History Main / WeatherControlMachine

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has several devices in his pocket that can control weather in a sort of way. ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasTheLegendOfTheSunKing'' notably features the Weather Box when Nobita (posing as [[PrinceAndPauper Prince Tioo of Mayana]]) stops a HumanSacrifice ritual for obtaining rain with said gadget.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has several devices in his pocket that can control weather in a sort of way.

* In ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'', there is a device called the Single Pegasus Project. Whoever gains control of it will be able to control the weather of all Equestria.

* A popular joke among UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} fans and broadcasters plays into this: "If your area is experiencing an extended drought, just build yourselves a racetrack and invite NASCAR to town." [[DontExplainTheJoke This is in reference to the relatively high number of rainouts that NASCAR has had over the decades]] compared to other open-air sports sanctioning bodies such as UsefulNotes/{{MLB|Teams}} and [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague the NFL]]. In the UK and the [[UsefulNotes/TheCommonwealthOfNations Commonwealth]], similar jokes are made regarding UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} matches being really powerful rain dances.

* ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP'': The campfire at the world spawn in Season 2 is one. Putting out the normal fire with a shovel turns it to soul fire and can create thunderstorms, while the weather remains sunny if the campfire is normal fire.

* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'' has a relatively realistic take on this with [[https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/4f9fb6b195cda weather machines.]] These are balloons that float high in the atmosphere and come in two varieties. The less advanced variety uses mirrors to either reflect sunlight from above (for a cooling effect) or to reflect infrared radiation from the ground below (for a warming effect). The more advanced variety can actively absorb and transmit energy, allowing them to also generate power or act as weapons. Larger versions of weather machines can be used to {{terraform}} planets.

* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam'': Episode 3. Ikuyo Suzuki's greatest invention, Tenki-kun, can control the weather. Too bad she can't control him.

** The Alabasta arc also introduced to us another weather control device known as Dance Powder. When burned, it causes clouds to rain on the spot... thus ''stealing'' the rain that would have fallen somewhere else. Obviously, this stuff is outlawed. Crocodile makes heavy use of it to further his plans, creating a drought in Alabasta and pinning it on its king, so the country will be torn by civil war and be ripe for Crocodile's taking.

* The [[EldritchAbomination Walpurgisnacht]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', is a living variation, and also her main powers. She can [[RealityWarper warp physics around her]] to manipulate weather, allowing her to create ''huge'' storms coupled with very hard rain and thunders, ''with her mere presence''. She can even manipulate them precisely, creating whirlwinds to hurl ''entire skyscrapers'' as projectiles.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo OAV'': An brief off hand line by Sasami in the suggests that Jurai has weather control technology.

* ''Blog/OccupyRichieRich'': [[http://occupyrichierich.tumblr.com/post/41813901317/when-richie-wants-the-beach-to-himself-he-has-his Apparently,]] ComicBook/{{Richie|Rich}} uses one of these to heat a beach to unimaginable levels [[{{Jerkass}} just so he can have it for himself.]]

* Creator/DCComics has the ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' {{Rogue|sGallery}} the Weather Wizard. Traditionally he uses a wand with weather control technology built in, though there have been some indications he actually has innate weather powers.
* The Weatherman, a villain from the ''ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}}'' comic book and animated series, had one of these.
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'''s hammer in Creator/MarvelComics.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'':
** The weather is controlled by humans. These devices went on the fritz after suffering damage during the East Meg (former Soviet block) invasion of Mega City One, making the climate shift rapidly between snow storms and heat waves. The low visibility in particular worked to the advantage of the hit-and-run tactics carried out by Judge Dredd's guerilla forces.
** Deadworld also used to have machines to regulate the weather. The Dark Judges commandeered them to poison the population and kill off the biosphere.
* One of ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' once built such a device. Things soon went awry.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'''s [[AlmightyJanitor Garbage Man]] has a machine that controls the weather.

* In ''ComicBook/{{PS238}}'', the fact that the school is covered by Weather Satelites is frequently mentioned (and, at one point, weaponized), but even their control cannot stand up to the powers of The Rainmaker. (He's a lot more dangerous than he sounds.) The ghost of a nameless Native Shaman apparently also had weather-control powers when he was alive, and eventually gets to use them when he possesses a student with the ability to channel ghostly powers...
* In the first arc of the ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' we learn that [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] (already on the edge of the MoralEventHorizon after the ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}) has launched weather altering satellites into orbit. They are hijacked by Ultron.

* In ''ComicBook/AmericanFlagg'', Sprite, a forgotten UsefulNotes/ColdWar Soviet satellite programmed to disrupt voting patterns in the 1996 U.S. presidential election, is accidentally activated by a meteorite collision. This causes extraordinary blizzard conditions in 2031 Chicago.
* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire'', the Empire uses a climate disrupting satellite array to punish Naboo for daring to join the New Republic.
* In ''[[ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris]]'', Mortimer uncovers the villains' EvilPlan to use a network of meteorological stations in order to manipulate West Europe's weather. The whole infrastructure is powered by [[ArtisticLicensePhysics Ball Lightning]]. The main objective is to create a fog in which the nitrogen level of air gets lower, turning everyone in the streets "bonkers" by breathing more oxygen, including the cops and army, this way allowing these countries to be ''invaded''.

