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15	[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/LouisArmstrong "Now, I don't care what the weather man says\
16	When the weatherman says it's raining\
17	You'll never hear me complaining,\
18	I'm certain the sun will shine"]]]]
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20	->''"Bow before COBRA and my WEATHER DOMINATOR! Or I'll crank the humidity so high no ass-crack will ever be dry again! An eternity of swamp ass!"''
21	-->-- '''[[Franchise/GIJoe Cobra Commander]]''', as interpreted by ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''
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23	A machine that seems to be able to control elements in the atmosphere to create or disperse clouds, incude said clouds to rain or generate lightning, or even cause full-fledged hurricanes, sometimes with such destructiveness that it doubles as a DoomsdayDevice in its own right; sometimes, the device may somehow be able to cause phenomena that have no relation to weather at all, because TV writers seem to not bother to differentiate meteorological natural disasters from non-meteorological ones. The device is more often than not never used for [[ReedRichardsIsUseless any practical application]] or to [[CutLexLuthorACheck make money directly]], which messes with the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. All in all, the whole idea of controlling such a nebulous concept as "weather" is... just odd. It hasn't stopped people from trying though.
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25	Often the cause of WeatherDissonance. If the machine is destroyed, naturally [[NoOntologicalInertia everything will go back to the "default" weather setting of that area]] regardless of whatever new elements were introduced into the atmosphere to produce these new weather patterns. Expect a villain, if they get their hands on one of these, to hold the world to ransom by threatening to create a NaturalDisasterCascade or just plain use it to commit weather-terrorism on large cities anyway.
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27	Also see SnowMeansCold and WeatherOfWar. See WeatherManipulation for the superpower version and EarthquakeMachine for when you'd rather wreak havoc on land than in the atmosphere. Compare ArtificialOutdoorsDisplay for when even the weather itself isn't real.
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30	!!Examples
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33	[[folder:Advertising]]
34	* In "Advertising/DearAlice", the farmer uses a machine to create rain clouds for her crops.
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37	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
38	* ''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 Tio of Mayana]]) stops a HumanSacrifice ritual for obtaining rain with said gadget.
39	* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam'': Ikuyo Suzuki's greatest invention, Tenki-kun from Episode 3, can control the weather. Too bad she can't control him.
40	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
41	** Nami, the Straw Hat Pirates' navigator, 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.
42	** The Alabasta arc also introduces 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.
43	** Enel's flying ship, the Maxim, fits as well; combining the chemicals, water, and technology on board with his [[ShockAndAwe Goro Goro no Mi (Rumble-Rumble Fruit) powers]] enables him to create thunderstorms capable of wiping out entire islands.
44	* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': A brief offhand line by Sasami in the {{O\|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA suggests that Jurai has weather-control technology.
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47	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
48	* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': Probe uses one to disrupt the math test in Season 2 episode 11, with Adu Du telling him which setting to have the machine on. Probe selects the wrong switch and has to sift through different settings, from heat to snow to fruit season (the last one resulting in durians appearing everywhere).
49	* One episode of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' has Doctor H. make a weather-controlling machine. The machine is shown to be able to make snow and lightning bolts, among other options that are never seen in action.
50	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Cannons are weather control machines in ''Flying Island: The Sky Adventure'' episode 5. Large weather fruits can be shot out of cannons to form different weather patterns in the sky.
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53	[[folder:Blogs]]
54	* ''Blog/HowToHero'' makes mention of these in the entry on [[https://howtohero.tumblr.com/post/164470716867/freak-meteorological-phenomenon freak meteorological phenomena.]]
55	* ''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 that he can have it for himself]].
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58	[[folder:Comic Books]]
59	* 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.
60	* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' has [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Otto Skorzeny]] build a "weather cannon." [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] immediately, as Robo claims that it is doomed to failure just because it is so ridiculous (especially since they thought they were building super long distance railgun artillery, which would have been much more useful). He also brings up how inefficient it is, since [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v2ch5-page-9 its one claim to fame]] was [[AllohistoricalAllusion delaying Operation Overlord by two days]], despite being in production for months.
