Air temperature inversion in the Tatra Mountains in 1995–2020

Abstract

The study covers an analysis of the impact of meteorological factors on human well-being, as well as the importance of weather forecasts in people’s daily lives. Data obtained from an online questionnaire have been used to determine the characteristics of the influence of weather on human well-being and functioning. Women (65.5%), considerably more often than men (41%) maintain that they are or rather are susceptible to meteoropathy. What is more, this response prevailed in urban rather than suburban or rural areas. The research results also indicate that cyclonic weather (high cloudiness, rainfall, low atmospheric pressure) tends to intensify the body’s response to atmospheric stimuli. High productivity, for example at work, typically accompanies cloudless weather, with air temperatures ranging from 15°C to 24°C which 68.5% of the respondents consider the most optimal. As many as 83.7% of the respondents make use of weather forecast on a daily basis or almost every day, which shows the importance of verification thereof in the context of indirect threat to life, as well as possible unfavorable meteorotropic situations