Abstract It is commonly believed that a persons mood is determined by the weather.

The problem with this claim is there are too many var iables that can attribute to concluding that weather determines ones mood. In this study, people were specifically tested to see if sadness correlated with cloudy weather. The method used was a survey with questions asking if a person felt happy or sad. A chi-square test of independence was calculated to determine if there is a correlation between rainy/cloudy weather and feelings of sadness. Based on the results from the chi-square test of independence, there was not a correlation between the two variables. Introduction There are sunny days and there are cloudy days. Some people would say that sunny days make them happy and some would say that cloudy days make them sad. There is scientific evidence that supports that weather continues to be an important determinant of everyday mood and behavior in modern life (Keller, et al., 2005). Based on the scientific claims, there is reason to believe that people feel sad on cloudy days. In order to support this, data was collected from a group of people. The purpose of this study was to test if people were indeed sad on a cloudy day. The survey was given on a cloudy day to maintain reliability in the data. The results would somewhat contrast to the claim that weather is widely believed to have an influence on ones mood (Dennsion et al., 2008). All prior research supports the claim that people are more likely to be sad on a cloudy day which is what we predict will be consistent with our data. In addition there are even physiological basis that support weather conditions and mood. Sunlight and seasons affect the serotonin levels in the brain (Lambert et al., 2002). Now when people are supposedly just feeling blue on a cloudy day, they can...