Weather (Final Fantasy XIV)

Weather 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 . 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 	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 	All
 	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
 	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
 	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
 	Gusty 	The Azim Steppe, the Churning Mists, Eulmore, Eureka Anemos, Kholusia, Western La Noscea
 	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
 	Showery 	The Doman Enclave, The Dravanian Hinterlands, Eastern La Noscea, Eastern Thanalan, Eureka Anemos, Eureka Hydatos, Idyllshire, North Shroud, Thavnair, Yanxia
 	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
 	Stormy 	The Crystarium, Eureka Hydatos, Il Mheg, Lakeland, the Lochs, South Shroud, Upper La Noscea, Wolves' Den Pier
 	Dusty 	Amh Araeng, the Bozjan Southern Front, Central Thanalan, the Dravanian Forelands, the Peaks
 	Blistering 	Amh Araeng, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros, Southern Thanalan
 	Snowy 	Coerthas Central Highlands, Coerthas Western Highlands, the Diadem, Eureka Anemos, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros, Eureka Hydatos, Garlemald, Ishgard, Old Sharlayan, Zadnor
 	Blizzardy 	Coerthas Central Highlands, Coerthas Western Highlands, Eureka Pagos, Eureka Pyros
 	Gloomy 	Eureka Hydatos, Mor Dhona
 	Experiencing umbral wind 	Elpis, Eureka Pyros, Mare Lamentorum, The Rak'tika Greatwood, the Sea of Clouds, Ultima Thule
 	Experiencing umbral static	The Churning Mists
 	Regolithic 	Mare Lamentorum
 	Astromagnetic 	Ultima Thule
===Special weather conditions===
The folllowing are special weather conditions that only appear in duties or under specific circumstances.
Weather	Description 	Areas
 	Apocalyptic 	Radz-at-Han and Thavnair from to Garlemald from to
 	Experiencing auroral activity	All during the Fall of Dalamud, August - September 2012
 	Temporal 	
 	Brilliant 	
 	— 	All Little Ladies' Day venues during 1.0
 	Climactic 	
 	Concordant 	
 	Radioactive 	
 	Cyclonic 	
 	— 	All regions during the Fall of Dalamud, September - November 2012
 	Dark 	and during their final boss encounters
 	Delirium 	Cid's Memory in
 	Demonically infinite 	
 	Extradimensional 	All raids
 	Unnaturally stormy 	
 	Dreamy 	
 	Erupting 	
 	Blissful 	
 	Bright 	The Crystarium and Lakeland until Il Mheg until the quest The Rak'tika Greatwood until Amh Araeng until All prior regions again from to Eulmore, Kholusia, and the Tempest until
 	Hellacious 	
 	Fiery 	
 	Gusty 	
 	Shakey 	
 	Gloomy 	
 	Blistering 	
 	Hot 	Thanalan (1.X)
 	Hyperelectric 	Azys Lla during The Diadem during
 	Inevitable 	
 	Irradiant 	
 	Loury 	
 	Moonlit 	
 	Experiencing multiplicity 	
 	Oppressive 	
 	Demonic 	
 	Polarized 	
 	Projected 	
 	Hypervoltaic 	The Lochs during
 	Portentious 	
 	Revelry 	
 	Experiencing rough seas 	
 	Experiencing royal levin 	The Dravanian Forelands during , , and
 	Sandy 	Thanalan (1.X)
 	Scarlet 	
 	Unnaturally cloudy 	
 	Smoky 	
 	Spectral 	
 	Calamitous 	All regions in Norvrandt during and
 	Threatened by rain 	
 	Subterranean 	???
 	Crackling with tension 	Central, East, North, and South Shroud during
 	Terminal 	
 	True blue 	
 	Wet 	
 	Ultimaniacal 	
 	Ultimate 	Beyond the Stars in
 	Darkly dusty 	
 	Darkly burning 	
 	Darkly thunderous 	
 	Darkly tempestuous 	
 	Umbrally turbulent 	Eureka Hydatos during and
 	Unnaturally stormy 	
===Rainbows===
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.
==Gallery==
FFXIV Minimap.png|The mini-map showing the current weather.
FFXIV Fog.png|Fog.
FFXIV Umbral Wind.png|Umbral Wind.
FFXIV Gloom.png|Gloom.
FFXIV Weather Blizzard.jpg|Blizzard.
FFXIV Weather Dust Storms.png|Dust Storms.
FFXIV Umbral Static.png|Umbral Static.
FFXIV Weather Thunder.jpg|Thunder.
FFXIV Weather Royal Levin.png|Royal Levin.
FFXIV Weather Hyperelectricity.png|Hyperelectricity.
FFXIV Weather Tension.png|Tension.
FFXIV Ixion Weather.png|Quicklevin.
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