Simply Weather
by Gamer5205
Simply Weather replaces the flat cloud layer and global rain state of Minecraft with localized, volumetric storm systems for Fabric.
What it does
Weather creates individual weather systems instead of one global rain state. A thunderstorm can sit over one player while another player, several hundred blocks off under clear skies, sees nothing but blue. Systems travel across the world and change over time, which lets distant storms approach and leave clear areas between them.
Clouds are drawn with GPU ray-marched volumetric rendering instead of the vanilla flat layer. They have real depth, internal density, bright sunlit edges and darker undersides. Storms look clearly different from fair-weather clouds, which stay brighter and softer, and cumulonimbus and other storm clouds appear more opaque and more strongly shadowed. The mod requires Fabric API and Veil, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, and 0.5.10 for 1.21.1 is the latest file. The project is licensed as All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Volumetric clouds
Clouds are rendered three-dimensionally with lighting through their internal density, replacing the flat vanilla cloud layer.
Localized weather systems
Each system has its own position and rain, so precipitation falls only beneath the cloud that produces it.
Cloud formations
Cloud types differ in shape, density, height and how they behave in weather, and cumulonimbus storm clouds are one of them.
Moving, evolving weather
Each weather system drifts across the map over time, shifting and developing as it goes, which leaves storms far off and clear stretches between them.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want clouds and rain that differ by location, and server owners who want weather to vary across a map instead of covering the whole world at once.
How it compares
Cobblemon Weather Accurate Battles is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that is client required, with the server optional, and it is not open source. CobbleWeather [Cobblemon Addon] is a client and server Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Nether Weather covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt 1.20 – 1.21.11, is server required with the client optional, and uses the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simply Weather | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-10 |
| Cobblemon Weather Accurate Battles | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client required, server optional | 2026-05-13 |
| CobbleWeather [Cobblemon Addon] | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-01-31 |
| Nether Weather | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-02-02 |
Questions
Does Simply Weather need Fabric API and Veil?
Does the server need Simply Weather?
Which game versions have files for Simply Weather?
In the catalog
Simply Weather is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,052 Adventure mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Simply Weather overhauls Minecraft's sky with real-time ray-marched volumetric clouds and localized weather systems. Instead of Minecraft's weather affecting the entire world at once, Simply Weather creates individual weather systems that move through the world independently.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/simply-weather
- Owner
- Gamer5205
- Published
- 2026-08-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15