Weather and mood: is there a connection?

 It is cloudy on the street and everything falls out of hand, but if you look out at the sun, it’s lightening on your heart Many people believe that good weather accompanies a spiritual uplift, and rain plunges us into depression. But is there really such a pattern?
We believe that we are experiencing emotional uplift because the sun is shining in the morning, and, on the contrary, we are discouraged if the rain pours without ceasing. We are sure: the weather directly affects our mood. Attempts to experimentally verify this conventional wisdom have been made repeatedly.

Researchers asked volunteers several times a day to record their emotional state for several months, and then compared the data with weather reports for the same days. And did not find any addiction!
Cultural stereotypes
Belief in the linear relationship between weather and state of mind came from the distant past. An archaic view of the universe likened the inner world of man to the world of nature, and in this scheme weather phenomena were given the same place that is usually given to emotions.

So describing the sphere of feelings, today we use the same words as when describing the weather: for example, the verbs “frown” and “clear up” are equally applicable to the sky and to the person’s face.
Elevated mood can be, for example, because in good weather we often leave the house
Why then does the mood change?
Most often, incomprehensible mood swings occur in autumn and winter days. But apathy, a feeling of depression is not associated with the weather, but caused by a lack of light. The work of the body, including the nervous system, is determined by the stability of the day-night cycle. The better the illumination, the more serotonin is produced the hormone that regulates our mood.

When it is lacking, libido and ability to concentrate are reduced.
A natural biological alarm is triggered if the receptors receive the required amount of light. In autumn and winter days this becomes almost impossible.