A recent Australian study reported in Arthritis Care & Research suggests that weather factors such as temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure and precipitation do not increase the risk of low back pain episodes, and that strong winds and wind speed have little effect on low back pain episodes. According to Professor Steffens of the George Institute for Global Health at the University of Sydney School of Medicine in Australia, many patients believe that weather affects their low back pain levels, but few studies have examined the correlation between weather and low back pain, especially those that do not rely on patient recall of weather conditions. Professor Steffens’ study included 993 patients with sudden onset acute low back pain from October 2011 to November 2012, collecting information on their low back pain episodes, demographic information and relevant clinical data. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology provided meteorological data on temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction and precipitation for the entire study. The investigators compared weather parameters during the onset or when the patient first noticed low back pain with weather parameters during 2 control time windows (same duration, 1 week and 1 month before onset). The results found that temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind direction and precipitation were not associated with episodes of low back pain, but that increased wind speed may be associated with episodes of low back pain. Professor Steffens noted that the results of the study disprove the previously held belief that certain weather conditions increase the risk of low back pain episodes. However, the impact of weather conditions on diseases such as fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis needs further study. The shortcoming of the study is that important personal information, such as time spent outdoors, housing or working conditions, and air conditioning use, was not obtained. In addition, the results may not be generalizable to areas with extreme weather. In summary, some meteorological parameters associated with skeletal muscle pain, such as temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure and precipitation, do not increase the risk of low back pain episodes, and an increase in strong winds and wind gusts may increase the risk of low back pain episodes, but there is actually no statistically significant difference.