The Anonymous Widower

Do Animals Lose Water In Low Pressure Weather?

I feel I do and I wrote a post called My Strange Skin, which is explained by water being driven out of my body.

So I asked Dr. Google, the question in the title of this post and got this answer.

Yes, animals can lose more water in low-pressure weather conditions. Lower atmospheric pressure, often associated with unstable weather, can increase water loss through evaporation and other physiological processes.

Here’s why:

Low pressure often means lower relative humidity, which increases the vapor pressure deficit between the animal’s body and the environment. This difference in water vapor concentration drives more water to evaporate from the animal’s body, particularly through the skin.

That’s all very sound physics.

Last night, I was woken by an intense strange itch in the sole of my right foot.

• As I often do, I rubbed the itch on the a genuine Indian rug I have on the floor by my bed, but it didn’t work.
• So I had to get up and apply a dollop of Udrate cream and rub it in.

About, half-an-hour later I got back to sleep.

Today, I got a similar intense itch in the sole of my left foot. Again it was stopped by a dollop of cream rubbed in. But this time it was Body Shop’s Hemp Foot Protector.

Does water find it easier to get out through the soles of my feet?

June 12, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Health | Body Shop, My Skin, Skin, Water, Weather