History Main / WeatherManipulation

* In the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' trilogy, the titular half-mermaid has these powers. They first appeared when she was about fourteen, although she didn't realize what they were at first and thought it was just a coincidence that it always rained when she was really upset. In ''Tempest Rising'', she's fighting with [[BigBad Tiamat]] when lightning starts striking the beach, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero hitting Kona and almost killing him]]. After Kona tells Tempest she has weather control powers, she starts learning to control them.

-->-- '''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''', ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics'' Vol. 4, #17

* ''Comicbook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Storm}}'s mutant abilities allow her to create storms and manipulate [[BlowYouAway wind]], [[MakingASplash rain]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. Using the [[BlowYouAway wind]] she can [[FallingWithStyle fly]].

** Although his actual control is limited, in ''VideoGame/OcarinaOfTime'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/MajorasMask'', Link can make it rain anywhere (even, sometimes, ''inside''), by playing the [[MagicMusic Song of Storms]].
** ''VideoGame/BreathOfTheWild'': If left alive long enough to active their FieldPowerEffect, Ice Wizzrobes and Blizzrobes will create localized blizzards and freezing temperatures, while Thunder and Thunderstorm Wizzrobes will create lightning storms.
* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': Marie, real name [[spoiler:[[Myth/JapaneseMythology Kusumi-no-Okami]]]], has control over weather phenomena, including {{fog|OfFoom}} that routinely finds its way into Inaba. While this is {{downplayed|trope}} for the most part, the game's GoldenEnding shows her [[spoiler:taking up a job as a weather reporter, and any forecast she predicts ends up coming true every time]].

* ''WebOriginal/AcademyOfSuperheroes'': Sultry of the CSV is a weather controller of tremendous power. She can fly with wind, create tornadoes and snowstorms and is immune to her own powers (and any similar effects generated otherwise i.e. she is immune to electricity whether it's a lightning bolt or a taser, is immune to extremes of heat and cold no matter the source and so on)

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Besides the late [[spoiler:partly BackFromTheDead]] Ghidorah, there's also the Many. Though not as powerful as Ghidorah's HostileWeather, the Many appear to cause and sustain the thunderstorm over Yonaguni in Chapter 13.

* ''VideoGame/SingularStone'' has Miku causes snow to fall on the map she's currently in when she transforms into [[AnIcePerson Snow Miku]] on special platforms with snowflake symbol. This changes enemies that present on the map, freezes the surface of water bodies, and creates ice platforms to make a way to normally inaccessible areas (the last one is only available at Level 16 or higher). Also, she can fires icy lasers when her CriticalStatusBuff is triggered.

** Although his actual control is limited, in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', Link can make it rain anywhere (even, sometimes, ''inside''), by playing the [[MagicMusic Song of Storms]].
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': If left alive long enough to active their FieldPowerEffect, Ice Wizzrobes and Blizzrobes will create localized blizzards and freezing temperatures, while Thunder and Thunderstorm Wizzrobes will create lightning storms.

** Although his actual control is limited, in ''VideoGame/OcarinaOfTime'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/MajorasMask'', Link can make it rain anywhere (even, sometimes, ''inside''), by playing the [[MagicMusic Song of Storms]].
** ''VideoGame/BreathOfTheWild'': If left alive long enough to active their FieldPowerEffect, Ice Wizzrobes and Blizzrobes will create localized blizzards and freezing temperatures, while Thunder and Thunderstorm Wizzrobes will create lightning storms.

** Although his actual control is limited, in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' and its sequel ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', Link can make it rain anywhere (even, sometimes, ''inside''), by playing the [[MagicMusic Song of Storms]].
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': If left alive long enough to active their FieldPowerEffect, Ice Wizzrobes and Blizzrobes will create localized blizzards and freezing temperatures, while Thunder and Thunderstorm Wizzrobes will create lightning storms.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Nami's Clima Tact gives her the ability to manipulate the weather.
** Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, uses her SoulPower to infuse a storm cloud and a miniature sun with a bit of her own soul, and through them can control the weather.
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': The Storm card that has the ability to create tornadoes and summons huge rainstorms.