61	%%* The Weatherman, a villain from the ''ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}}'' comic book and animated series, has one of these.%%ZCE
62	* ''ComicBook/BlackDynamite'': TheIlluminati's first demonstration of power to Black Dynamite is when one of their agents gets on a radio and says "Rain cease," causing the storm over an entire city to instantly dissipate.
63	* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': In ''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''.
64	* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'''s [[AlmightyJanitor Garbage Man]] has a machine that controls the weather.
65	* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': The Weather Wizard traditionally uses a wand with weather control technology built in, though there have been some indications that he actually has innate weather powers.
66	* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'':
67	** 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.
68	** Deadworld also used to have machines to regulate the weather. The Dark Judges commandeered them to poison the population and kill off the biosphere.
69	* In the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comics, it's the 31st century and all weather is machine-controlled.
70	* 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.
71	%%* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'''s hammer in Creator/MarvelComics.%%ZCE
72	* ''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.
73	* Three weather examples from the DC run of ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
74	** In "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.
75	** In "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."
76	** 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.
77	* In ''ComicBook/{{PS238}}'', the fact that the school is covered by Weather Satellites 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...
78	* ''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.
79	* One of ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' once builds such a device. Things soon go awry.
80	* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire'', the Empire uses a climate-disrupting satellite array to punish Naboo for daring to join the New Republic.
81	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
82	** The iconic device of villain Byrna Brilyant, aka "Blue Snowman", creates snowstorms and blizzards. In the Golden Age, it was a large piece of equipment; in the Post-Crisis continuity, she incorporated it into a suit of powered armor; and in ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'', it's part of her HumongousMecha, which is named "Blue Snowman".
83	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Prof Chemico invents a "Climate Changer" which can alter the temperature and weather in large areas. Minister Blizzard decides to steal it in his first appearance.
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86	[[folder:Fan Works]]
87	* Subverted in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': Brainstorm's weather maker actually just creates the ''illusion'' that the weather has changed.
88	* ''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. Keeper Mercury decides to [[BadPowersGoodPeople use said weathers to power up her windmills to get electricity]].
89	* 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. The project was initially designed to let up the pressure on Weather maintenance for the Pegasi who were getting hammered hard during The Great War, and following The Last Day the Pegasi took control over the facility to seal themselves off from the surface; but at the same time their control over the S.P.P. isn't absolute. [[spoiler:This is because Princess Celestia placed her soul inside of the S.P.P.s' Crusader Maneframe Supercomputer to manage the weather, unaware that Rainbow Dash had disconnected the computer from the control system.]]
90	* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fic ''Make a Wish'', Harry is visiting Moscow when a mysterious old man who calls himself General Winter gives him a book of weather control spells. He later uses it to create enough wind to kick up a sandstorm so that he and some of his friends can sneak into a bandit camp in Egypt and rescue another friend whom they'd kidnapped.
91	* ''Fanfic/ThroughTheWellofPirene'': The goblins living in the hidden castle in the Everfree use this kind of machine 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.
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94	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
95	* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'': Flint Lockwood accidentally creates a machine that makes it rain food. This is largely circumstantial, as the machine is a MatterReplicator of food that runs on water and ended up in the cloud layer. Making it rain food is just an extension of its function but as it grows out of control it starts making other weather patterns that are more actively destructive.
96	* In ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'', Mars' weather is man-made, and each domed city controls its weather at a control station. Faye breaks into one and threatens the workers there so that they will make it rain, as part of the ''Bebop'' crew's plan to stop a terrorist.
97	* ''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 that it was the only way to survive.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects'' features one via a stealth satellite.
99	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'': As in several other versions, Weather Wizard's "wand" is a device that can let him control the weather.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'': According to [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental material]], the MegaCorp Buy 'n Large established a Global Weather Control System made of satellites that would change and control the weather in the areas that they were in. The system worked so well that Buy 'n Large even launched a program giving citizens the ability to 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".
