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The effects of weather extremes have become our everyday life, and the question arises about their consequences on human health. We feel the impact of certain weather changes on our skin, and we decided to conduct research in cooperation with the Karlovac Civil Protection Service. We were interested in how extreme air temperatures (minimum and maximum air temperatures) as well as the consecutive appearance of three or more days with fog affect people's health. We observed the period from September 2022 to August 2023. In that period, we observed the maximum and minimum air temperatures for the warm (June, July, August) and cold part of the year (December, January, February), and days with three or more consecutive days of fog. For days when the air temperature values were higher/lower than the mean monthly average, we requested the number of calls sent to 194. In the results, we see that the observed parameters have a significant effect on human health. We are aware that we observed a short period and that it would certainly have been better if we had processed more elements for a longer period of time.