* Fate Testarossa, as well as her mother Presea, demonstrated the ability to conjure thunderstorms in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. However, Fate rarely uses this, preferring more local applications of her lightning-based abilities. The last time this showed up was during one of the [[ComicBookAdaptation manga chapters]] leading to ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', where she manipulates the weather to summon natural lightning that gets around the [[AntiMagic Anti-Magilink Field]] of a group of [[MechaMooks Gadget Drones]].

** [[spoiler: The Ten-Tails can actually create an entire storm system, filled with lighning, rain, and dozens of tornados, in a split second after merely powering up.]]

* Toshiro and [[spoiler: Chojiro]]'s Zanpakuto have this power in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. Toshiro's crosses with AnIcePerson because his ability to create a snow storm is based on his general ice power.
* Weather Report ([[spoiler:real name Wes Bluemarine, originally born as Domenico Pucci]]) [[spoiler:and later Emporio Alniño using Weather's disc]] from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'' can use the weather-manipulating [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Weather Report, to create small clouds, rain, lightning, increase the power of his fist by adding atmospheric layers to them, make air suits to prevent suffocation, summon tornados, feel the air around him, [[ItMakesSenseInContext rain frogs, rearrange the ozone layer so that light refracts in an angle to place subliminal messages on sunlight, and make oxygen toxic]]. To elaborate: the Stand manipulates the weather, but "the weather" includes freak storms that rain frogs and tiny nimbus clouds flying at head-height. When [[spoiler:[[EleventhHourSuperpower Heavy]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Weather]] is unleashed]], it turns out to be more accurately described as manipulating ''the atmosphere'', which includes the ability to bring the oxygen concentration to 100%--which is deadly because oxygen [[RealityIsUnrealistic actually is]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity toxic in high concentrations]].
* In ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'', a weather girl constantly got her forecasts wrong, pissing off the townspeople (example: saying it would be a nice sunny day when it would actually rain). When she wished her forecasts would be right for a change, Kuromi granted her wish by giving her the ability to control the weather, meaning the weather really would conform to whatever she said it would be. The power goes to her head and she starts using it to terrorize others, so the heroes defeat her and change her back to normal.
* ''Literature/Overlord2012'': Control Weather is a spell that's been heard of, but entirely beyond the reach of most mortals. So the Imperial delegation to Nazarick is appropriately awed when Nazarick's maids have the clouds go away [[MundaneUtility so that they can set up a picnic table]].
* Hina Amano from ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' has the ability to bring sunshine into rainy areas like Tokyo, among other atmokinetic traits.

* Mallow from ''Videogame/SuperMarioRPG'' has the power to summon rain, either in a localized cloud or a massive downpour, and can also summon snow and lightning. These powers serve as the basis for his magical attacks.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Tenshi Hinanawi has a sword that gives her this ability.

** On top of Abilities mentioned above Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza are the embodiments of land, sea, and sky, respectively. The first two have access to Primal Reversion, while Rayquaza has Mega Evolution. Both are essentially [[SuperMode super modes]] that summon stronger variants of their weather (with Rayquaza summoning strong winds).

