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Santa Ana winds combine four things that each independently plausibly affect headache: a rapid temperature rise, a collapse in humidity to single digits, a reversed pressure gradient with downslope compression, and a surge in airborne dust and particulates. That combination is why the winds have a long-standing reputation in Southern California as a headache trigger, and why they are difficult to study — no single variable can be isolated. The evidence for specific health effects is more mixed than the folklore suggests, but the wildfire and air quality link is well established, and the subjective reports are consistent enough across decades to be worth logging.

If you live between Santa Barbara and San Diego and your symptoms cluster in October and November, the winds are the first thing to check against your log.