Move over, Punxatawny Phil!

[IndianInlaw]

I was discussing the weather (but not doing anything about it) with someone and she mentioned her leg hurt when it snowed.  I asked if she felt it in her joints, but no, it just hurt when it snowed.  Go figure.

Anyways, she mentioned her son could smell when it was going to snow.  I do too, but I thought everyone could smell oncoming snow storms.  It's a gift, I suppose.


Sooo, does your physical self tell you what the weather is going to be like?

[Shoo]

I can smell snow coming, too.  It's very distinctive, I think.

[Ehelldame]

I can smell rain coming. 

[HogwartsAlum]

I can too, and rain...if it's coming soon.  Also when the barometric pressure changes, I hurt like the dickens, especially in my long suffering, carpal-tunnelized arms.

Some doctors and scientists say there is no scientific basis for "weather pains," but ask anyone with a trick knee or whatever, and they will tell you it is NOT all in their head.

[DottyG]

Some doctors and scientists say there is no scientific basis for "weather pains," but ask anyone with a trick knee or whatever, and they will tell you it is NOT all in their head.

Yes there is.  The fluid in your joints change after an injury like a broken bone.  When the barometric pressure changes, the "barometer" in that joint adjusts and you feel it.  It actually is scientific - and pretty cool!

I can, sometimes, feel rain in my ankle (broke it 3 years ago).

[Rei-chan]

My knees are my own personal weather radar.  Within hours after they start hurting, we get precipitation of some kind. 

Since his back surgery, DH gets twinges in his neck before a rainstorm as well.

[Twik]

It IS all in my head. When the pressure drops quickly, I get headaches.

[Bijou]

I was discussing the weather (but not doing anything about it) with someone and she mentioned her leg hurt when it snowed.  I asked if she felt it in her joints, but no, it just hurt when it snowed.  Go figure.

Anyways, she mentioned her son could smell when it was going to snow.  I do too, but I thought everyone could smell oncoming snow storms.  It's a gift, I suppose.


Sooo, does your physical self tell you what the weather is going to be like?

Funny you should mention the smell of snow.  Where I live it has snowed twice, so I'm not on top of such stuff.  So, tell me, what does it smell like?  I imagine it smelling like the frost that formed on those little freezers in fridges about 50 years ago.  I hope not, though.

My hands get dry and chapped when it is going to be cold.  I guess the air dries out more or something.  This isn't to do with my physical body, but when it feels balmy it's going to rain (we never have balmy weather, otherwise) and if the sea gulls come over land and fly around there's a storm brewing over the ocean. 

[IndianInlaw]

What does snow smell like?  I don't know, the air just smells sort of sharp and clean.  You just want to breathe it all in.

[FolkRockFan]

Cold front on the way in? My knee aches like crazy. Ice storm or other bad weather? Same thing.

I also get sinus pressure and headaches with some weather changes.

[Madd Hatter]

I can smell rain, but not snow.  Also, if there is a bad storm coming, my ankle hurts.  I broke it in a bad place many eons ago, and ever since then, it will tell me if a bad storm is on its way.

[Dragons 8 Cactus]

I get migraines just before very bad weather and my joints all ache when rain is coming.
dragons8

[CalabashCorolla]

Anyways, she mentioned her son could smell when it was going to snow.  I do too, but I thought everyone could smell oncoming snow storms.  It's a gift, I suppose.

That's amazing. My grandmother always said she could smell snow, and she was usually right. I always just thought it was one of those things that made her special!

My sinuses (which are usually in bad shape anyhow) really hurt right before a big weather system comes in. I don't have any idea why this would happen other than a combination of pressure changes along with increase in surface winds and moisture might make them constrict more than normal.

The only physical reactions to upcoming natural events that I've seen studied are animals' strange behavior before earthquakes, which I think were linked to unusually high levels of certain gases coming out of the ground as fissures open. As for the weather, it's a shame they don't teach about these sorts of things in college!

[Clara Bow]

I get migraines just before very bad weather and my joints all ache when rain is coming.
dragons8

I get a migraine when it rains and when the weather changes. Ugh.