** "No Business Like Snow Business" (issue #39) - Mojo Jojo uses a ray gun installed in a Zamboni to create a snowstorm in the middle of summer as he's cornered the market on winter goods.
** "Weather Vain" (issue #58) - Princess Morbucks uses some [[WeatherManipulation self-developed powers]] to create weather disasters and then rescue Townsville from them as a superhero called "The Weather Girl."
** Mojo creates a storm in Townsville park as a means to harness enough lightning to bring his artificial mate ("The Bride of Mojo Jojo," DC issue #24) to life.

* ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'': In "The Ice Beast" (''Zoot Comics'' #10), an evil witch doctor and an American engineer join forces to bury the jungle beneath a blizzard. Later, the witch doctor loses control of the machine and the cold snap starts to engulf the rest of the world.
* ''ComicBook/{{Mosely}}'' has the AI Gods being able to control the weather to reverse climate change. When lighting struck in the middle of the city, Ruby was confused since she knew that lighting doesn't randomly strike anymore.

* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' has [[ADungeonIsYou Dungeon Hearts]] affecting and corrupting the environments surrounding them, including the weather. Thus, a dungeon heart tends to call on thunderstorms, blizzards and even reddish black clouds that permanently block sunlight. [[BadPowersGoodPeople Keeper]] [[Anime/SailorMoon Mercury]] decides to use said weathers to power up her windmills to get electricity.
* In the fan fic ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' (a crossover of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''), there is a device called the Single Pegasus Project. Whoever gains control of it will be able to control the weather of all Equestria.
* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fic ''Make a Wish'' Harry was visiting Moscow when a mysterious old man who called himself General Winter gave him a book of weather control spells. He later used it to create enough wind to kick up a sandstorm so that he and some of his friends could sneak into a bandit camp in Egypt and rescue another friend whom they'd kidnapped.
* ''Fanfic/ThroughTheWellOfPirene'': The goblins living in the hidden castle in the Everfree use this kind of machines in lieu of traditional magic for their brand of weather control, making rainbows out of crushed gemstones and manticore oil, clouds with water and huge fans and lightning with jars of static and electrically charged thunderstones.

* In ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'', Mars' weather is man-made and each domed city controls its weather at a control station. Faye breaks in to one and threatens the workers there so they will make in rain, as part of the ''Bebop'' crew's plan to stop a terrorist.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'': In the backstory, the country of Malaria was once a land of farmers until dark gloomy storm clouds rolled in and never left, killing their crops, which lead their king to invent an evil invention economy by blackmailing the world every year with a deadly weapon. In the climax, it's revealed that the "beacon of evil" atop the king's castle was actually this, meaning that the king deliberately tricked his kingdom into becoming evil, making them believe it was the only way to survive.

* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'': The Megacorporation known as Buy n Large had established a Global Weather Control System. The system was made of satellites that would change and control the weather in the areas that they were in. The system worked so well that soon Buy n Large even launched a program were citizens can book certain weather in the areas where they live. Such as, scheduling a Thunderstorm during a parade so that it will literally "rain on their parade."

--> '''De Wynter:''' Rain or shine... all is ''mine!''

* The "Weather Satellites" in ''Film/SupermanIII''.

* ''Film/WeatherWars'' (a.k.a. ''Storm War''): A MadScientist played by Stacy Keach invents a device that can create any weather on a whim, using simply a cell phone and relay devices, and uses it to lay siege to Washington, D.C. as DisproportionateRetribution for his project's funding being cut. At first he is only capable of causing basic weather events, such as rain, tornadoes and targeted lightning strikes, but later on he connects his invention to a decommissioned nuclear power plant, dramatically boosting its power and allowing him to create gigantic hail and ice storms. He is ultimately defeated when the heroes improvise their own version of the system by using satellites and missiles to create tornadoes that destroy his hideout.
* The second Music/WilliamsAndRee movie, subtitled ''Totem Recall'', pitted Bruce and Terry against a mad scientist and his weather machine gone amok.
* ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' freatures an "Outdoor Survival Simulator", which can generate wind, rain, lightning, snow, tornadoes and earthquakes. Our child protagonists use it it to beat the ever lovin' crap out of Creator/ChevyChase.

* Creator/BenBova's ''The Weathermakers'' is the story of a government agency that controls the weather.

* In ''Literature/StateOfFear'', ecoterrorists plan to create a tsunami, calve an iceberg, and induce flash flooding and hurricanes.
* In Normand Lester's science thriller ''Literature/{{Verglas}}'', the 1998 icestorm that struck the Montréal area is an experiment by UsefulNotes/ThePentagon in the development of a climactic weapon that went wrong. The book speculate that ULF waves generated by a transmitter at Siple Station, a US base in Antarctica, caused the icestorm by affecting the ionosphere over Québec.