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103	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
104	* ''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'."
105	* ''Film/TheAvengers1998'': [[MeaningfulName Sir August De Wynter]] uses one to extort Great Britain. The CutLexLuthorACheck element is 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.
106	-->'''De Wynter:''' Rain or shine... all is ''mine!''
107	* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', Doc mentions a U.S. weather service in 2015, after predicting the exact time rain would stop. It's somewhat unclear whether they actually have the ability to control the weather, predict it with extreme accuracy, or if Doc actually only knew through time travel.
108	* In the {{backstory}} of ''Film/TheColony2013'' these were built to fight global warming, but had GoneHorriblyRight and created another Ice Age instead.
109	* ''Film/CommandoCodySkyMarshalOfTheUniverse'' (1953 FilmSerial). The [[EmperorScientist Ruler]] tries this in several chapters to either destroy the Earth or intimidate the inhabitants into surrendering to his rule. Methods include cloudseeding to create torrential rains, changing the axis of the Earth or the orbit of the Moon, and creating multiple reflections of the Sun to create heatwaves, drought and firestorms.
110	* ''Film/{{Geostorm}}'': The plot revolves around a system of climate-controlling satellites being turned into [[KillSat weapons]] and [[RaceAgainstTheClock the efforts to restore them]].
111	* ''Film/MurderByDeath'': Mr. Twain has a weather device that creates a thunderstorm that prevents our protagonists from leaving the house as per the cliched detective story fashion.
112	* In ''Film/OurManFlint'', the Galaxy organization threatens to use its weather control device (which can also cause earthquakes) to bring the world to its knees unless the nations of Earth destroy all of their nuclear weapons, aircraft and navies and accept Galaxy's guidance. Yes, they're [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]].
113	* One plays a key role in the plot of ''Film/SonOfGodzilla''. A team of scientists develops one in order to solve world hunger and test it out on Solgell Island, where Godzilla and Minya are hanging out. The machine goes haywire during its test however, causing extreme heat and a radioactive storm that creates lots of BigCreepyCrawlies Godzilla ends up having to fight. In the end, the scientists fix the machine and use it to create a huge snowstorm that allows them to escape, kill all the giant bugs, and put Godzilla and Minya into hibernation.
114	* The Probe in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' does this as a ''[[ObliviouslyEvil side effect]]''; it's transmission is so powerful it destabilizes the Earth's atmosphere, causing perpetual superstorms and nearly total cloud cover of the planet.
115	%%* The "Weather Satellites" in ''Film/SupermanIII''.%%ZCE
116	* The second Music/WilliamsAndRee movie, subtitled ''Totem Recall'', pitted Bruce and Terry against a mad scientist and his weather machine gone amok.
117	%%* ''Film/TheTrumanShow''
118	* ''Film/TheUltimateChristmasPresent'' is a weather machine that causes it to snow in Los Angeles.
119	* In ''Film/WeatherWars'' (a.k.a. ''Storm War''), a MadScientist played by Creator/StacyKeach 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.
120	* ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' freatures an "Outdoor Survival Simulator", which can generate wind, rain, lightning, snow, tornadoes and earthquakes. Our child protagonists use it to beat the ever-lovin' crap out of Creator/ChevyChase.
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123	[[folder:Jokes]]
124	* 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/MajorLeagueBaseball MLB]] 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.
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127	[[folder:Literature]]
128	[[AC:By Author]]
129	* 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 that this is the [[{{Utopia}} bright future]] the author would like to live in.
130	** 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.
131	** ''Literature/TheDoorIntoSummer'' has another example.
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133	* Creator/SidneySheldon's ''Are You Afraid of the Dark'' is the story of a think tank that builds technology powerful enough to create hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis.
134	* In ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', weather control is widespread, and is achieved with specialized satellites in orbit around a planet.
135	* 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.]]
136	* ''Literature/HeavyObject'':
137	** 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.
138	** 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.
