🌤️ Grow a Garden Weather Tracker

Cycle timer is synced to server time and updates live. Weather events fire randomly within the Morning phase, this tracker shows which events are possible, not guaranteed.

Weather in Grow a Garden is a server-wide mechanic. Every active server experiences the same weather event at the same moment, regardless of where players are on the map. You cannot trigger or change weather manually as a player. The game cycles through weather types randomly, and your job is to be ready when the right event hits. The exception is GAG1's new Harvest Moon weather (added August 1, 2026, Update 1.67.0), which is a summoned event triggered by placing 10 fruits on the central pedestals or paying 299 Robux to skip the offering.

This tracker covers weather events in both Grow a Garden and Grow a Garden 2. The core weather names are similar across both versions, but mutation multipliers and core mechanics differ in important ways. Use the GAG1 / GAG2 toggle at the top of the selector to switch between the correct data for whichever version you are playing. GAG2 launched June 12, 2026 as a standalone game and does not transfer progress from GAG1. To track every active and upcoming GAG2 event in one place, open the Grow a Garden 2 Event Tracker.

There are three categories of weather in Grow a Garden. Standard weather happens naturally on all servers without any input from the developers. For a detailed breakdown of every weather event in the game including durations, triggers, and historical changes, see the complete weather events guide. These include Rain, Thunderstorm, Frost, Night, Blood Moon, Meteor Shower, Rainbow, Wind, Flood, Heatwave, Sandstorm, Aurora Borealis, Solar Eclipse, Tornado, Acid Rain, Tropical Rain, and Drought. Event weather is tied to seasonal or content updates and only runs during active event windows, such as the Bee Swarm from the Bizzy Bees update, the new Harvest Moon event (August 1, 2026), or the Halloween weather set. Admin weather is manually triggered by the game developers during live sessions, and it includes the highest-multiplier events in the game.

Weather events affect three things: crop growth speed, the chance for your crops to receive a mutation, and occasionally the spawn of exclusive seeds or pets near your plots. Growth speed modifiers apply to all crops in your garden, even ones you plant after the weather starts. Mutations are applied based on the specific weather rules for each event type, some weather types guarantee a mutation on every crop, others trigger mutations only on crops struck by a specific mechanic like lightning, meteor impact, or Eclipse Bloom harvest beams (new in GAG2 as of July 12, 2026).

Because you cannot predict or control when weather changes, the best farming strategy is a preparation mindset. Keep your garden near full capacity with high-value crops at all times. Have rare seeds in your inventory for the moment a Thunderstorm or Rainbow hits. Know your gear loadout for each event type before it starts. In GAG2, plant Star Fruit (added July 12, 2026) to passively farm Glow mutations at 100x, the highest multiplier in the game, and consider the Shadow Dragon pet for the Veil mutation (20x) on every seed planted. This guide covers everything you need for exactly that.

The table below covers all confirmed standard weather events in Grow a Garden. The game has expanded well beyond the original four weather types and now includes over 20 distinct standard events, each with its own mutation and growth modifier. For a full breakdown of every weather type including event and admin weathers with historical changes, see the complete weather events guide. Use the complete mutation guide to see every mutation's full details, or the Mutation Calculator to calculate exact Sheckle values for any crop and weather combination.

Grow a Garden 2 launched on June 12, 2026 as a standalone game, not an update to the original. Progress does not transfer between the two games, and the weather system carries over only in name. Behind the familiar weather event labels sits a different set of mutation multipliers and a fundamentally different stacking rule that changes how players should plan their farming runs. Anyone who jumps from GAG1 to GAG2 expecting the same Thunderstorm bracket of 101x will lose real Sheckles by relying on outdated math. If you are new to the sequel, start with the GAG2 beginner guide and the full GAG2 seed list before planting for weather events. Use the GAG1 / GAG2 toggle at the top of the selector to switch the data shown on this page to whichever game is currently running.