* A ConversedTrope in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing New Leaf''. Villagers with the Uchi (Big Sis) personality will sometimes mention a book called [[[MadLibsDialogue Villager's species]]] Storm Caller, and wonder if they can call storms too, before deciding that the town doesn't need more storms.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** In the series' backstory, the extremely technologically advanced but now extinct [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]] were known to make {{Weather Control Machine}}s, one of which you actually get to use in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morowind]]'''s ''Tribunal'' expansion.
** Also in the backstory, the [[MagicalSociety Psijic]] [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic Order]] has demonstrated their ability to use this power, summoning a storm that swallowed the Maomer (Sea Elves) fleet whole when they tried to invade Tamriel.
** The Tsaesci "[[SnakePeople snake vampires]]" of [[{{Wutai}} Akavir]] are believed to have power like this. Uriel V's invasion of Akavir was absolutely plagued by seemingly supernatural bad weather. The Akaviri winter was far longer and more intense than his intelligence reports indicated it would be. Further, it was plagued by a sudden and mysterious drought. Finally, severe storms along the oceanic supply lines sank many of his ships traveling between Akavir and Tamriel. Magical manipulation by the Tsaesci is speculated to be the cause in all cases.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' has two [[SuperScream Shouts]] that can manipulate the weather: Storm Call, which [[ShockAndAwe calls down lightning bolts]] on friend and foe alike, and Clear Skies, which clears any weather effects in the area.
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' The main antagonist Himeko 'The Sun Queen' of Yamatai, a nation of ancient Japan rules an island in the dragons triangle, an area similar to the bermuda triangle. Winning the game requires you to end Himeko's life.
* The Sorceress in ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' manipulates the weather for her most damaging[[note]]as of v1.06[[/note]] crowd-control spells. Blizzard has her summoning up a blizzard to freeze and damage all enemies on screen, while Thunderhead has her conjuring a storm cloud that peppers the battlefield with lightning.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has the [[AllYourPowersCombined spell combination]] Storm of the Century, produced by casting Blizzard and Tempest in the same area. This causes a localized electrical storm.
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' had the Storm Summoning support powerset (for Defenders, Corruptors, Controllers, and Masterminds), which had a variety of wind, ice, and lightning-related powers more focused on disabling enemies than direct damage.

* ''VideoGame/RType Final'' has the second boss, Negus O Shim, which resembles an organic sack that protrudes tentacles. It's bio mentions that it's capable of changing the climate in the area, and during the battle, it can extend a red or a blue "prong" from its body. Destroying the red prong will cause the water in the area to start boiling, while destroying the blue prong will cause it to start raining. Should either happen, the next playthrough of Stage 2 will be a RemixedLevel with its climate changed to a more arid one (red) or a more watery/cold one (blue), with Stage 2.1 being a dry wasteland, 2.2 being a swamp, 2.3 being a river, 2.4 being underwater and 2.5 being frozen over and underwater.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' Shaman can call on the elemental spirits of the Air and Water to manipulate the weather for abilities such as Thunderstorm and Healing Rain, and Druids can beckon the natural world to create a Hurricane, Cyclone or Typhoon.
* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': Marie, real name [[spoiler:[[Myth/JapaneseMythology Kusumi-no-Okami]]]], has control over weather phenomenons, including {{fog|of doom}} that routinely finds its way into Inaba. While this is {{downplayed|trope}} for the most part, the game's GoldenEnding shows her [[spoiler:taking up a job as a weather reporter, and any forecast she predicts ends up coming true every time]].

** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' has two [[MakeMeWannaShout Shouts]] that can manipulate the weather: Storm Call, which [[ShockAndAwe calls down lightning bolts]]- on friend and foe alike, and Clear Skies, which clears any weather effects in the area.

* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'': In "Till We Have Built Jerusalem", one of Jordan Collier's followers has the ability to control the weather. Jordan has them create minor earthquakes and tornadoes which destroy property but do not harm anyone in order to warn NTAC and the government against attacking him.
* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': The witches are capable of "singing up a storm". In the opening sequence, we're shown a painting with a witch in Continental Army uniform before a tornado. The present day witches learn how to do this as part of training while at Fort Salem.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Griffin St. George has the power to create thunder and lightning. He first uses this ability to try and coerce the people of Winfield into telling him where Matt Winnaker is and later to get their attention when they plead with him to [[TakeMeInstead take them instead]].

* Cyclone and Mistral from ''Literature/WildCards'' are wind-controllers.

Sometimes these powers are used for PaintingTheFrostOnWindows. The difference between ElementalPowers and weather manipulation is that storm manipulation is limited to the [[ElementalPowers elements]] that make up the weather. Compare with WeatherControlMachine, where you need a dash of {{phlebotinum}} to achieve the same ends. Compare ArtificialOutdoorsDisplay for when even the weather itself isn't real.

