Do cold and wet conditions make it easy for supernatural beings?

[Vikkram]

Why do supernatural beings appear and such phenomena occur more in cold, wet conditions? Are the writers just using the elements to make their stories appear interesting or is there a logic or history behind it?

[Amanda]

Maybe we are all just bored in cold/wet situations and dreaming of a more interesting existence. Like cabin fever.

[David]

Are supernatural beings always placed into stories involving cold or wet conditions? I don't think so.

[Rachel Annie]

I think you'll find supernatural stories set all over the place, but cold and wet environments evoke a sense of spookiness and desolation to me.

But if you're a good writer you can make even a benign location scary.

[Jen]

The only correlation I'm aware of between cold/wet conditions (wintertime) and supernatural beings is that the days are longer in the winter, so for sun-sensitive vampires, winter would be the favored season.

Apart from the above, however, I have never noticed a prevalence of cold/wet conditions in books of urban fantasy or paranormal romance. To the contrary, all seasons seem to be equally represented.

[Rachel Annie]

comes to mind; it's set in the jungle.

[Sky Rose Reviews]

I live in London, it is always cold and wet.... any other weather is very unnatural in the UK so if the author's are British I can understand.

[Vikkram]

Cold and wet conditions or darkness seems to have natural affinity to entities and events Paranormal. Or is that our imagination works overtime in such times?

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I think fog is used a lot in movies and gothics for the appeal.

[Rosanna]

I guess, when it's sunny and bright outside, we're not thinking about vampires and ghosts. I know I'm thinking of hitting the beach and "Did I bring my sunscreen?"

It's when it gets dark or gloomy that my twisted mind wanders to the supernatural. All those shadows, I suppose. ;)