The four multipliers that changed

Four core mutation multipliers shift between the two games, and each shift ripples through the entire weather economy. Values below are verified as of August 6, 2026 against the GAG2 wiki, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, growagardencalculator, Beebom, and Sportskeeda, with in-game retesting on July 25, 2026. Electric mutation replaces Shocked in GAG2 but drops from 100x down to 25x (the earlier "70x" community figure was an early-community error from games.gg's June 15 post), which weakens Thunderstorm value by roughly 75 percent compared to GAG1. Rainbow drops from 50x to 30x (resolved July 19, 2026; was earlier disputed between 10x and 30x), a cut that pushes it from a top farming target in GAG1 to a still-strong but lower-priority event in GAG2. Frozen climbs from 10x to 20x (corrected July 25, 2026 from 14x), which makes Frost and Snow more attractive than they were in GAG1. The single biggest swing is Bloodlit, which jumps from 4x in GAG1 to 70x in GAG2 (corrected July 25, 2026 from 60x; not the early "80x" figure which was an early-community error). Aurora was disputed (GAG2 wiki stub listed 1.5x as a placeholder; IGN listed 40x); it is now confirmed at 40x as of July 25, 2026 in-game retest, and the wiki 1.5x is a community-edit error not yet corrected on the wiki. Blood Moon is the highest-value standard night weather event in GAG2, and any farmer who ignored Blood Moon in GAG1 should mark it as a priority event in the new game. The overall top spots in GAG2 are now held by Glow (100x, from Star Fruit, an ambient crop mutation available at all times) and Eclipsed (80x, from Eclipse weather). GAG2 also adds three daytime exclusive mutations tied to specific weather events: Starstruck (50x, from Starfall), Ignited (60x, disputed 60x to 80x, from Sunburst added July 3, 2026), and Eclipsed (80x, from Eclipse weather triggered by Eclipse Bloom added July 12, 2026). Separately, Glow (100x, from Star Fruit added July 12, 2026) is a crop-based ambient mutation available at all times regardless of weather, and it is currently the HIGHEST multiplier in GAG2. Two further mutations arrived with the August 2, 2026 Fall Harvest Update: Amber (20x, from Amber Cranberry plant) and Veil (20x, from Shadow Dragon pet).

No stacking means single mutation per crop

The most important mechanic change in GAG2 is that mutations no longer stack on a single crop. In GAG1 a Thunderstorm harvest could carry both Shocked (100x) and Wet (2x), producing a bracket of 101x before any variant was applied. In GAG2 that same Thunderstorm gives a crop either Electric or Wet, never both, and the player should always aim for the higher single multiplier. This removes the entire bracket math that defined GAG1 strategy and replaces it with a simpler rule: target the highest single mutation available during the current weather event. For the full list of GAG2 mutation values and exactly how each one fires, see the complete GAG2 mutations guide. Sprinklers in GAG2 stack per crop to raise the chance of that single mutation firing on individual plants, which is the closest equivalent GAG2 has to the old Lightning Rod guarantee from GAG1.

Night stealing and the new moon events

GAG2 introduces a night stealing mechanic that does not exist in GAG1. Other players can raid a garden at night, which makes leaving high-value crops unattended overnight a real risk. The full GAG2 night stealing defense guide covers how to protect your crops during these windows. Two new night-only events lean into this PvP layer. Gold Moon spawns Gold Seeds and applies Midas Touch to the first crop stolen during the event, turning theft into a mutation trigger. Rainbow Moon spawns Rainbow Seeds and adds Star-Powered Touch, and a flying Carpet becomes available during the event. Both moon events only fire at night, so the strategy is to be online and active rather than planting and walking away. Starfall is the third GAG2-exclusive event and the only source of the Starstruck mutation, which makes it the rarest single-mutation window in the new game. To see the full schedule of every active and upcoming GAG2 event in one place, including these night windows, use the Grow a Garden 2 Event Tracker.

What is missing from GAG2 right now

A few GAG1 staples have not been confirmed in GAG2 at launch. The Lightning Rod gear item, which directed lightning strikes to specific plots and guaranteed Shocked mutations during Thunderstorms in GAG1, has no confirmed GAG2 equivalent yet. The Raiju pet, another Thunderstorm staple in GAG1, is also absent from GAG2 confirmed content. The entire admin weather category has been left out of the GAG2 view in this tracker until the new equivalents are verified, since the developers tend to introduce fresh admin events rather than porting the GAG1 ones across. As GAG2 content gets confirmed, this tracker will update with the correct values for each event.

