Random Weather Generator for Stories and Games

One press draws today's weather for your story or game, with what it really means.

Random Weather Generator for Stories and Games

  1. Heavy snowThick snowfall that piles up fast and hides the ground.
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How it works

Press the button for the weather in your story, game or daily prompt. Each of the 30 kinds comes with a true line, such as how thick fog must be to count as fog.

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A week of weather for a game

Set the count to 7 and read the cards as Monday to Sunday. After your first press, the list beside the button narrows the draw to one group, such as Snow and ice for a winter journey or Heat for a desert crossing.

Where the numbers come from

Weather services draw lines between words: fog cuts visibility to under 1 kilometer, mist does not; hail is 5 millimeters or more; a US blizzard needs winds of 35 mph or more and visibility under a quarter mile for hours.

Tips
  • Weather sets a mood fast. A heat haze, a sudden hailstorm or freezing fog at dawn gives a scene something to fight against.

Questions and answers

What is the difference between sleet and freezing rain?

Sleet is rain that freezes into ice pellets before it lands. Freezing rain falls as liquid and freezes on contact, coating roads and branches in glaze ice, which is often the more dangerous of the two.

What wind speed makes a hurricane?

Sustained winds of at least 74 mph. Below that, a tropical system is a tropical storm or a depression.

Can I use it for a tabletop game?

Yes. Draw once a day of game time, or narrow it to the groups that fit your map's climate. Nothing on the page is tied to one game's rules.

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All 30 kinds of weather

Sun and clear skies 7

  • Breezy A light to fresh breeze: leaves rustle and small branches sway.
  • Clear and cold No clouds to hold the heat in, so the night gets very cold.
  • Clear sky No clouds at all, or almost none: bright sun by day, stars by night.
  • Frost Ice crystals form on grass, cars and windows on a clear, still, freezing night.
  • Heat haze Hot air above roads and sand makes the view shimmer.
  • Partly cloudy Some sun, some cloud; forecasters measure cover in eighths of the sky, called oktas.
  • Rainbow after rain Sun behind you and rain ahead: light splits into colors in the drops.

Cloud and fog 4

  • Fog A cloud at ground level that cuts visibility to less than 1 kilometer.
  • Low clouds and drizzle A flat, gray blanket of stratus cloud hanging low, with drizzle.
  • Mist Thinner than fog: the air is hazy with droplets, but you can see at least 1 kilometer.
  • Overcast Cloud over the whole sky, eight oktas, with no sun breaking through.
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Rain 6

  • Downpour Heavy rain that soaks everything in minutes and floods drains.
  • Drizzle Light rain of tiny drops, smaller than 0.5 millimeters across.
  • Hurricane A tropical storm with winds of at least 74 mph, spinning around a calm eye.
  • Rain showers Bursts of rain from heaped clouds, with dry spells between.
  • Steady rain Rain that falls for hours from a flat, gray layer of cloud.
  • Thunderstorm A tall cumulonimbus cloud brings lightning, thunder, heavy rain and gusts.

Snow and ice 8

  • Blizzard Snow blown by winds of 35 mph or more, with visibility under a quarter mile for hours.
  • Cold snap A sudden spell of much colder weather than usual.
  • Freezing rain Rain that freezes the moment it lands, coating roads and branches in glaze ice.
  • Hail Balls of ice 5 millimeters or more across, falling from a thunderstorm.
  • Heavy snow Thick snowfall that piles up fast and hides the ground.
  • Light snow A few flakes drifting down, not enough to settle for long.
  • Sleet Raindrops that freeze into small ice pellets before they land.
  • Snow flurries Short bursts of light snow that come and go on the wind.

Wind 3

  • Dust storm Strong winds lift dust and sand from dry land and turn the sky brown.
  • Gale Force 8 on the Beaufort scale: twigs snap and walking into the wind is hard.
  • Tornado A rotating column of air reaching from a storm cloud to the ground.

Heat 2

  • Heat wave Days of unusually hot weather for the place and the time of year.
  • Humid and muggy Warm, damp air that makes sweat slow to dry, so it feels hotter than it is.

How this list was compiled: 30 kinds of weather, each line checked on 2026-09-23 against the English Wikipedia article in x.src (fog under 1 km visibility; drizzle drops under 0.5 mm; hail 5 mm or more; blizzard winds of 35 mph and visibility under a quarter mile, the US National Weather Service definition; hurricane winds of 74 mph or more; gale is Beaufort force 8; cloud cover in oktas). The groups and the wording are ours. Licence: own work