* The eponymous Wardens in ''Literature/WeatherWardens'' are an association of people who have the ability to control the elements -- earth, fire and weather. They manipulate these elements to stop natural disasters from devastating mankind. The main character herself is a Weather Warden, so weather manipulation plays a large role throughout the series.
* In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'', Amberites easily change weather of shadow worlds, but not of Amber -- the centre of the universe is too stable. An openly known quality of the Jewel of Judgment is the ability to control the weather in Amber.
* In ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', weather control is widespread, and is achieved with specialized satellites in orbit around a planet.
* The female magic-users of the Sea Folk in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' primarily use their channeling to produce winds favorable for their boats. Their assistance in using a ''ter'angreal'', the "Bowl of the Winds", to overcome a prolonged magical drought is a major plot point in the middle of the series. In this case, however, NoOntologicalInertia is averted:
-->'''Caire:''' Do you think Weaving the Winds is like throwing the helm over on a darter? I just moved the rudder on a skimmer with a beam as broad as the world! He will take time to turn, time to know he is ''supposed'' to turn. That he ''must'' turn. But when he does, not the Father of Storms himself will be able to stand in his way.
* In the ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' novels, weather control systems used to be ubiquitous in the now-extinct vampire civilization, used for practical purposes as well as entertainment, and were occasionally even weaponized. They, like everything else is breaking down AfterTheEnd, resulting in some highly unpredictable or just plain unnatural weather patterns in large portions of the planet.
* In ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'', Xaltotun tries to trap Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian by creating a flood with rains. He dismisses it as a fluke when it fails; actually, other magic was used against it.
* In one of the ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' novels, the explorers create a ''living'' weather control machine by provoking some laser-firing plants to direct their beams at a shallow sea. This causes a huge cloud of steam to rise, and sets off a localized rainstorm that continues indefinitely.
* In ''Literature/PastwatchTheRedemptionOfChristopherColumbus'', the world of TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture is recovering from wars and environmental disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries, and weather control satellites are the only means of keeping the remaining farmland fertile. Unfortunately, the [[spoiler:increasing cloud cover means that they will stop being effective at some point, leading to worldwide starvation, contributing to the total collapse of human civilization. The loss of industry will also mean that humans will be unable to repair (or even reach) them]].

* The theme of controlling weather seems to have been [[CreatorThumbprint very important]] for Creator/RobertAHeinlein. If a given story briefly mentions that humans mastered weather control, you can be sure this is the bright future the author would like to live in.
** In ''Literature/TimeForTheStars'', the Long Range Foundation exists to invest in research and development that will take decades or longer to pay off, such as the slower-than-light interstellar voyage that makes up the main storyline. The protagonist mentions early on that weather control research is a project started to burn excessive money, unlikely to ever become profitable. When he returns to Earth, he is surprised to learn that the technology has been widely used for years.
** ''Literature/TheDoorIntoSummer'' has another example.
* The world of ''Literature/RelicMaster'' depends on these for its climate to even be liveable. Keeping them running is a major conflict.

* ''Literature/HeavyObject'':
** Meterological weapons have been developed which mainly function by inducing rainfall. Civilians use the technology to manage rain patterns while the military can generate torrential downpours as a psychological weapon.
** The Amaterasu system in Volume 8 is a series of scuttled Objects whose reactors were positioned on the ocean floor. When activated, the waste heat from the reactors could be used to change the major ocean currents which would in turn change global weather patterns to favor the system's creators.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''[=/=]''Series/TheBionicWoman'' crossover three-part episode "Kill Oscar": The MadScientist Doctor Franklin had a Weather Control Machine.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' had one, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]" and again in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath The Seeds of Death]]".
* In ''Franchise/StarTrek'' a lot of planets have weather control machines. A pair of Q turned human were killed on Earth when the weather controllers "mysteriously" malfunctioned, and the Ferengi set theirs to have constant downpours. In ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'''s "Let He Who is Without Sin" we learn that PleasurePlanet Risa has machines that keep the weather constantly pleasant and some aliens from the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Tattoo" were able to create storms with theirs.
* The Touchstone in ''Series/StargateSG1'' was an [[{{Precursors}} Ancient]] artifact that kept the weather on one planet idyllic. When it was removed, the weather there quickly went out of control.

* One of the most popular and famous storylines on ''Series/GeneralHospital'' involved disabling one so the evil Cassadines would not freeze the world. No, really. Luckily [[DeadpanSnarker Luke]] and [[NaiveEverygirl Laura]], the show's OfficialCouple, managed to save the day from the BigBad who was controlling it.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' has a world ruined by the U.S. and Soviet weather control machines.
* The Nineties remake of ''Series/{{The Tomorrow People|1973}}'' had a villain who was an American cereal magnate with such a machine; in a more thoughtful example than most, his EvilPlan was to use it to destroy the corn harvest of the United States in order to make his own stockpiles more valuable a la Egypt in Literature/TheBible.
* ''Series/LostInSpace'' episode "The Space Trader" uses a weather control machine to force the Robinsons to depend on him for supplies.
* The MadeForTVMovie ''Series/GetSmart, Again!'', features the criminal organization KAOS with a weather control machine that they use to hold the world hostage.
** The original series episode "Ice Station Siegfried" also had one. [[spoiler:It's a giant fan that blows cold air to freeze the world.]]
* The villain in ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' episode "A Surfeit of H20" had technology that could create localized rainstorms severe enough to drown his opponents in rainwater.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Star One", drought, torrential rains, and snowstorms are devastating Federation planets as the climate control systems controlled by their MasterComputer go haywire, creating chaos and famine as a precursor to an AlienInvasion.
* ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfBeansBaxter'': In "Beans Under the Weather", Beans' younger brother Scooter invents a weather-making machine for a science fair, and UGLI schemes to use it for their own ends.

'''Andros:''' Even if I were willing it would be impossible. You don't have the scientific knowledge. It's not a machine. It's part of my mind - perhaps part of my soul.

* ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' RadioDrama had one of these made by Lois Lane's uncle. He decided that TheWorldIsNotReady after criminals use the device to create storms so they can loot.
* In an episode of ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' a scientist, angry for being accused of being crazy, fills the main character's office with the same machine he was laughed for minutes earlier. Now seen the power of the machine, the main characters promise to look over it, but start using it to help/cheat Britain win several sports. Then they find out that changing weather in one place causes it to change in other places, and the two end up jumping around the globe trying to fix what they started, but keep messing it up even more.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has a lot of this, starting from 'Control Weather' spell.
** Controlling the weather is one of the more common special powers afforded to the darklords of TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}, to better control their domains, although they generally don't need a device to do it.
** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' got some impressive magic for this, too, up to [[FantasticNuke Killing Storm]] spell that scoured a forest kingdom for 3 month so thoroughly it's still a near-desolate moor 10,000 years later. [[TheMagocracy Netheril]] was covered in permanent 'Mavin's Worldweave' climate-shifting spells until most of it became subtropical, then water-drained by longterm 'Lifedrain' spells of Phaerimm -- which explains why there's a hot desert so far up North that it borders a big glacier. In the middle of its North side lies the High Ice -- over 30 millenia earlier, before continents' shapes changed, this area was swamped by [[RecursivePrecursors the Sarrukh to drive out the Phaerimm]]. This kind of worked, but upset local ecological balance enough to do in their own empire too -- which maybe gave Phaerimm ideas about drying spells and ecological warfare the next time. To the East stands the Great Glacier -- a mountainous pile of ice grown around the tomb some power buried with his ice-related artifact; it used to cover Damara and Vaasa too, south of them was a forest of elves who they stopped its spread with magic; much later it shrunk for no obvious reason. Many of Elven mythals make local weather more pleasant and stable. As to the High Ice, returned Netherese melted a good portion, upsetting the climate over half of the continent... In short, for many millenia Faerûn didn't even ''have'' completely natural weather patterns.

* ''TabletopGame/HollowEarthExpedition'', supplement ''Mysteries of the Hollow Earth''. In the city of Atlantis, the Vril-ya priests can use the Great Crystal to control the weather, including calling down lightning strikes.
* ''TabletopGame/MenInBlackTheRoleplayingGame'': The Weather-Control Device was created by the T'skrine aliens. It could alter air pressure, temperature and humidity at a range of up to 5 miles. These changes could cause precipitation (rain or snow), a heat wave or fog.
* ''TabletopGame/Space1889''. The Weather Control Ray is a possible invention in the main rules. It allows the user to bring on storms or disperse them.

* Inverted in the ''[[VideoGame/ExaPico Ar tonelico]]'' series. The weather control devices (called the Musical Corridor/Wings of Hynemos depending on the game) are part of the devices that allow people to survive at the extreme altitude at which they've been forced to live.

* One of the new rewards introduced in ''VideoGame/TheSims2'': Seasons.
* In ''VideoGame/ElementsOfDestruction'', you ''are'' one of these. Or rather, you're a insane fired weatherman ''with'' a weather control machine, and attack your enemies with earthquakes, tornadoes and thunderbolts.
* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', one of the Arcs on the Hero-side involves stopping Nemesis from using his Weather Control Machine to destroy or conquer the city! Of course, Nemesis is nothing if not 'old skool'...
* ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles]]'', Mushroom Hill Zone Act 2, shows the plant life changing you progress through the level. Things start off green, then go to orange, then a dull yellow. Then, just before the boss fight, you destroy the machine that's causing it (a radar dish shooting lightning into the sky) and the level immediately reverts to lush and green.
* ''VideoGame/StarFox'':
** ''VideoGame/StarFox1'': The level Titania starts in a blizzard, and halfway though you deactivate the weather control machine to clear the sky.
** ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'': Inverted in the fourth mission, where the machine keeps the frequent blizzards on Fichina in check, and needs to be repaired before the planet becomes completely uninhabitable again.

* In ''VideoGame/TouhouHisoutenScarletWeatherRhapsody'', Tenshi Hinanawi's Sword of Hisou/Scarlet Perception has the power to alter the weather based upon a person's temperament. She uses it to instigate WeatherDissonance, among other things.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', it is revealed that the Dwemer built one (known as the Karstangz-Beharn) in their city of Bamz-Amschend. After their disappearance, the city of Mournhold was built over top of it. [[spoiler:[[PhysicalGod Almalexia]]]] will command you to use it in the ''Tribunal'' expansion to create ash storms in Mournhold as a show of her power. It will reset to normal following completion of the ''Tribunal'' main quest, but nothing is stopping you from going back to it and setting it to create whatever weather you want.
** A couple of different [[MakeMeWannaShout Shouts]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' have this effect. Clear Skies eliminates local weather effects (like MysteriousMist), while Storm Call does ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* ''{{VideoGame/Fallout}}''
** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'''s [[MadScience Old World Blues]] DLC has an experimental weather control machine in one of the labs, which you can use to make it rain over a small model village, but which more importantly is implied to be the cause of the storms over The Divide.
** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'''s Contraptions Workshop features fireworks that can change the weather. While an incredibly powerful technology that could change the world and save many lives, it is used purely for aesthetics.
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' features one of these [[spoiler:in Kamui. It is used by demons to unleash a massive blizzard on the citizens of Wep'Keer.]]
* Climatrol in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII''. Meddling with it nearly floods the entire planet. ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII'' also has a similar machine to control the tides and even the moons, but here it is justified as [[spoiler:the world is actually a giant spaceship]]. In ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'', Nurvus has a weather control system, but Wren mentions that people learned from their previous mistake and it only has enough control to mend the damage after which it will be shut down.
* [[spoiler:The eponymous ark]] in ''Videogame/YsVITheArkOfNapishtim''.
* The villains of ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' stole a god's power, allowing them to control the weather, and specifically end a drought that was devastating the Empire. (This is their reason, or at least justification, for the act.) Unfortunately, saving the Empire meant dooming some other part of the world, and the god's absence has led to the dead being unable to move on, causing all sorts of problems.