GAG1 vs GAG2 at a glance

The table below summarizes every major difference between the two games. Use it as a quick reference when switching between versions, and remember to flip the GAG1 / GAG2 toggle at the top of the selector so the numbers shown match the game you are actually playing.

(verified) = confirmed by GAG2 wiki, IGN, Rock Paper Shotgun, growagardencalculator, Beebom, and/or Sportskeeda as of August 6, 2026 (in-game retested July 25, 2026). (disputed) = sources conflict (e.g., Ignited: 60x–80x across sources). (unreleased) = datamined from client files but not yet live in the game. Earlier incorrect values from games.gg (June 15, 2026) and TheGamer have been superseded, Bloodlit is now 70x (corrected Jul 25 from 60x; not 80x), Electric 25x (not 70x), Rainbow 30x (not 10x), Frozen 20x (corrected Jul 25 from 14x; not 40x), Aurora 40x (resolved Jul 25; not 1.5x), Starstruck 50x (not 25x), Gold 10x (not 15x). "Disco Moon" has been removed, it does not exist in GAG2 (GAG1-concept carryover error).

For players coming from GAG1, the mental shift is simple. Stop thinking about brackets and overlap windows, and start thinking about the single highest mutation available during each weather event. Blood Moon in GAG2 is now the farming target Thunderstorm used to be. Starfall is the rare jackpot event, and the two moon events reward players who stay online through the night instead of logging off. Pair the toggle on this page with the Mutation Calculator to model exact Sheckle values for the GAG2 version of any crop and weather combination.

Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm is the single most valuable farming window in standard play. Plant your highest base-value crops before the storm starts. Dragon Pepper, Candy Blossom, and Crystal Fruit give the best returns because their high base prices compound with the 101x bracket from Shocked plus Wet. A single Lightning Rod item directs all lightning strikes to your plots, guaranteeing the Shocked mutation on specific crops instead of leaving it to chance. The Frostspike Seed also drops near the garden during Thunderstorm, so scan the ground around your plots while crops are growing.

Rainbow

Rainbow weather lasts 1 to 2 minutes at most. The strategy here is volume over value. The plus 100 percent growth speed means fast-growing crops reach harvestable weight twice as quickly, so you can complete two or even three harvest cycles in the same window other weather types would give you one. Plant Candy Blossom, Blueberry, and other high-value crops that grow quickly. The Rainbow mutation (50x) on any of them still produces strong Sheckle output even without a high base price. Use the Crop Planner to optimize your plot layout before a Rainbow window hits.

Heatwave

Heatwave is one of the most underrated farming windows because of the Sundried mutation at 85x. The catch is that only crops physically hit by a sun ray receive the mutation. Equip a Tanning Mirror before the event starts, see the full gears list for where to get one. It redirects sun rays toward your garden up to ten times before it breaks. Aim the mirror at your rarest and highest base-value seeds so the 85x multiplier lands on crops worth the most. Without the mirror you are essentially leaving a top-5 multiplier weather event to chance. Once your Sundried crops are ready, run them through the Weight Calculator to estimate final Sheckle value before selling.

Aurora Borealis and Crystal Beams

These two events deserve special attention because of combined mutation potential. Aurora Borealis applies the Aurora mutation (90x) to your crops. Crystal Beams can apply Celestial (120x) and Aurora (90x) to the same crop. When Celestial and Aurora are both on a single crop, they merge into Cosmic (240x), the highest single mutation multiplier available in standard play. Grow a Garden does not give you a schedule for these rare events, so keep your garden full of your best crops at all times. If you see Aurora Borealis hit, do not harvest immediately. Wait to see if Crystal Beams follows. If Celestial lands on an already-Aurora crop, the combined Cosmic mutation is worth the patience. See the full mutations guide for all combined mutation recipes and how to unlock them.

