The changing of the temperature is affecting us, not only humans but also our dogs. We have a thermometer in the living room so the air conditioner can be turned on when the reading hits 30 degrees C. It used to be that we turn on the air conditioner at around 10am until 4pm but in the recent years, as early as 8am the air conditioner is already running. It's a good thing that the rains came late last month. At least the temperature is not that severe that required air conditioning or electric fan not to mention the twice a day watering of the garden. I have a maintenance medication for my high blood so I can somehow endure the heat. But my husband seems to be affected. He experiences excessive sweating and sometimes getting too fatigued. And before it gets out of hand, I have advised him to take it easy when the weather is hot.
Weather events that are noticeable in the course of a summer or over a few years of a person's life are not climate related, but weather related.
Didn't use to, but now, in our later 60's, it definitely can. It seems like we both can tell (physically) when rain is coming in. But, not only weather affects older folks, but so does where they live (altitude). After doing some research, found out that higher altitudes are much better for arthritis pain that low altitudes..........which means, we picked the wrong place to live (Florida). Even with the snow/ice season in Colorado, the altitude where we lived before there, was good for our arthritis.
They do, my grandsons actually got the snowballs for Christmas one year. The ones in CA. Not the ones in Illinois.
Weather doesn't affect my body yet, thankfully. My back hurts but it's not weather related. On the other hand my husband could always tell when The weather was going to change, he would feel it. He was usually right. I live in a very hot and dry climate and I prefer colder temps, you can always add more layers but you can't go past naked. Plus now that I'm older, winter clothes are more flattering, covering arms, etc. I think of all details. Last week I wasn't home in Fresno, I was on the coast, but our temps were like 108 for a few days. Thankfully by my daughter it was in the 70's.
I hated cold weather but living in Canada I did not have a choice where the temperature would go from -20 to 100 degrees in the year. When I retired it was my plan to find a place where this extreme did not happen. Now living in a place where we have a 20 degree change from winter to summer. The only cold weather I see is when I open the freezer
Cold weather does stiffen my body. Even if I am just sleeping with one leg covered and the other uncovered, I can feel the difference in the legs when I move them. The milder climate here in the South is one of the things that I really like, and I am glad not to have all of that below zero weather that we had in north Idaho. One thing that I have also noticed is the effects of the humid air here. It makes it much harder for me to breathe. A few years back, Robin took me out to Idaho so we could visit with her brothers (who still live out west), and I discovered that I could breathe much, much better in the fresh air out there than when I was here in Alabama with all of the humidity in the air. I think that as long as I was not living out in the country where I had to be outside in the cold a lot and shoveling snow, I might be okay to live in the colder temperatures again; because I could spend more time inside. It would be nice to have the fresher air to breathe; but even then, I am sure that I would have more of the stiffness that comes from the extreme cold than I have out here.
With a Polar Blast heading our way, I'm feeling some pain (arthritis?) in each knee. The pain goes off and on, and it's sort of a nagging/achy pain, but it does let me know it's there.