Weather (Final Fantasy XIV)

Stormy XIV — Eastern Thanalan subjected to showers.

Weather (天候, Tenkou?) is a natural phenomenon in Final Fantasy XIV. Each area is subjected to its own weather patterns, with the weather potentially changing every eight Eorzean hours (23 minutes 20 seconds)—at midnight, 8:00 AM, or 4:00 PM. Most cutscenes in outdoor areas will depict the current weather and time-of-day. In addition to naturally occurring weather, there are several special weather conditions that can only appear in certain areas or under specific circumstances.

The weather in duties are generally constant, however there are certain times that the weather may change, such as when the player reaches the final boss of a dungeon or a boss enters a new phase of the battle.

Gameplay[]

Weather is mostly a cosmetic phenomenon with no effect on gameplay, though it does have a few exceptions. Some FATEs, S-rank hunts, enemies in public duties such as Eureka, and fish will only appear under specific weather conditions, and several vistas for the Sightseeing Log require specific conditions as well.

Chocobo Racing also features weather effects that can improve the performance of chocobos racing in their preferred weather.

Skywatchers[]

Skywatchers are NPCs found who provide a 24-hour forecast for most public areas. Skywatchers can be found in all major cities and as well as a handful of other locations. Dedicated skywatchers also provide their services to public duties such as eureka. Skywatcher forecasts do not include special weather conditions induced by FATEs.

When weather in some regions is disrupted by story events in Shadowbringers onwards, skywatchers are unable to provide forecasts for the affected regions, replacing their forecast with a comment that the current weather conditions are either too obvious or unable to be properly understood, depending on the situation.

Skywatchers can provide forecasts for the following areas:

La Noscea	The Black Shroud	Thanalan	Coerthas
Limsa Lominsa Middle La Noscea Lower La Noscea Eastern La Noscea Western La Noscea Upper La Noscea Outer La Noscea Mist	Gridania Central Shroud East Shroud South Shroud North Shroud The Lavender Beds	Ul'dah Western Thanalan Central Thanalan Eastern Thanalan Southern Thanalan Northern Thanalan The Goblet	Ishgard Coerthas Central Highlands Coerthas Western Highlands
Abalathia's Spine	Dravania	Gyr Abania	Hingashi
The Sea of Clouds Azys Lla The Diadem (formerly)	Idyllshire The Dravanian Forelands The Dravanian Hinterlands The Churning Mists	Rhalgr's Reach The Fringes The Peaks The Lochs	Kugane Shirogane
Othard	Norvrandt	Mor Dhona	The Forbidden Land, Eureka
The Ruby Sea Yanxia The Azim Steppe	The Crystarium Eulmore Lakeland Kholusia Amh Araeng Il Mheg The Rak'tika Greatwood The Tempest	Mor Dhona	Eureka Anemos Eureka Pagos Eureka Pyros Eureka Hydatos
The Northern Empty	Ilsabard	The Sea of Stars	The World Unsundered
Old Sharlayan Labyrinthos	Radz-at-Han Thavnair Garlemald	Mare Lamentorum Ultima Thule	Elpis

Common weather conditions[]

The following are common weather conditions reported in Skywatcher-observed open-world areas.

