Summary Summary Short summary of a recent publication, written by scientific experts. Published: 22 May 2023

Weather and headache occurrence – using smartphone data to uncover the link

  • Based on data from 4,375 users with 336,951 hourly headache events and weather data from December 2020 to November 2021, the authors identified lower barometric pressure (P<0.001), higher humidity (P<0.001), more rainfall (P<0.001), and significant drops in barometric pressure (P<0.001) to be significantly associated with headache occurrence.
  • The authors concluded that weather does significantly affect headache occurrence, specifically low barometric pressure, barometric pressure changes, higher humidity, and rainfall.