Rain and Clouds vs Starlink Mini: What Affects Throughput Most?

A recent study in northern Finland measured Starlink throughput, finding that rain can reduce download speed by ~37.8%, and upload by ~52.3%. Interestingly, latency remained stable despite weather.

Cloud cover also degrades throughput: heavy cloud (~87.5%) yields noticeably slower service than light cloud (~12.5%), based on linear regression analysis.

This suggests that weather impacts data rate more than response time—critical for planning use in rainy or cloudy environments.