139	* The gamemakers of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' have complete control of the environment in the arena, including the weather and whether it's day or night. They use it several times in the 74th games to up the drama.
140	* In ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', 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.
141	* 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]].
142	* ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'':
143	** One of the Dread Emperors of [[TheEmpire Praes]] built artefacts to steal [[TheGoodKingdom Callow]]'s good weather. They backfired, accelerating the Dread Empire's slow desertification and causing [[WeatherDissonance unpredictable weather]] that ravages the Wasteland to this day. [[spoiler: It's eventually justified: Praes is locked in a cycle of self-destructive conquest due to not having enough farmland to sustain its population, with a political culture that glorifies ambition, betrayal, and the creation of wonders at the expense of human life. A weather-controlling artefact is one of the ''saner'' ideas [[DecadentCourt the Highborn]] came up with.]]
144	** In Book 7, [[spoiler: a GambitPileup for control of the Dread Empire sees its still-stored weather-controlling artefacts turned against its capital, which run for two weeks and delay the battle to come.]]
145	* The world of ''Literature/RelicMaster'' depends on these for its climate to even be liveable. Keeping them running is a major conflict.
146	* 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.
147	* ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAdventureGamebooks'': The sixth and final book in the series ''Stormin' Sonic'' has Dr. Robotnik create the Weather Egg to cause climate chaos wherever it went, and Sonic and Tails needed to go to different Zones to stop the Weather Egg.
148	* In Creator/JohnScalzi's ''Literature/StarterVillain2023'' one of Jake Baldwin's shell corporations was contracted by the US government to build a laser that can induce rainfall. He delivered, but kept a scaled-up version in his VolcanoLair with sufficient range to shoot down satellites.
149	* In ''Literature/StateOfFear'', ecoterrorists plan to create a tsunami, calve an iceberg, and induce flash flooding and hurricanes.
150	* 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.
151	* 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.
152	* Creator/BenBova's ''The Weathermakers'' is the story of a government agency that controls the weather.
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155	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
156	* ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'': The villain in the episode "A Surfeit of H20" has technology that can create localized rainstorms severe enough to drown his opponents in rainwater.
157	* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E13StarOne 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.
158	%%* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has one in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase The Moonbase]]" and again in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath The Seeds of Death]]".%%ZCE
159	* One of the most popular and famous storylines of ''Series/GeneralHospital'' involves disabling one so that the evil Cassadines will not freeze the world. No, really. Luckily, [[DeadpanSnarker Luke]] and [[NaiveEverygirl Laura]], the show's OfficialCouple, manage to save the day from the BigBad who is controlling it.
160	* ''Series/GetSmart'':
161	** The episode "Ice Station Siegfried" features one. [[spoiler:It's a giant fan that blows cold air to freeze the world.]]
162	** The MadeForTVMovie ''Get Smart, Again!'' features the criminal organization KAOS with a weather control machine that they use to hold the world hostage.
163	* ''Series/LostInSpace'': The eponymous villain of the episode "The Space Trader" uses a weather control machine to force the Robinsons to depend on him for supplies.
164	* ''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.
165	* In the three-part ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''[=/=]''Series/TheBionicWoman'' crossover episode "Kill Oscar", the MadScientist Doctor Franklin has a Weather-Control Machine.
166	* An episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' has a world ruined by the U.S. and Soviet weather-control machines.
167	* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
168	** The Touchstone is an [[{{Precursors}} Ancient]] artifact that keeps the weather on one planet idyllic. When it is removed, the weather there quickly goes out of control.
169	** In their early appearances, Asgard vessels can apparently summon thunderclouds and lightning for visual effect when they swoop in and get their GunshipRescue on. This is dropped in later seasons, as they stop flying their ships in atmosphere.
170	* In ''Franchise/StarTrek'', a lot of planets have weather control machines. The ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E6TrueQ True Q]]" involves a pair of Q turned human who were killed by a tornado that shouldn't have even happened thanks to the Federation's all-powerful weather-control machine (it was caused by the Q). The Ferengi set theirs to have constant downpours, and in ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'''s "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E07LetHeWhoIsWithoutSin Let He Who is Without Sin...]]", we learn that PleasurePlanet Risa has machines that keep the weather constantly pleasant.