* ''[[StupidJetPackHitler Die Spinne]]'' from the Xbox game ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies: The High Road to Revenge'' has this as one of their super weapons. It is mounted on one very large and incredibly tough zeppelin battleship.
* In ''VideoGame/GalacticCivilizations II'' Twilight of the Arnor, you can build these on your planets if you're Arcean. Partial subversion in that they're very much useful, increasing the quality of planets substantially.
* Weather Control is a planetary improvement in ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion 2.'' It greatly increases farm productivity.
* In ''VideoGame/PajamaSam 2'', the World Wide Weather corporation does this as a massive floating factory in the clouds. And its CEO is MotherNature. In the comic book [[{{Feelies}} packed with the game]], it's used for evil, but the place Sam discovers on his own manages Earth's weather as it should be...until he [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally messes up the equipment.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'', you have to operate a machine to start a downpour.
* The Luminoth of ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' have this as one of their wonders. It couldn't fix all the problems a recent disaster caused, though.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' has one under the control of the Archylte Steppe nomads. Each weather condition has a different effect on the monster population: Sunny and rainy bring out more fauna-like monsters, cloudy spawns goblins and machines, and stormy brings out droves of Cie'th.
* During one mission in ''VideoGame/SpandexForce'' a minor villain called the Blizzard Wizard used a specialized machine to make it snow during summertime. When the main character found him out and he gloatingly asked who else could possibly have done such a thing, they started listing half-a-dozen other people with winter-based abilities.

* Some of the symbols that can be inscribed on the tablets in ''VideoGame/MystVEndOfAges'' cause the affected Age's weather to change.
* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFullFrontalAssault'' Captain Qwark has a weather controlling device that he used to create sunny weather during his presidential events. It later gets hijacked by the game's villain who uses it to turn the normally sunny planet of Ebaro into a blizzard-ravaged [[SlippySlideyIceWorld snow level]].
** On a much smaller scale, there's also the Tornado Launcher and Thundersmack weapons from ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]'' respectively. The former [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin launches out a disc that creates a tornado]] that sucks in enemies and throws them about, while the latter forcibly conjures up a storm cloud that will target enemies with directed bolts of lighting.

* A weather plant can be built in ''[[VideoGame/TheSettlers The Settlers 5: Heritage of Kings]]''. It can be used to freeze the rivers, allowing you to cross them - or to thaw the ice, drowning the enemies trying to do the same.
* In ''VideoGame/StarbaseOrion'', Orbital Weather Controllers can be built on colonies to improve farming yields.
* In ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'' the Weather Controller is a mid-game satellite unit. Rather than being a superweapon, it improves the food yield of land in its area of effect and can permanently create new basic resources.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'', the evil organization Cipher creates artificial storms to keep ships away from their base, Citadark Isle.
* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'': The trilogy features the Amaterasu [[spoiler:weather control satellite]], which maintains the warm climate of the region. Without it, it's stated that the entire region would fall into an Ice Age. [[spoiler:It also has the capability to fire tremendous bursts of energy as a KillSat, though only maybe two living people have the ability to order it to do that. To the pre-gunpowder current inhabitants of Earth, they have no idea that Amaterasu exists, and interpret the rare occasions of someone activating its KillSat function as "divine punishment" on whatever unfortunate country is targeted.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', the Ether Medallion clears up some rain to open one dungeon.
* In ''VideoGame/CriminalCasePacificBay'', one of the main plots of the Jazz Town district is putting a stop to a weather machine that the ArcVillain stole from the military and now's been using to wreck havoc all over the city by summoning destructive hurricanes.
* In ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'', worshippers of the god Fedhas Madash can create sunshine and rain.

* The {{pilot}} episode of ''WebAnimation/GEOWeasel'' focuses on a rival evildoer using a rain-making device as part of a convoluted plot to take over the world.

* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', Chapter 19, the characters see some sort of power station in the middle of a lake. The real purpose of the station was at this point unknown, but its observed effects include the creation of clouds, massive lightning bolts, and brief downpours.
* As [[http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=13336 this]] ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' strip shows, [[Franchise/GIJoe Destro]] isn't interested in the [[CutLexLuthorACheck "legitimate" approach]].

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has an arc "Gil Deals With It", where "It" is a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071109 whole army]] of "[[SpiderTank war stompers]]", and the way he deals with it is <[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071126 CRAKOOM!]]>
** Mechanicsburg's built-in defences take but a few seconds to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120806 turn any street into one big rainstorm cloud]]. For instant decontamination.
--->'''Repairman:''' A town run by [[MadScientist the Heterodynes]], attacked on a regular basis for ''hundreds of years?'' Gas weapons are ''easy!''
** The new experimental Corbettite train is seen getting loaded with an [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150406 "auto-cranked storm generator."]]

* ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP Season 2'': The campfire at the world spawn is one. Putting out the normal fire with a shovel turns it to soul fire and can create thunderstorms, while the weather remains sunny if the campfire is normal fire.
* ''Blog/HowToHero'' makes mention of these in the entry on [[https://howtohero.tumblr.com/post/164470716867/freak-meteorological-phenomenon freak meteorological phenomena.]]

