This contribution seeks to ascertain the extent to which an assessment of economic and political issues depends on current weather conditions. On a theoretical level, such effects of weather are justified in two ways: by reconstructing both the influence of weather on a person's mood and sentiment and the effect of a person's mood on their assessment of situations and issues. In order to test the relationship between weather conditions and assessments empirically, ALLBUS data are linked to region-specific weather data, "nice" and "bad" survey days are identified; and their influence on people's assessment of the future economic climate and on their satisfaction with democracy and with the performance of the federal government is examined. The analyses indicate a positive influence of nice weather and a negative influence of bad weather on the assessment of these three issues. Individuals who were interviewed on particularly sunny days had an above-average satisfaction with democracy and the work of government and estimated the economic climate more positively, while persons who were interviewed on rainy days assessed the three issues more negatively. These findings introduce interesting implications for scientific and commercial survey research.