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==Weather seeds==
In New Horizons, there are weather seeds that predetermine the weather for an island. There are <span title="Exact number: 2,147,483,648">over 2 billion</span> weather seeds in the game's files. When a new [[ac:Deserted island|island]] is created, the game will randomly select 1 of these seeds. Then the chosen weather seed will list the weather patterns, one for each day, as well as when special clouds occur. It also lists when shooting stars occur during a [
==Weather patterns==
There are 34 weather patterns in New Horizons. All of these patterns are divided into specific groups, based on the first part of their label. For example, Fine02 will be in the Fine group, while CloudRain00 belongs to the CloudRain group. There are 10 groups, with 8 being normal groups and 2 being the special groups. The weather patterns in the normal groups are stated in the weather seed with one pattern for each day, and they occur on normal days with no events. The 8 normal groups are stated in the following:
*'''Fine''' patterns are sunny all day. There are 7 Fine patterns ranging from Fine00 to Fine06. The Fine00, Fine02, Fine04, and Fine06 patterns are meteor shower patterns, meaning that those patterns will have a guaranteed meteor shower with shooting stars. Fine00 will produce a heavy meteor shower while the other 3 patterns will produce a light meteor shower. Heavy showers have 5 or 8 stars a minute, very frequently (every other minute on average), between 7 PM and 4 AM. Light showers have 5 stars a minute, in very rare bursts. During [[ac:Winter|winter]], Fine01, Fine03, and Fine05 will produce an [[ac:Aurora (weather)|aurora]] during clear hours in the night.
*'''Cloud''' patterns are cloudy all day. There are 3 Cloud patterns (Cloud00 to Cloud02). The only Cloud pattern that can produce rain is Cloud02 from 8 AM to 11 AM and again from 2 PM to 5PM. Other than that however, there will be cloudy skies.
*'''Rain''' patterns will rain over the course of the day, with a few 1-4 hour breaks. There are 6 Rain patterns (Rain00 to Rain05). There is only one 1 pattern in which it will rain all day without any breaks: Rain04. All of the Rain patterns except for Rain00 will produce at least 1 hour of heavy rain with thunderstorms being possible.
*'''FineCloud''' patterns will be sunny in the afternoon while being cloudy in the morning and night. There are 3 FineCloud patterns (FineCloud00 to FineCloud02). 1-3 hours of rain is guaranteed during the cloudy hours, however, it will only be light rain.
*'''CloudFine''' patterns will be cloudy and rainy in the morning until 1 PM, and then it will be sunny the rest of the day. There are 3 CloudFine patterns (CloudFine00 to CloudFine02). All 3 of the CloudFine patterns will have a guaranteed rainbow if it is not [[ac:Winter|winter]], as it requires rain to form.
*'''FineRain''' patterns will be sunny in the morning and the night while it will be rainy in the afternoon from 12 PM to 4 PM. There are 4 FineRain patterns (FineRain00 to FineRain03). Both FineRain02 and FineRain03 will have heavy rain, and thunderstorms are possible like in the Rain patterns. There will also be a rainbow for all FineRain patterns except for FineRain02, as it will be cloudy at 4 PM after having heavy rain at 3 PM.
*'''CloudRain''' patterns will be cloudy in the morning and rainy the rest of the day. There are 3 CloudRain patterns (CloudRain00 to CloudRain02). The only times there will always be no rain is from 6 AM to 10 AM. Like the Rain and FineRain patterns, there can be heavy rain and thunderstorms.
*'''RainCloud''' patterns will be rainy in the morning until 3 PM, then will be cloudy the rest of the day. There are 3 RainCloud patterns (RainCloud00 to RainCloud02). RainCloud02 will have heavy rain and possible thunderstorms from 6 AM until 8 AM.
There are 2 special weather groups, with both of them only having 1 weather pattern. '''EventDay00''' will occur on specific events like [[ac:Bunny Day|Bunny Day]] and the [[ac:Bug Off|Bug-Off]], on the day K.K. Slider performs for the first time, and any day you add a new player (Switch profile) to your island. EventDay00 will also occur on New Year's Day if Fine00 doesn't occur. EventDay00 is similar to Fine01 with a few minor differences. '''Commun00''' is the weather seen on [[ac:Harv's Island|Harv's Island]]. This weather pattern is the same as Fine01, only without an [[ac:Aurora (weather)|aurora]].
===Weather patterns table===
The following table lists how each weather pattern looks like<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16VjCWO94jG_QexsBAjoKLntyfUF_e-B6WPRl8l-jM1o/edit#gid=1139529364 Weather Rates and Patterns: Weather Patterns Only sheet]</ref>:
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<sup>1</sup> Heavy meteor shower<br/>
<sup>2</sup> [[ac:Aurora (weather)|Aurora]] during [[ac:Winter|winter]]<br/>
<sup>3</sup> Formerly was sunny before version 1.3.0<br/>
<sup>4</sup> Formerly was cloudy before version 1.3.0<br/>
*'''Cloudy''' weather happens when the sky is mostly full of clouds, however they will still be white clouds.
*'''Rain clouds''' weather is similar to cloudy weather, however the clouds will be a little bigger and they will be dark.
*'''Rain''' weather is when the sky is fully cloudy, and droplets will fall from the sky, affecting fish and bug spawns, as well as watering flowers without the need of a [[ac:Watering Can|watering can]]. During [[ac:Winter|winter]], rain is replaced with snow. The only difference is that rain will affect critter spawns while snow doesn't.
*'''Heavy rain''' weather is similar to rainy weather, however the clouds will be dark purple and the rain droplets will fall more often. On the first hour of heavy rain after any other weather, there is a possible chance of a thunderstorm. Otherwise, the effects will stay the same to rainy weather. During
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<sup>1</sup> Commun00 is the weather on [[ac:Harv's Island|Harv's Island]], therefore it is not possible for that pattern to occur on normal weather seeds.
===Southern hemisphere===
The following table list the probabilities that a specific weather seed will have a specific pattern for a certain day in the southern hemisphere<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16VjCWO94jG_QexsBAjoKLntyfUF_e-B6WPRl8l-jM1o/edit#gid=1446043481 Weather Rates and Patterns: Weather Rates South (in %) sheet]</ref>:
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<sup>1</sup> Commun00 is the weather on [[ac:Harv's Island|Harv's Island]], therefore it is not possible for that pattern to occur on normal weather seeds.
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