* O-Zone from the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode, "[[Recap/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehogS01E32SonicGetsThrashed Sonic Gets Thrashed]]" is a robot built by Dr. Robotnik to be this. He was rejected and thrown into Scrap Valley because he can only make lousy weather, specifically snowstorms.
* Kooky in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' created the Power Shower, causing a rainstorm that lasted two weeks over the Mushroom Kingdom.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'' cartoon "I Feel Fine," the boys tinker with a movie studio's weather machine which Paul pooh-poohed as being as artificial as Hollywood itself is. Actor Dick Dashing takes the brunt of the boys' horseplay.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' "Monster Weather": A [[InstantAIJustAddWater suped up]] Weather Satellite [[FunWithAcronyms S.A.M.]] starts controlling the weather after being [[LightningCanDoAnything struck by lightning]].
** The [=DNAliens=] also possess weather control machines in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' episode "Everyone Talks About The Wheather".
* ''WesternAnimation/Birdman1967'' episode "Versus Cumulus, the Storm King". Cumulus has machines that can create lightning storms, fog and clouds.
* ''ComicBook/{{Bucky OHare|and the toad wars}}'' featured the Climate Converter, used by the Toads to turn Bucky's homeworld into a swamp.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels Captain Caveman]]'' episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The Flintstone Comedy Show]]'' "Stormfront and Weathergirl" features two weather-controlling villains stealing a weather satellite to launch into orbit to amplify the range of their weather-controlling powers to cover (and conquer) the entire planet.
* Professor Nimnul once built one of these on ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''. It was a flying box that could disguise itself via artificial clouds.
* One of Baron Greenback's dastardly plans in ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' involved one of these (episode "The Next Ice Age Begins At Midnight").
-->'''Stiletto:''' I know why you call it that.
-->'''Greenback:''' Why?
-->'''Stiletto:''' 'Cause you don't know [[{{Pun}} "weather"]] it will work! [[DopeSlap Ow!]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Klunk built an airborne weather control machine.

* In ''Franchise/GIJoe: The Revenge of Cobra'', Cobra used a device called the Weather Dominator as a superweapon to extort the world.
* ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' episode "The Weather Machine"
** The original ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' series had "Weather in Tibet".

* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects'' featured one, via a stealth satellite.

* There have been at least five weather machine usages on ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. The first is seen in the background of an R&D, but its function is mentioned to show [[RuleOfCool how advanced the facility was]]. The second time was used to attack [[CanadaEh Canada]]. Third, which reused the previous machine, brought to life [[{{Snowlems}} an army of evil snowmen]] and brought a brief raining of frogs (wait... what?) The fourth was created by "Evil Ron" and dubbed "The Mega Weather Generator". The fifth was used to make sure it was always winter [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia (but never Christmas)]]. The appropriate {{Continuity Nod}}s occur. One of these weather machines was even procured from a ''used weather machine dealership''. Rather than pay, Drakken opts to simply mug the salesman for the keys and steal it, which he somehow doesn't expect despite supervillains likely making up the majority if not entirety of his customer base.

* ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' Thaddius Vent uses one in the episode "The Four Seasons". [[spoiler: The heroes end up commandeering it and burying his palace under a few feet of snow.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "Leave the Busting to Us!," Doofenshmirtz plans to use his Gloominator [[AdvancedTech2000 3000]]...inator to launch weather pellets into the clouds, plunging the tri-state area into a new ice age.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer and his Nuclear Reactor team are way ahead of the Germ Warfare and Weather Machine divisions.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars''. Though it's never explained how or why, it's implied that the activities of the Techno Union were screwing with the geothermal activity of planet Nelvaan and causing the winter weather that Obi-wan and Anakin observed. In any case, as soon as Anakin destroys the crystal core of their machine, the ice and snow immediately begins thawing.
* A low-tech approach was used in a [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle Super Chicken]] episode, where a rash of elephants in the city leads Super Chicken and Fred to an Indian maharajah, who has shipped the elephants strategically for their weight to tip the earth's poles so he can enjoy snow.
* 1973/74 ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' episode "The Weather Maker". An underwater nuclear powered jet engine can control the weather by changing the course of the Gulf Stream.
* In an episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', the Stone Warriors use a "Weather Satellite". They go through a couple less-dangerous settings (partly cloudy, mild showers) before setting it to "Total Chaos".

** One of Megatron's frequent ArtifactOfDoom searches in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' turned up the Pearl of Bahoudin, which turned out to be one of these.

* Simon Bar Sinister of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' had two: one was his cloud machine in "The Big Shrink", which he used to make it rain his shrinking water over the city to shrink everyone to the size of his thumb. Later, in "Weathering the Storm", he combined this with an OminousPipeOrgan.

* In ''VideoGame/CriminalCasePacificBay'', one of the main plots of the Jazz Town district is putting an stop to a weather machine that has been causing hurricanes and destroying everything.

-->-- '''[[Franchise/GiJoe Cobra Commander]]''', as interpreted by ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''

* ''Film/AustinPowers'': Dr. Evil mentions that in the 1960s, he had a "weather changing machine that was, in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a 'laser'."
* ''Film/TheAvengers1998'': [[MeaningfulName Sir August De Wynter]] uses one to extort Great Britain. Slightly subverted in that he ''does'' plan to use it to make legitimate money (by "selling" weather to the countries of the world) but squeezes the VillainBall tight by also threatening to bring natural disasters on the countries that don't comply.

* ''Film/{{Geostorm}}'': The plot revolves around a system of climate controlling satellites being turned into [[KillSat weapons]] and [[RaceAgainstTheClock the efforts to restore them]].