171	* In ''Series/TekWar'', humans have developed a mastery of the weather, but one episode focuses on terrorists hijacking the weather control system and holding the government for ransom, threatening to generate a massive storm if their demands aren't met.
172	* The 1990s remake of ''Series/{{The Tomorrow People\|1973}}'' has a villain who is an American cereal magnate with such a machine; in a more thoughtful example than most, his EvilPlan is 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.
173	* ''Series/WonderWoman1975'': In "Judgment from Outer Space", Andros controls the weather through his amulet.
174	-->'''Bjornsen:''' Let us start with your device Dr. Andros. You will explain it!\
175	'''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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179	* ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' has one of these made by Lois Lane's uncle. He decides that TheWorldIsNotReady after criminals use the device to create storms so that they can loot.
180	* 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.
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183	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
184	* ''TabletopGame/GURPSUltraTech'': There are weather control satellites described, but they're huge, expensive and limited in effect.
185	* ''TabletopGame/HollowEarthExpedition'': In the 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.
186	* ''TabletopGame/MenInBlackTheRoleplayingGame'': The Weather-Control Device was created by the T'skrine aliens. It can alter air pressure, temperature and humidity at a range of up to 5 miles. These changes can cause precipitation (rain or snow), a heat wave or fog.
187	* ''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.
188	* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': The Celestial Hurricanums are a smaller-scale and weaponized variant of this. They resemble giant orreries on wheels powered by one of Teclis' Orbs of Sorcery and, while usually used to study the sky and stars, can be wheeled onto the battlefield to bring the fury of the skies against the enemy. Their ''Storm of Shemtek'' spells targets an enemy unit with a random weather phenomenon decided by a dice roll: this can result in light rain that does nothing of note, a blizzard that does a little damage, a tornado that randomly spins the unit around, a powerful lightning bolt, or a devastating meteor strike.
189	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The Imperium of Man, Eldar, and Tyranids are all capable of massive weather alterations, but only the Necrons take it a step further and use weather control for military purposes, though they reserve it for a larger scale than most games.
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192	[[folder:Video Games]]
193	* 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'...
194	* 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.
195	* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'':
196	** In ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 Red Alert 2]]'', one of these is the Allied superweapon. Somewhat justified in that the entire American nuclear arsenal was destroyed in the game's intro, so they had to turn to new ideas for superweapons.
197	** The Scrin's Storm Column in ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars Tiberium Wars]]'' have the ability to artificially induce storms which, in addition to being a powerful defensive structure, benefits their air units.
198	* 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 wreak havoc all over the city by summoning destructive hurricanes.
199	* ''[[StupidJetpackHitler Die Spinne]]'' from ''VideoGame/CrimsonSkies: The High Road to Revenge'' has this as one of their superweapons. It is mounted on one very large and incredibly tough zeppelin battleship.
200	* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', 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.
201	* In ''VideoGame/ElementsOfDestruction'', you play as an insane fired weatherman with a weather-control machine, and attack your enemies with earthquakes, tornadoes and thunderbolts.
202	* Inverted in the ''VideoGame/ExaPico'' 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.
203	* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
204	** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': The ''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 of Higgs Village. Lore-wise, however, it's implied that Big MT's weather experiments are responsible for the unnaturally strong storms of the Divide.
205	** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': The ''Contraptions Workshop'' DLC includes a host of fireworks, in particular three types that can alter the current status of the weather, generating rain, a [[WeirdWeather radstorm]], and clearing the skies of either of the two. Strangely, despite being a highly practical technology that has the potential to save countless lives by manually creating squalls of non-radioactive rain for crop farming and dispelling irradiated systems blowing in from the Glowing Sea, it has no relevance to the game lore and is purely for aesthetics.
206	* ''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.
207	* 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.
