather at all the impact of the weather on your mood is probably going to be greater in any geographic location that experiences long periods of unusual weather for instance if it's hot and sunny for months on end that's probably going to make more of an impact in Alaska than in Miami, in any case, many factors affect your mood the weather is an external force that we simply can't control so try your best not to let it affect your state of mind a special.