We often hear of bad weather, but in reality, no weather is bad. It is all delightful, though in different ways. Some weather may be bad for farmers or crops, but for man all kinds are good. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating. As Ruskin says, "There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."

Lubbock reframes “bad weather” as a judgment rooted in inconvenience rather than an inherent quality of nature. By listing the pleasures and benefits of each condition—sun, rain, wind, snow—he argues that weather’s value depends on perspective and purpose: what harms crops may still invigorate people. The quotation also borrows authority from John Ruskin, suggesting a Victorian moral-aesthetic stance that nature is fundamentally wholesome and that human well-being includes learning to welcome variety rather than demanding constant comfort. The passage thus reads as both practical counsel (cultivate resilience and outdoor-mindedness) and a philosophical reminder that language (“bad”) can distort our experience of the natural world.