Weather	Description	Public areas and duties
Clear Skies*(previously "Clear")	Clear	All except Azys Lla, the Bozjan Southern Front, the Empty, Eureka Anemos, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros, Eureka Hydatos, Gangos, Mare Lamentorum, and Ultima Thule
Fair Skies*(previously "Fair")	Fair	All
Clouds*(previously "Overcast" and "Cloudy")	Overcast	All except the Bozjan Southern Front, the Empty, Eureka Anemos, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros, Eureka Hydatos, Gangos, Lyhe Mheg, Mare Lamentorum, and Ultima Thule
Fog*(previously "Misty")	Foggy	All except Amh Araeng, Azys Lla, the Bozjan Southern Front, the Churning Mists, Elpis, the Empty, Eureka Anemos, Eureka Pyros, Eureka Hydatos, Gangos, Labyrinthos, Mare Lamentorum, the Ruby Sea, the Tempest, and Ultima Thule
Wind*(previously "Windy")	Winds	The Azim Steppe, the Bozjan Southern Front, Lower La Noscea, Middle La Noscea, the Peaks, the Ruby Sea, the Sea of Clouds, Western La Noscea, Zadnor
Gales	Gusty	The Azim Steppe, the Churning Mists, Eulmore, Eureka Anemos, Kholusia, Western La Noscea
Rain*(previously "Rainy")	Rainy	The Azim Steppe, the Bozjan Southern Front, Central Shroud, Central Thanalan, the Crystarium, the Doman Enclave, the Dravanian Hinterlands, East Shroud, Eastern La Noscea, Eastern Thanalan, the Empty, the Endeavor, Eulmore, Garlemald, Gridania, Idyllshire, Kugane, Il Mheg, Kholusia, Labyrinthos, Lakeland, Limsa Lominsa, Lower La Noscea, Middle La Noscea, North Shroud, Outer La Noscea, Radz-at-Han, the Rak'tika Greatwood, Thavnair, Ul'dah, Western Thanalan, Yanxia, Zadnor
Showers	Showery	The Doman Enclave, The Dravanian Hinterlands, Eastern La Noscea, Eastern Thanalan, Eureka Anemos, Eureka Hydatos, Idyllshire, North Shroud, Thavnair, Yanxia
Thunder	Thundery	Azys Lla, the Bozjan Southern Front, Central Shroud, the Dravanian Forelands, East Shroud, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros, the Fringes, Garlemald, Rhalgr's Reach, the Ruby Sea, South Shroud, Upper La Noscea, Zadnor
Thunderstorms*(previously "Stormy")	Stormy	The Crystarium, Eureka Hydatos, Il Mheg, Lakeland, the Lochs, South Shroud, Upper La Noscea, Wolves' Den Pier
Dust Storms*(previously "Duststorm")	Dusty	Amh Araeng, the Bozjan Southern Front, Central Thanalan, the Dravanian Forelands, the Peaks
Heat Waves	Blistering	Amh Araeng, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros, Southern Thanalan
Snow	Snowy	Coerthas Central Highlands, Coerthas Western Highlands, the Diadem, Eureka Anemos, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros, Eureka Hydatos, Garlemald, Ishgard, Old Sharlayan, Zadnor
Blizzards	Blizzardy	Coerthas Central Highlands, Coerthas Western Highlands, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros
Gloom*(previously "Miasma")	Gloomy	Eureka Hydatos, Mor Dhona
Umbral Wind	Experiencing umbral wind	Elpis, Eureka Pyros, Mare Lamentorum, The Rak'tika Greatwood, the Sea of Clouds, Ultima Thule
Umbral Static	Experiencing umbral static	The Churning Mists
Moon Dust	Regolithic	Mare Lamentorum
Astromagnetic Storm	Astromagnetic	Ultima Thule

Special weather conditions[]

The folllowing are special weather conditions that only appear in duties or under specific circumstances.

