Weather



Weather was announced April 7th 2011, by Notch that confirmed weather would be added in the 1.5 update. He stated that there would be periodic downfall depending on the region, such as snowy biomes getting snow, others getting rain, and deserts getting no precipitation whatsoever. Rain makes the sky darker, blocks out the sun, stars, and moon and makes everything wetter. It also causes crops to grow. In snowy region ice will grow back and snow will cover the ground where it can reach. Rain will also put out any fires except burning netherrack. There will also be the occasional thunder and lightning during both rain and snow.

Confirmed information about weather
@ReMx3dit "So will rain & snow be a temporary thing or wil they always be active in one biome and never activate in another?"

@notch "It's temporal and global"

@notch "You can't see sun/moon/stars while it's raining, and days are one level darker."

"Higher odds of catching fish while raining.."

"I'll try making it fill small holes with water, but it might be annoying.."

"I'm not making it solidify lava, as that would ruin all surface lava structures when the first rain hits. But it does put out fires."

"Wolves get wet in the rain."

"Crops will get watered."

"Ice and snow will regrow"


 * @notch When rain is added will it put out the netherack towers that I have set on fire in my front yard.
 * @prizna it will not!

A preview video was also uploaded onto the TeamMojang YouTube channel showing weather and other future updates.