Control Weather
Level 8 · Transmutation
- Concentration
Control Weather occupies the transmutation school at level 8, available to cleric, druid, and wizard. Cast time: 10 Minutes. Range Self, components V/S/M, duration up to 8 hours. Material: burning incense. Marked concentration. Effect: You take control of the weather within 5 miles of you for the duration.
Stat Block
- Level
- 8
- School
- Transmutation
- Casting Time
- 10 Minutes
- Range / Area
- Self
- Components
- V, S, M
- Duration
- up to 8 hours
- Ritual
- No
- Concentration
- Yes
- Classes
- Cleric, Druid, Wizard
- Material
- burning incense
Description
You take control of the weather within 5 miles of you for the duration. You must be outdoors to cast this spell, and it ends early if you go indoors. When you cast the spell, you change the current weather conditions, which are determined by the DM. You can change precipitation, temperature, and wind. It takes 1d4 x 10 minutes for the new conditions to take effect. Once they do so, you can change the conditions again. When the spell ends, the weather gradually returns to normal. When you change the weather conditions, find a current condition on the following tables and change its stage by one, up or down. When changing the wind, you can change its direction.
Precipitation stages:
Temperature stages:
Wind stages:
5e (2014) vs 2024 changes
This spell has both a 5e (2014) and 2024 Player's Handbook version. Doungim shows the current 2024 stat block above. Differences between editions typically affect components, range, or scaling — check both source books for the table.
Doungim Lore
School Fit
Transmutation is the school of change. Its spells turn one thing into another, alter the rules of an object, or rewrite the parameters of a body. The school tag on Control Weather is earned by the spell rewrites a property of a body, an object, or terrain. Top-tier slots like the one Control Weather uses are deployed once or twice per campaign arc, not per session.
Class Fit
- Cleric: Life Domain Clerics value Control Weather differently from War or Trickery Clerics; the Domain's identity shapes which spells become signature. The concentration tag on Control Weather means a single failed Constitution save can end the effect mid-encounter.
- Druid: Circle of the Moon Druids spend most of their turns in Wild Shape — Control Weather earns its slot only if the build expects to cast in humanoid form. As a concentration spell, Control Weather occupies the caster's single concentration slot.
- Wizard: Arcane Recovery returns one or two slots on a short rest. Control Weather's slot cost is therefore not exactly what the slot column says. Concentration is the binding cost — Control Weather can't share a slot with another concentration spell.
Related Spells
Frequently Asked Questions about Control Weather
- What level spell is Control Weather?
- In D&D 5e, Control Weather is classified as a level 8 spell of the Transmutation school. Available classes: Cleric, Druid, Wizard.
- What is the range of Control Weather?
- Control Weather is self-target only — the caster is the target of the spell, not another creature.
- Is Control Weather a concentration spell?
- Control Weather is a concentration spell. Maximum duration is up to 8 hours. The caster can only maintain one concentration spell at a time, and damage forces a Con save to keep it active.
- What components and casting time does Control Weather need?
- The spell uses v, s, m components. The other notable details — Material component: burning incense; the casting time is 10 minutes (not a standard Action).