Are you sexually aroused when you feel the sun on your skin? Does a late-night thunderstorm turn you on? Maybe the wind blowing up your skirt on a summer day tickles your fancy?
Many people experience a direct connection between weather and arousal. Weather is defined as “the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness.” You could be said to have a weather fetish if one or more of these states specifically turns you on.
Your arousal may be linked to a place and time in your life that was tied to both a weather pattern and a sexual experience. Weather may affect your mood and sexual interest, or a kink may depend on weather-related features.
For those not all-in with BDSM but only curious, weather like rain and fog and wind can be a sex enhancer, especially for those who like sex outdoors.
Let’s explore some weather fetishes and related kinks.
11 Weather Related Kinks and Fetishes
1. Hot and Cold Fetish (Cheimaphilia)
Some like it hot! The human body’s own morphine-like chemicals (endorphins) are released in certain non-sexual pleasurable activities such as alternating hot saunas with cold plunges. Kinksters know that there can be a fine line between what feels painful and pleasurable.
Many spas offer services that involve body temperature changing features like steam rooms, saunas, and cold pools. You can also try running around in the snow before jumping in a hot tub if this is a kink for you.
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2. Sunshine Fetish (Actirasty)
Most people are happier when the sun is out, and there have been studies to show that sex drives in warmer months are higher when there is more sun, and the hormone—Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH)—stimulates sex, particularly in women. The body also produces more serotonin (the feel-good neurotransmitter) in warmer months because of increased sunlight.
Get outside when sun is shining, go to the beach to soak up some rays… go to a nude beach! To get your sunshine fix in the winter, book a trip to a sunny locale and look for local hookups.
Read: BDSM Travel Guide: Plan a Kinky Vacation
3. Snow Fetish (Chionophilia)
We are not all sun worshippers. Many people love a first snowfall and are turned on by the presence of snow, snowstorms and whiteouts. Snow fetishists may also love hail or ice storms.
Kinky couples can enjoy playing in the snow, activating their inner child—making snow angels, building snow people, engaging in a playful snowball fight. If you also love the cold, sex while it’s snowing might be on your bucket list.
Related to the snow fetish are jacket and coat kinks. For those who can’t have enough coats, snow is a welcome element. Seeing snowflakes sit on a jacket sleeve or on the fur trim of your hooded coat can make a person tingle!
Read: Jacket Fetishism: 8 Coat and Jacket Fetishes
4. Wind Fetish
Wind can feel exciting and scary which can activate arousal in some kinky folks. It’s fun to walk with the wind at your back or feel a cool breeze crawl up your skirt. Some weather fetishists will say it’s the unpredictable nature of wind that is most thrilling, the sudden changes in direction and speed.
Those with a wind fetish will know the best places to experience wind—wide open spaces or downtown corridors between buildings. Take your lover to a big-wind location the next time a wind warning pops up on your weather app.
Read: Nature Fetish: 16 Kinks and Fetishes of Nature Lovers
5. Cloud Fetish
The four basic cloud formations—cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus—are intriguing to most in the way they transform and predict weather systems and patterns. But some weather fetishists feel aroused when they see particular formations or movement of clouds.
Find a secluded space in nature to lie under the clouds and masturbate on your own, or with a lover. Try skydiving to get up close and personal with your muse, or study clouds to understand more about the different types that turn you on.
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6. Hurricane or Tornado Fetish
Weather can be ominous and downright dangerous, and this can be a big factor when it comes to someone’s sexual arousal. Hurricane and tornado fetishists can appreciate the adrenaline rush that storm chasers feel when out in one of these weather systems.
A weather fetishists can watch natural disaster films as porn, without having to get close to the eye of a storm. The Weather Network also offers up a lot of footage you can view from a safe distance.
Other natural disaster fetishes may be tied to volcanoes, avalanches, flash floods, tsunamis, landslides, cyclones, wildfires, heatwaves, and droughts.
Read: Most Extreme Kinks and Dangerous Fetishes
7. Fog Fetish (Nebulophilia)
Fog is a type of low-lying cloud usually resembling stratus, and is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions.
Fog creates a feeling of uncertainty, mystery, and unease. Some people who like to be scared have a fog fetish—the thicker the better. Imagine having sex in fog where you can barely see the person before you!
Read: What Are My Kinks? 13 Ways to Find Your Kink
8. Thunder and Lightning Fetish (Keraunophilia)
Most people either love or hate thunder and lightning. Some see it as Mother Nature’s most spectacular display of her powers, a weather concert if you will. Others may dislike thunder and lightning because it feels dangerous and scary.
Thunder and lightning may be a welcome display of sound and light, but lightning can be a serious threat. If you can’t help but go out in storms with thunder and lightning to get your kinky fix, do follow safety precautions.
Read: Auralism: 10 Sound Fetishes and Aural Kinks
9. Rain Fetish (Ombrophilia)
Those with a rain fetish may like being in the rain, the feel of the rain, being wet from the rain, or just the sound of rain while staying dry indoors. Some also feel aroused when there is the combination of sun and rain.
If you have a rain fetish, you can kiss in the rain, make out in the rain, have sex in the rain. Or you can find some kind of outdoor shelter to stay dry, yet feel close to the rain, such as an overhang in a park, a tent, or a partially covered rooftop.
A rain fetish may include rainwear made of silicone, vinyl, PVC, and rubber. Some people get turned on by the smell of rubber and have a boot fetish, so the rain acts as a catalyst for these other kinks.
Read: Rubber Fetish: A Kink for Rubber Clothes & More
10. Outdoor Sex Fetish
For exhibitionists and naturists, outdoor sex is the perfect way to indulge. Some will enjoy outdoor spots in the city like a quiet park or a dark alley while others will prefer a rural setting like a cornfield or secluded beach.
Add an interesting weather system to the mix and you have an instant adventure! You can mix sun, rain, wind, storm clouds to your outdoor sex scene to enhance or fulfill a fantasy or existing kink.
Read: 11 Outdoor Bondage and BDSM Ideas
11. Ecosexuality
Ecosexuality blends ecology and sexuality, bringing environmental activism, art and performance, and sexuality together. It centers on the idea that the earth is not our mother, departing from a longstanding view of ourselves in relation to our Earth Mother, but our lover.
Expressions of ecosexuality can include skinny dipping, hugging trees, sex in nature, using eco-friendly toys, raising awareness of ecological issues. Many ecosexual activities take place outdoors, where weather is also celebrated.
Read: Ecosexuality: Embracing the Earth as Lover
Do you have a specific weather fetish? Please share how you indulge!
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