# Do you get short of breath when it is windy out side?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 13, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045 "2024-01-13T15:56:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackson99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045/1 "2024-01-13T15:56:53Z")

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I have noticed in the summer and winter when it gets windy I get short of breath and was wondering if others here have this problem?

Now that it is winter and windy I have noticed the short of breath when it is windy.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045/2 "2024-01-13T16:09:57Z")

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I think it is an instinctive reflex to hold one’s breath or stop breathing when your face encounters something cold wether it’s air, water, snow. Must be a survival instinct to keep you from inhaling water if you happen to plunge into a pond.  
During scuba training we were at the bottom of a freezing cold lake and one of the tasks was to remove and then replace your mask while continuing to breath through the regulator in your mouth. When that cold water hit me in the face it took everything I had to continue inhaling-exhaling as my body didn’t seem to want me to do it.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045/3 "2024-01-13T18:30:37Z")

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In my life I’ve had to turn my face away from the wind to breath. But it had to be really windy and I had to be walking directly into the wind. I don’t remember the last time it happened.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045/4 "2024-01-13T21:00:58Z")

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Windy weather also often corresponds to low pressure-- That might contribute a little.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045/5 "2024-01-13T21:31:56Z")

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It happens to me in very windy conditions. I think it’s specifically the wind, not general atmospheric pressure. Once a friend took me for a ride in his convertible with the top down. When we were on the freeway doing about 70, I was in serious distress. I felt like I just couldn’t breathe and was gasping for breath.

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**Author:** ![Jackson99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045/6 "2024-01-29T17:53:18Z")

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I wonder if this is some thing I should talk to my doctor about?

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**Author:** ![Jackson99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045/7 "2024-02-15T17:21:24Z")

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I gone for walk yesterday with 4 people it was some what windy out side and only I had short of breath.