* In the 1960s Bond spoof ''Film/OurManFlint'', the Galaxy organization threatened to use its weather control device (which could also cause earthquakes) to bring the world to its knees unless the nations of Earth destroyed all of their nuclear weapons, aircraft and navies and accepted Galaxy's guidance. Yes, they were [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]].

* ''Film/WeatherWars'' (aka ''Storm War''): A MadScientist played by Stacy Keach invents a device that can create any weather on a whim, using simply a cell phone and relay devices, and uses it to lay siege to Washington, D.C. as DisproportionateRetribution for his project's funding being cut. At first he is only capable of causing basic weather events, such as rain, tornadoes and targeted lightning strikes, but later on he connects his invention to a decommissioned nuclear power plant, dramatically boosting its power and allowing him to create gigantic hail and ice storms. He is ultimately defeated when the heroes improvise their own version of the system by using satellites and missiles to create tornadoes that destroy his hideout.

* ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' freatures an "Outdoor Survival Simulator", which can generate wind, rain, lightning, snow, tornadoes and earthquakes. Our child protagonists use it it to beat the ever lovin' crap out of ChevyChase.

* A popular joke among UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} fans and broadcasters plays into this:
-->''If your area is experiencing an extended drought, just build yourselves a race track and invite NASCAR to town."
[[DontExplainTheJoke This is in reference to the relatively high number of rainouts that NASCAR has had over the decades]] compared to other open-air sports sanctioning bodies such as UsefulNotes/{{MLB|Teams}} and [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague the NFL]]. In the UK and the [[UsefulNotes/TheCommonwealthOfNations Commonwealth]], similar jokes are made regarding UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} matches being really powerful rain dances.

* Creator/MichaelCrichton's ''Literature/StateOfFear'', ecoterrorists plan to create a tsunami, calve an iceberg, and induce flash flooding and hurricanes.
* Normand Lester's science thriller ''Literature/{{Verglas}}'', the 1998 icestorm that struck the Montréal area is an experiment by UsefulNotes/ThePentagon in the development of a climactic weapon that went wrong. The book speculate that ULF waves generated by a transmitter at Siple Station, a US base in Antarctica, caused the icestorm by affecting the ionosphere over Québec.
* In ''Literature/TheGiver'', though the mechanics of it are never discussed, it's made clear that the Community's leaders know how to control the weather within the confines of the Community. For the people that live there, things like snow and rain are completely unknown, and the sun is always faint enough that no one apparently knows what a "sunburn" is. Fittingly, taking a sled ride in the snow, getting a sunburn, and getting a leg fracture after slipping on ice are some of the first memories that Jonas receives. [[spoiler:When he escapes with Gabe, he has to deal with harsh weather for the first time in his life, and nearly freezes to death in the snow]].
* ''Literature/WeatherWardens'' by Rachel Caine, the Wardens are an association of people who have the ability to control the elements - earth, fire and weather. They manipulate these elements to stop natural disasters from devastating mankind. The main character herself is a Weather Warden, so weather manipulation plays a large role throughout the series.
* In [[Creator/RogerZelazny Roger Zelazny's]] ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'' Amberites easily change weather of shadow worlds, but not of Amber -- the centre of the universe is too stable. An openly known quality of the Jewel of Judgment is the ability to control the weather in Amber.
* Frank Herbert's ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' series, weather control is widespread, and is achieved with specialized satellites in orbit around a planet.
* The female magic-users of the Sea Folk in Robert Jordan's ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' primarily used their channeling to produce winds favorable for their boats. Their assistance in using a ''ter'angreal'', the "Bowl of the Winds," to overcome a prolonged magical drought was a major plot point in the middle of the series. In this case, however, NoOntologicalInertia was averted:
-->'''Caire''': Do you think Weaving the Winds is like throwing the helm over on a darter? I just moved the rudder on a skimmer with a beam as broad as the world! He will take time to turn, time to know he is ''supposed'' to turn. That he ''must'' turn. But when he does, not the Father of Storms himself will be able to stand in his way.

* In Creator/RobertEHoward's ''The Hour of the Dragon'', Xaltotun tries to trap Literature/ConanTheBarbarian by creating a flood with rains. He dismisses it as a fluke when it fails; actually, other magic was used against it.

* In Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/PastwatchTheRedemptionOfChristopherColumbus'', the world of TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture is recovering from wars and environmental disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries, and weather control satellites are the only means of keeping the remaining farmland fertile. Unfortunately, the [[spoiler:increasing cloud cover means that they will stop being effective at some point, leading to worldwide starvation, contributing to the total collapse of human civilization. The loss of industry will also mean that humans will be unable to repair (or even reach) them]].

* The theme of controlling weather seems to have been [[CreatorThumbprint very important]] for Creator/RobertHeinlein. If a given story briefly mentions that humans mastered weather control, you can be sure this is the bright future the author would like to live in.

* ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'': In the book, the Cloudmen work their sinister magic on Earth, producing all the weather. The heroes witness hailstones being made from handfuls of cloud, a rainbow being painted and lowered to Earth, a snow machine, drums for making thunder; and in a case of WhenItRainsItPours, they become caught up in an absolutely massive cloudburst.

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* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has several divices in his pocket that can control weather in a sort of way.

