Rains may be giving you a headache

Although most people welcomed a break from the searing heat, there were some suffering from severe headaches — all thanks to the change in weather.


There’s a reason people experience headaches in this type of weather — and it’s not actually to do with the rain itself. It’s all about the pressure in the atmosphere.



Scientists studied more than 7,000 patients diagnosed with headaches in Boston between 2000 and 2007, according to ‘Scientific American’.

They also monitored temperature, humidity and barometric pressure within 72 hours of each patient’s visit.

As well as finding that an increase in temperature increased chances of a headache, they also discovered that headache risk increased by an average of 6% with every 5mm drop in barometric pressure. Low barometric pressure can cause headaches by creating a difference in pressure between your sinuses and the atmosphere.

Why is it connected to monsoon? Well, low pressure is often associated with thunderstorms.