# The relation between outside air pressure and sinus headaches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-relation-between-outside-air-pressure-and-sinus-headaches/607259>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 24, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-relation-between-outside-air-pressure-and-sinus-headaches/607259 "2011-12-24T07:38:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-relation-between-outside-air-pressure-and-sinus-headaches/607259/1 "2011-12-24T07:38:31Z")

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OK, from the get go I don’t know what a barometer level means (in real world). But I do know that I get sinus headaches on cloudy, impending-rain kind of days.

Can someone explain what’s going on?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-relation-between-outside-air-pressure-and-sinus-headaches/607259/2 "2011-12-24T18:26:09Z")

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I am kissing the stillborn thread good bye. I have decided to go to wiki and find the answer after one click. Now I have one response, and ironically enough this post will be bumped.

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-relation-between-outside-air-pressure-and-sinus-headaches/607259/3 "2011-12-24T23:00:50Z")

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I should point out that “sinus headaches” are actually [very uncommon](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19344297) and are [probably truly migraine headaches](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17300361) in the majority of sufferers. Indeed, that is why they are triggered by changes in the weather (i.e. a typical migraine phenomenon).