Too many thunderstorms!

I've noticed that my game also seems to have more thunderstorms than sunny weather. But I play on the default weather settings, I might extend the seasons and see if I get more sunny days.

I think in general the weather is too repetitive. In a given week, I will often have thunderstorms for the entire week, or heat wave the entire week, etc.

Now, I know, in real life, that you can have a full week or sometimes a couple of weeks in a row of these things. But... in real life, a season also lasts three months. A week straight of thunderstorms in July is not equal to having T-storms every day for the entire summer. I don't mind any of these weather patterns but the game should have some sort of "streak breaker" in the code to prevent an entire season from being monotonous. If you are playing on week-long seasons, I'd say the game should prevent more than 2 days in a row of the same weather, so you get some variety. If you are playing 2-weeks, then maybe 4 days in a row would be max. If you are playing more than that, then 1-week in a row max. This way you're not just seeing the same weather over and over again for an entire season.

"LeGardePourpre;c-16640546" wrote:
Summer of 4 weeks in my world ...

Spoiler

Granite Falls




Magnolia Promenade




Windenburg




Forgotten Hollow

Only Willow Creek, Oasis Springs and San Myshuno often get sunny days.

Lol who got shocked?

I'm also incredibly sick of t-storms, they are an incredible annoyance.
1- All my Sims and animals are constantly stressed due to t-storm fear.
2- My Sims get fried just leaving for work.
3- T-storms destroy all my massive outdoor items. Items that IRL would have weather shielding built in, but I keep having to replace them. And since they removed the cheap normal telescope, I don't appreciate my massive outdoor telescope getting fried day after day.
I love a good t-storm (ours are so short in NJ) but frazzled Sims are zero fun to play with. I hate to turn them off but that's the only answer I have.

You can turn them off in settings.... I usually have them off because I don't like all the reactions or being housebound on my sims much. Next time you play or if you miss having them you can always flip them back on when you start up your game.

I have weather turned off and I still get rain and thunder storms but not as often as with it enabled.

"Laura_Jones;c-16632302" wrote:
It would be nice if the weather varied throughout the day like real life. T storms don't last ALL DAY in the midwest during summer, they come and go quickly. I don't see why the forecast needs to be so limited, except for on days with "mysterious weather".

Yes, that's my issue. They don't last all day and well into the night. Sometimes, we might get several hours in which one storm follows another, or a storm just sits in one spot for a couple of hours. Still, it's usually over within six or so hours. I don't know how many times thunderstorms have ruined Llama Day - my Sims can't go outside to worship at the Llama Shrine because the storms never let up.