* ''Literature/TheLeagueOfSecretHeroes'': Mae Crumpler can do this as part of her powers. She has to constantly correct people that the power's proper name is "Atmokinesis". Zenobia had this superpower, too.

* ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'': devil mentioned in ''Purgatorio'' Canto 5 naturally has the power to send vapor flying into the sky and cause a heavy rainfall, a blessing he abuses to wash away the body of a man who repented of evil with his last breath.
* Played for laughs in ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', wherein one very minor character (a trucker named Rob [=McKenna=]) is, unbeknownst to himself, a rain god, with the power that it always rains wherever he is. [[BlessedWithSuck Always]]. As an indirect result of a brief conversation with Arthur (who encourages him to sell his story to the media), he ends up finding ways to make the best of it; popular tourist destinations are offering him large sums of money to be somewhere else, for a start.

* In ''Literature/GauntsGhosts: Ghostmaker'', the Imperial landing on Caligula is interrupted by a storm-summoning daemon. The storm removes all air support and causes several troopships to crashland, but Corbec takes it out and ends the storm by [[OrbitalBombardment calling in an orbital strike]] from a frigate [[ChekhovsGunman whose first officer he'd befriended on the way to the target]].
* ''Literature/WeatherWardens'' is all about people who possess this power, and use it to protect the human race from the wrath of Mother Nature.

* Dragon spirits of ''Literature/DragonPearl'' can do this as part of their terraforming abilities. A young dragon spirit who hasn't fully mastered her powers is one of the main characters; she ends up with a literal PersonalRaincloud at one point due to PowerIncontinence.
* ''Literature/ForbiddenSea'': Many of the more powerful merfolk have this ability. A hundred years ago, they forced Lauretta's family to release her and allow her to marry the Sea Prince by causing catastrophic storms to strike Windwaithe Island. [[spoiler:In ''Shadow in the Sea'', Araedyn causes the ship carrying Sadelyn to [[ClearMyName her murder trial]] to be caught in a violent storm so Captain Westwood will have to release her.]]

[[caption-width-right:263:Today's forecast: Cloudy with a chance of [[BoltOfDivineRetribution divine fury.]] Bring umbrellas.]]

-->-- '''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''', ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics'' vol. 4, #17

The ability to manipulate the weather. It is a [[StockSuperpowersIndex stock superpower]].

* ''[[Literature/{{Cape}} The League Of Super Heroes]]'': Mae Crumpler can do this as part of her powers. She has to constantly correct people that the power's proper name is "Atmokinesis".
** Zenobia had this superpower too.

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Played for laughs in ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', wherein one very minor character (a trucker named Rob [=McKenna=]) is, unbeknownst to himself, a rain god, with the power that it always rains wherever he is. [[BlessedWithSuck Always]].
** As an indirect result of a brief conversation with Arthur (who encourages him to sell his story to the media), he ends up finding ways to make the best of it; popular tourist destinations are offering him large sums of money to be somewhere else, for a start.

* In Creator/RuthFrancesLong's ''Literature/TheTreacheryOfBeautifulThings'', the storm that blows up when she is in the cottage is attributed to the piper.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': In ''Literature/GauntsGhosts: Ghostmaker'', the Imperial landing on Caligula is interrupted by a storm-summoning daemon. The storm removes all air support and causes several troopships to crashland, but Corbec takes it out and ends the storm by [[OrbitalBombardment calling in an orbital strike]] from a frigate [[ChekhovsGunman whose first officer he'd befriended on the way to the target]].

* ''Series/AmericanGods'' has the Thunderbird implied to summon a storm, dispelled by the GodOfThunder.

* In ''Animation/{{Gandahar}}'', the [[{{Mutants}} Deformed]] can pool their psychic powers to create a thunderstorm. They use this ability to drive off the Metal Men attacking their desert home, though doing so leaves them drained and weakened.