Weather	Description	Areas
Apocalypse	Apocalyptic	Radz-at-Han and Thavnair from Skies Aflame to Endwalker Garlemald from As the Heavens Burn to Endwalker Vanaspati
Auroras	Experiencing auroral activity	All during the Fall of Dalamud, August - September 2012
Beyond Time	Temporal	Alexander - The Soul of the Creator The Epic of Alexander (Ultimate)
Brilliance	Brilliant	The Crown of the Immaculate
Cherry Blossoms	—	All Little Ladies' Day venues during 1.0
Climactic	Climactic	The Seat of Sacrifice
Concordance	Concordant	Containment Bay P1T6
Core Radiation	Radioactive	The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4
Cyclones	Cyclonic	Alphascape V1.0
Dalamud	—	All regions during the Fall of Dalamud, September - November 2012
Darkness	Dark	The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak and The Stone Vigil during their final boss encounters
Delirium	Delirium	Cid's Memory in The Bozja Incident memoria misera
Demonic Infinity	Demonically infinite	Containment Bay Z1T9
Dimensional Disruption	Extradimensional	All omega raids
Dragonstorms	Unnaturally stormy	The Final Steps of Faith
Dreams	Dreamy	The Dancing Plague
Eruptions	Erupting	The Navel The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate) Eden's Gate: Sepulture
Eternal Bliss	Blissful	Emanation
Everlasting Light	Bright	The Crystarium and Lakeland until The Lightwardens Il Mheg until the quest Acht-la Ormh Inn The Rak'tika Greatwood until The Burden of Knowledge Amh Araeng until A Fresh Start All prior regions again from Extinguishing the Last Light to Shadowbringers Eulmore, Kholusia, and the Tempest until Shadowbringers
Firestorm	Hellacious	Eden's Verse: Furor
Flames	Fiery	Alphascape V1.0
Gales	Gusty	The Howling Eye The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate) Eden's Verse: Furor
Geostorms	Shakey	Alphascape V1.0
Gloom	Gloomy	thornmarch
Heat Waves*(previously "Heatwave")	Blistering	The Bowl of Embers The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate) Eden's Verse: Furor
Hot Spells	Hot	Thanalan (1.X)
Hyperelectricity	Hyperelectric	Azys Lla during Prey Online The Diadem during The Missing Gem
Inevitability	Inevitable	The Dead Ends
Irradiance	Irradiant	akh afah amphitheatre Eden's Verse: Refulgence
Louring*(previously "Lour")	Loury	The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate)
Moonlight	Moonlit	Castrum Fluminis
Multiplicity	Experiencing multiplicity	Containment Bay S1T7
Oppression	Oppressive	The Singularity Reactor
Pandæmonium	Demonic	pandæmonium: asphodelos
Polarization	Polarized	The Dark Inside The Mothercrystal
Projection	Projected	The Stigma Dreamscape
Quicklevin	Hypervoltaic	The Lochs during A Horse Outside
Red Moon	Portentious	The Calamity Retold
Revelstorms	Revelry	The Pool of Tribute
Rough Seas*(previously "Torrential")	Experiencing rough seas	the whorleater Eden's Gate: Inundation
Royal Levin	Experiencing royal levin	The Dravanian Forelands during Long Live the Coeurl, Coeurls Chase Boys, and Coeurls Chase Boys Chase Coeurls
Sandstorms	Sandy	Thanalan (1.X) The Burn
Scarlet	Scarlet	Hells' Kier
Shelf Clouds	Unnaturally cloudy	the limitless blue
Smoke	Smoky	thok ast thok
Spectral Current	Spectral	Ocean Fishing
Starshower	Calamitous	All regions in Norvrandt during The Converging Light and Hope's Confluence heroes' gauntlet
Storm Clouds	Threatened by rain	the striking tree Eden's Verse: Fulmination
Subterrain	Subterranean	???
Tension*(previously "Hopelessness")	Crackling with tension	Central, East, North, and South Shroud during Steel Reign Urth's Fount
Termination	Terminal	Amaurot The Dying Gasp The Final Day
True Blue	True blue	The Wreath of Snakes
Tsunamis	Wet	Alphascape V1.0
Ultimania	Ultimaniacal	The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate)
Ultimatum	Ultimate	Beyond the Stars in Endwalker
Umbral Duststorm	Darkly dusty	diadem 5.21
Umbral Flare	Darkly burning	diadem 5.21
Umbral Levin	Darkly thunderous	diadem 5.21
Umbral Tempest	Darkly tempestuous	diadem 5.21
Umbral Turbulence	Umbrally turbulent	Eureka Hydatos during I Don't Want to Believe and The Baldesion Arsenal
Wyrmstorms	Unnaturally stormy	The Royal Menagerie

Rainbows[]

Rainbow in Central Shroud from Final Fantasy XIV — A rainbow appears in the Central Shroud after a period of rain.

Rainbows are rare phenomina that may occur after a period of precipitation. They can occur when the weather changes at 8:00 AM or 4:00 PM Eorzean time from rain, showers, or thunderstorms to any other condition, though it is not guaranteed one will appear. They appear 10 Eorzean minutes (29⅙ seconds) past the hour and only last 30 Eorzean minutes (1 minute 27½ seconds) before disappearing. Leaving and returning to the area they appeared in will cause them to disappear.