208	* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', the Ether Medallion clears up some rain to open one dungeon.
209	* In ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'', you have to operate a machine to start a downpour.
210	* Weather Control is a planetary improvement in ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion 2''. It greatly increases farm productivity.
211	* These show up all the time in various games in the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' series, usually without any particular relevance to the plot, but just for fun effects on various levels. Made important in ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork2'' when the computer suppressing the planet's weather is hacked, threatening to unleash years' worth of earthquakes and storms on the planet. Also in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6CybeastGregarAndCybeastFalzar Battle Network 6]]''.
212	* The Luminoth of ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' have this as one of their wonders. It couldn't fix all the problems a recent disaster caused, though.
213	* Some of the symbols that can be inscribed on the tablets in ''VideoGame/MystVEndOfAges'' cause the affected Age's weather to change.
214	* ''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]].
215	* 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]].
216	* In ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', 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.
217	* 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.
218	* In ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'', the evil organization Cipher creates artificial storms to keep ships away from their base, Citadark Isle.
219	* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'':
220	** 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.
221	** 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]].
222	* A weather plant can be built in ''VideoGame/TheSettlers 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.
223	* One of the new rewards introduced in ''VideoGame/TheSims2: Seasons'' is the "Weathernaught 57X", a machine that allows you to change the weather or speed up or slow down the progression of seasons.
224	* Sir Raleigh in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'' has a storm machine in the shape of an airship that he uses to cause squalls and sink ships to "[[SalvagePirates salvage]]" them.
225	* ''[[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.
226	* 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.
227	* In ''VideoGame/StarbaseOrion'', Orbital Weather Controllers can be built on colonies to improve farming yields.
228	* ''Franchise/StarFox'':
229	** ''VideoGame/StarFox1'': The level Titania starts in a blizzard, and halfway though you deactivate the weather control machine to clear the sky.
230	** ''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.
231	* In ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', you can craft rain totems and use them to make the weather rainy.
232	* In ''VideoGame/TeslaTheWeatherMan'', this is the main premise of the game. Tesla has one of these, and he uses it to [[PuzzlePlatformer solve platforming challenges]].
233	* 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.
234	* The ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'' 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.]]
235	* ''VideoGame/WildStar'' has several, left behind by the Eldan. The first one so far is a blizzard machine in the Northern Wilds that players are tasked to turn off, as it is making rescue efforts all but impossible. A second one causes the massive tornadoes and strong winds in Galeras. Many more are waiting to be discovered.
236	%%* [[spoiler:The eponymous ark]] in ''VideoGame/YsVITheArkOfNapishtim''.%%ZCE
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238
239	[[folder:Web Animation]]
240	* 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.
241	* One of the Cheat Commandos cartoons from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has Gunhaver speculating that Blue Laser are planning to buy a machine that will "turn babies into gold. Or screw with the weather."
242	* One of these shows up for a bit in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. Sarge had been building one inside of Lopez, but he was never able to find a critical component (D-batteries, because apparently Sarge could only find them in gas stations, where they're too expensive). O'Malley gets it to work, but an overload results in the weather machine creating an explosion that sends the Reds and Blues forward several hundred years in the future. The concept is ruthlessly mocked in a deleted scene later on, as Tex discusses the uses for a weather control machine in space.
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244
245	[[folder:Webcomics]]
246	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
247	** In the "Gil Deals With It" arc, "It" is a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071109 whole army]] of "[[SpiderTank war stompers]]", and the way Gil deals with it is <[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071126 CRAKOOM!]]>
248	** 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.
249	--->'''Repairman:''' A town run by [[MadScientist the Heterodynes]], attacked on a regular basis for ''hundreds of years?'' Gas weapons are ''easy!''
250	** The new experimental Corbettite train is seen getting loaded with an [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150406 "auto-cranked storm generator".]]
251	* 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 remains unknown, but its observed effects include the creation of clouds, massive lightning bolts, and brief downpours.
