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Migraine-prone weather: risk zones

Where in the next 24 hours will the weather look like it does before many migraine attacks: a falling barometer, a sharp temperature swing or strong wind? We calculate it from the Open-Meteo forecast, using only factors with support in the research.

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Morning alerts

One notification around 8 am when the next 24 hours in your area look migraine-prone, from the level you choose. At most once a day, never at night.

How morning alerts work

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How it works

  1. Several times a day we check the forecast for your area: falling pressure, sharp temperature swings, low pressure and strong wind, the conditions studies link to migraine.
  2. If the next 24 hours reach the level you choose, you get one notification around 8 am your time. At most once a day, never at night.
  3. The alert clears itself the next day. You can turn alerts off here at any time.
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Who knows what

  • We store your browser's push address, your area rounded to about 100 km, your time zone, language and chosen level. No name, email or exact location.
  • The weather service only receives the rounded area, never who is asking.
  • The notification is end-to-end encrypted on its way through your browser's push service (Google, Apple, Mozilla or Microsoft), which cannot read it.
  • Turning alerts off deletes all of this from our server.

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Pain intensity 0–10With auraMigraine-prone weather (next 24 h)

How we calculate it

For each place we take the hourly forecast for the next 24 hours and compare it with the day before. Every factor scores from 0 to 1 and is multiplied by its weight. The weights reflect how strong the evidence is.

Index from 30: elevated. From 55: high. Alerts go out from the level you choose.

How to read the index

The index describes the weather in your area for the next 24 hours. Humidity is not included: a 2025 meta-analysis found no significant link. Weather sensitivity is individual, so compare the index with your own attacks and report them here. We refine the model with every MigraineWatch report.

Sources

  1. Kimoto K, Aiba S, Takashima R, et al. Influence of barometric pressure in patients with migraine headache. Intern Med. 2011;50(18):1923-1928.
  2. Farah A, Adam Y, Ahmed O, et al. Impact of barometric pressure changes on the severity, frequency, and duration of migraine attacks: a systematic review of the literature. Cureus. 2025;17(11):e96821.
  3. Li S, Liu Q, Ma M, Fang J, He L. Association between weather conditions and migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurol. 2025;272:346.
  4. Mukamal KJ, Wellenius GA, Suh HH, Mittleman MA. Weather and air pollution as triggers of severe headaches. Neurology. 2009;72(10):922-927.
  5. Yang AC, Fuh JL, Huang NE, et al. Patients with migraine are right about their perception of temperature as a trigger: time series analysis of headache diary data. J Headache Pain. 2015;16:49.
  6. Cooke LJ, Rose MS, Becker WJ. Chinook winds and migraine headache. Neurology. 2000;54(2):302-307.
  7. Hoffmann J, Lo H, Neeb L, Martus P, Reuter U. Weather sensitivity in migraineurs. J Neurol. 2011;258(4):596-602.

Experimental feature, not medical advice. Weather is one of several migraine triggers. If your headaches change, become more frequent or severe, see a doctor.