* In ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'', Mars' weather is man-made and each domed city controls its weather at a control station. Faye breaks in to one and threatens the workers there so they will make in rain, as part of the ''Bebop'' crew's plan to stop a terrorist.
* ''Literature/HeavyObject'':
** Meterological weapons have been developed which mainly function by inducing rainfall. Civilians use the technology to manage rain patterns while the military can generate torrential downpours as a psychological weapon.
** The Amaterasu system in Volume 8 is a series of scuttled Objects whose reactors were positioned on the ocean floor. When activated, the waste heat from the reactors could be used to change the major ocean currents which would in turn change global weather patterns to favor the system's creators.

* [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor's]] hammer in Creator/MarvelComics.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'': As in several other versions, [[Characters/DCAMUVillains Weather Wizard]]'s "wand" is a device that can let him control the weather.

* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'': Dr. Evil mentions that in the 1960s, he had a "weather changing machine that was, in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a 'laser'."
* ''Film/TheAvengers1998''. [[MeaningfulName Sir August De Wynter]] uses one to extort Great Britain. Slightly subverted in that he ''does'' plan to use it to make legitimate money (by "selling" weather to the countries of the world) but squeezes the VillainBall tight by also threatening to bring natural disasters on the countries that don't comply.
--> '''De Wynter''': Rain or shine... all is ''mine!''

* ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'s [[AlmightyJanitor Garbage Man]] has a machine that controls the weather.

* In the first arc of the ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' we learn that [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] (already on the edge of the MoralEventHorizon after the ComicBook/CivilWar) has launched weather altering satellites into orbit. They are hijacked by Ultron.

* ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'':

->''If your area is experiencing an extended drought, just build yourselves a race track and invite NASCAR to town."

** The original series episode "Ice Station Siegfried" also had one. [[spoiler:a giant fan that blows cold air to freeze the world.]]

** Nami, the Straw Hat Pirates' navigator in has the Clima Tact, a small-scale weather control machine built by Usopp. While initially requiring Nami to think outside even Usopp's original specs to use effectively, Usopp has since upgraded it to allow Nami to easily rain lightning down on foes and create deceptive mirages in the heat of battle.

* In ''Literature/TheGiver'', though the mechanics of it are never discussed, it's made clear that the Community's leaders know how to control the weather within the confines of the Community. For the people that live there, things like snow and rain are completely unknown, and the sun is always faint enough that no one apparently knows what a "sunburn" is. Fittingly, taking a sled ride in the snow, getting a sunburn, and getting a leg fracture after slipping on ice are some of the first memories that Jonas receives. [[spoiler: When he escapes with Gabe, he has to deal with harsh weather for the first time in his life, and nearly freezes to death in the snow]].

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Prof Chemico invents a "Climate Changer" which can alter the temprature and weather in large areas. Minister Blizzard decides to steal it in his first appearance.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' has one. Justified as part of an EdutainmentShow.

* In the ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' novels, weather control systems used to be ubiquitous in the now-extinct vampire civilization, used for practical purposes as well as entertainment, and were occasionally even weaponized. They, like everything else is breaking down AfterTheEnd, resulting in some highly unpredictable or just plain unnatural weather patterns in large portions of the planet.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' had a world ruined by the U.S. and Soviet weather control machines...........

* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "Judgment from Outer Space", Andros controls the weather through his amulet.
--> '''Bjornsen''': Let us start with your device Dr. Andros. You will explain it!
--> '''Andros''': Even if I were willing it would be impossible. You don't have the scientific knowledge. It's not a machine. It's part of my mind - perhaps part of my soul.

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* ''LetsPlay/EmpiresSMP Season 2'': The campfire at the world spawn is one. Putting out the normal fire with a shovel turns it to soul fire and can create thunderstorms, while the weather remains sunny if the campfire is normal fire.
* ''Blog/HowToHero'' makes mention of these in the entry on [[https://howtohero.tumblr.com/post/164470716867/freak-meteorological-phenomenon freak meteorological phenomena.]]
* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'' has a relatively realistic take on this with [[https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/4f9fb6b195cda weather machines.]] These are balloons that float high in the atmosphere and come in two varieties. The less advanced variety uses mirrors to either reflect sunlight from above (for a cooling effect) or to reflect infrared radiation from the ground below (for a warming effect). The more advanced variety can actively absorb and transmit energy, allowing them to also generate power or act as weapons. Larger versions of weather machines can be used to {{terraform}} planets.
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-->'''Repairman:''' A town run by [[MadScientist the Heterodynes]], attacked on a regular basis for ''hundreds of years?'' Gas weapons are ''easy!''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' story "Weathering the Storm", Simon Barsinister combined this with an OminousPipeOrgan.

* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFullFrontalAssault'' Captain Qwark has a weather controlling device that he used to create sunny weather during his presidential events. It later gets hijacked by the game's villain.

* In ''VideoGame/PaperMario'', Huff N. Puff and his minions use of these to cover Flower Fields in clouds. The overcast is so bad that the sun actually falls into depression and leaves the sky, placing the citizens of Flower Fields (all of whom are plants) at risk.

** The Alabasta arc also introduced to us another weather control device known as Dance Powder. When burned, it creates rainclouds...by stealing the moisture away from ''other'' clouds. Obviously, this stuff is outlawed. Crocodile makes heavy use of it to further his plans, creating a drought in Alabasta and pinning it on its king, so the country will be torn by civil war and be ripe for Crocodile's taking.

** ''{{VideoGame/Fallout4}}'''s Contraptions Workshop features fireworks that can change the weather. While an incredibly powerful technology that could change the world and save many lives, it is used purely for aesthetics.