252	* [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0115.html This]] "[[TimePassesMontage changing seasons montage]]" in ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' turns out to just be Misho playing with a weather machine.
253	* In ''Webcomic/{{Sarab}}'', the Hubs are facilities that control weather, among other natural phenomena.
254	* 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]].
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256
257	[[folder:Web Original]]
258	* ''WebVideo/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.
259	* ''Website/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.
260	* ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'': Stampy builds one in his Secret Base in Episode 756, "Giant Gadget". Naturally, [[spoiler:it gets sabotaged four episodes later for [[BigBad HitTheTarget's]] next evil plan involving Charged Creepers, created by striking Creepers with lightning in Minecraft]].
261	[[/folder]]
262
263	[[folder:Western Animation]]
264	* 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.
265	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'', Kooky creates the Power Shower, causing a rainstorm that lasts two weeks over the Mushroom Kingdom.
266	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'': In "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.
267	* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
268	** In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode "Monster Weather", the [[InstantAIJustAddWater souped-up]] Weather Satellite [[FunWithAcronyms S.A.M.]] starts controlling the weather after being [[LightningCanDoAnything struck by lightning]].
269	** The [=DNAliens=] also possess weather control machines in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' episode "Everyone Talks About the Weather".
270	* In the ''WesternAnimation/Birdman1967'' episode "Versus Cumulus, the Storm King", Cumulus has machines that can create lightning storms, fog and clouds.
271	* ''ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars'' features the Climate Converter, used by the Toads to turn Bucky's homeworld into a swamp.
272	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Caveman\|AndTheTeenAngels}}'' episode "Stormfront and Weathergirl" from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The Flintstone Comedy Show]]'' 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.
273	* Professor Nimnul once builds one of these on ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''. It's a flying box that can disguise itself via artificial clouds.
274	* Baron Greenback's dastardly plan in the ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' episode "The Next Ice Age Begins at Midnight" involves one of these.
275	-->'''Stiletto:''' I know why you call it that.\
276	'''Greenback:''' Why?\
277	'''Stiletto:''' 'Cause you don't know [[{{Pun}} "weather"]] it will work! [[DopeSlap Ow!]]
278	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Klunk builds an airborne weather control machine.
279	* Stewie builds one in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', for the sole purpose of trying to wipe out broccoli.
280	* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'': A low-tech approach is used in a ''Super Chicken'' episode when 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 that can enjoy snow.
281	* In ''Franchise/GIJoe: The Revenge of Cobra'', Cobra uses a device called the Weather Dominator as a superweapon to extort the world.
282	%%* ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' episode "The Weather Machine".%%ZCE
283	%%** The original ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' series had "Weather in Tibet".%%ZCE
284	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': In Episode 10, MadScientist Victoria van Gale has one. Powered by a baby-Weather Spirit.
285	* In the ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode "A Cold Day in Miseryville", Heloise builds one called the Snowberator 901 ("The first 900 didn't work out") to give [[AHellOfATime Miseryville]] its FirstSnow.
286	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' has Ozu building a weather machine because he's tired of the weather ruining location shoots of ''Lilly Mu''.
287	* 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 is]]. The second example is used to attack Canada. In the third instance, the previous machine is reused to bring [[{{Snowlems}} an army of evil snowmen]] to life and cause a brief raining of frogs. (Wait... what?) The fourth is created by "Evil Ron" and dubbed "The Mega Weather Generator". The fifth is used to make it always winter ([[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia but never Christmas]]). The appropriate {{Continuity Nod}}s occur. One of these weather machines is 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.
288	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' has one. Justified as part of an EdutainmentShow. Ralphie uses it to create a massive storm.
289	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The weather in Equestria is controlled by direct manipulation of cloud formations by Pegasus with some resources from a weather factory in the city of Cloudsdale. This is likely a factor in the great prosperity of Equestria, as it pretty much ensures bumper crops every year (provided there isn't a blight). In fact, the concept of uncontrolled weather is alien to the ponies, and one of their many reasons for fearing the [[EnchantedForest Everfree Forest]] is the way that its weather could change on its own.
290	* ''WesternAnimation/OlliversAdventures'': In "Ice Storm", Olliver discovers that the titular storm being experienced that day was caused by a disgruntled weatherman. As revenge for no one watching his weather reports, the weatherman was using a machine to create the storm and freeze the world.
291	* ''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.]]
292	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLeaveTheBustingToUs 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.
293	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice You Only Move Twice]]", Homer and his Nuclear Reactor team are way ahead of [[EvilInc Globex]]'s Germ Warfare and Weather Machine divisions.
294	* ''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.
295	* In the 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.
296	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', 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".
297	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
298	** One of Megatron's frequent ArtifactOfDoom searches in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' turns up the Pearl of Bahoudin, which turns out to be one of these.
299	** Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. When natural disasters happen across the globe Agent Fowler sarcastically asks if the Decepticons have built a weather machine. Ratchet responds with "One that powerful, highly unlikely."
300	** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'', a weather machine is used to make it snow in the summer.
301	* Simon Bar Sinister of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' has used two. One is his cloud machine in "The Big Shrink", which he uses 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 combines this with an OminousPipeOrgan.
302	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': In "[[Recap/YoungJusticeS2E20Endgame Endgame]]", the Magnetic Field Disruptors planted at locations around the world by Black Beetle each cause various natural disasters (lightning storms, an underwater volcanic fissure, tornadoes) around their respective locations by eroding the Earth's magnetosphere, resulting in a NaturalDisasterCascade, although this is the precursor to the [=MFDs=] building up enough power to engulf the planet in an obliterating energy chrysalis.
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305	[[folder:Real Life]]
306	* There is one major form of real-life weather control known as "cloud seeding", which doesn't involve a machine, but instead putting substances into clouds so the rain drops somewhere else. Results have been rather mixed, but the technique is still used fairly frequently.
307	** Yes, the UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks tried it in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, in something called Operation Popeye in 1966-7. When revealed to the press, weather modification for military purposes was banned by Congress and then by an international agreement.
308	*** Except when it's done within U.S. borders, apparently, since cloud seeding is regularly performed over the various remote military installations in California and Nevada (Edwards AFB, White Sands, etc). It's considered more effective there because there aren't a whole lot of clouds over those unholy wastelands in the first place. It seems to work, but it is unclear if it actually works to an effective degree.
309	* Cannon-like devices that blast powerful columns of air into oncoming thunderstorms have been used by farmers to try to disrupt the formation of hailstones, protecting delicate crops over a limited area. Evidence that they work is dubious at best, however.
310	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkLTzesBxGE Canadian Broadcasting Centre]] says ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Active_Auroral_Research_Program this]]'' is a real-life weather control machine.
311	* Recently, its been reported that Abu Dhabi scientists have been able to use ionizers to create rain, thunder-, and hailstorms. The results aren't conclusive yet. The best that can be said is that it has rained more than usual after switching the ionizers on, during a dry season when it shouldn't be raining much at all.
312	* The British science program me ''Bang Goes the Theory'' showed the actual manufacture of a cloud in a machine, and then the wind, lightning, rain and snow that came with it.
313	* Various weather simulators exist, which can reproduce the effects of intense winds, downpours, wind-blown sand or dust, and even lightning on a small scale. Most are used to test materials and construction techniques to ensure they are weather-resistant, or to re-create harsh weather conditions to which cars or planes might be subjected.
314	* The Austrian psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich ([[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes who ironically went quite crazy later in life]] and died in prison) was an amateur inventor who designed a purported weather-control machine called a "cloudbuster". He believed he could harness a mystical form of energy he called "orgone" and use it to create rain and also shoot down [=UFOs=]. Unfortunately for him, he was arrested by the FDA for peddling quack treatments for every disease based on his orgone theory and his machines were ordered to be destroyed. His story is dramatized in the Music/KateBush song "Cloudbusting" and the music video depicts Reich's son using one of the machines.
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