Meteor Shower (during Night or Blood Moon)

Meteor Shower triggers alongside Night or Blood Moon and applies Celestial (120x) to crops struck by meteors. The Star Caller gear item attracts meteors to strike within its range up to three times before it is consumed. Place your Star Caller near your highest-value crops before Night starts. Any crop already carrying a Moonlit mutation that then receives Celestial from a meteor gets both mutations stacked in the same bracket. For a slow-growing rare crop, that bracket is 1 + (Moonlit + 120) minus 2, which equals 121x. Check the Profit Calculator to see the exact Sheckle return for any crop during these stacked events.

Flood

Flood is a 2-minute event that simultaneously applies Wet and Frozen. The bracket for these two together is 1 + (2 + 10) minus 2, which equals 11. That is not as high as Thunderstorm but it is a significant multiplier for only a 2-minute window. Crystal Fruit and Blueberry have natural cold synergy and perform well during Flood. The key constraint to know: because Wet and Frozen are both temperature mutations, they are normally mutually exclusive on a single crop. Flood is the only weather that applies both at the same time, making it unique. A crop that received Wet before Flood starts may upgrade to Frozen directly. For the full breakdown of how temperature mutations combine, see the complete mutation guide.

Rain

Rain is your most frequent farming opportunity. It appears approximately every 20 minutes, so you will see it far more than any other weather. The Wet mutation (2x) is modest but consistent. The plus 50 percent growth speed means you can complete multiple harvest cycles within the 2 to 3 minute window. Plant fast-growing mid-tier crops like Blueberry and Strawberry during Rain to maximize the number of harvests you complete. Reserve your rarest seeds for Thunderstorm and Rainbow windows where the multiplier is worth the seed cost. The community-run Watering Wednesday event stacks with Rain's Wet mutation if you time it right. Once you have harvested a stack of Wet crops, the Trade Calculator helps you check whether selling or trading them returns more Sheckles.

The right gear can turn a good weather event into a great one. Some gear items directly interact with specific weather mechanics, either directing the weather effect to your crops or extending its window. View the GAG1 full gears list or the GAG2 gear list to see every gear item, its cost, and how to obtain it, including dedicated pages like the Night Staff guide for charge counts and stacking strategies.

Weather in Grow a Garden is random, but some events have known frequency patterns based on community observation and game updates. Knowing these helps you decide whether to wait for a specific event or farm with whatever is active now. For a live countdown of every scheduled GAG2 event including Night, Blood Moon and Starfall windows, open the Grow a Garden 2 Event Tracker.

Some weather events spawn exclusive items near your garden that cannot be obtained from the shop, eggs, or any other source. Missing these during the event window means waiting for the next occurrence, which could be hours away.

Frostspike Seed (Thunderstorm)

The Frostspike Seed only spawns during Thunderstorm weather events. It appears as a physical item on the ground near garden plots. The drop rate is low, so not every Thunderstorm produces one. When you see a Thunderstorm start, scan the entire area around your garden, not just the plots themselves. The seed can appear anywhere in the nearby zone. Pick it up immediately because Thunderstorms last only 3 to 5 minutes. There is no gear item that reliably increases the Frostspike Seed drop rate. Your best strategy is simply to experience as many Thunderstorms as possible by playing on active servers.

Snaparino Beanarini Seed (Special Events)

The Snaparino Beanarini Seed appears during certain event or admin weather sessions. Like the Frostspike Seed, it spawns near garden plots during the active event window. Keep an eye on the official Grow a Garden Discord for announcements when admin events are scheduled, as those are the primary source for this seed.

Pet Drops (Woody and Chicken Zombie)

Some weather events can drop pet companions near the garden. Woody and the Chicken Zombie have been documented as weather-related drops. These are rare and tied to specific weather conditions. The Pet Calculator covers all 121 pets in the game, their sources, and their Sheckle trade values, and the rarest pets guide ranks the hardest drops in the game. Once you have a weather-dropped pet, cross-reference it with the Pet Tier List to see where it ranks, and use the Pet Leveling Calculator to plan its XP curve. If you hatch a pet from a weather-related egg, the Egg Calculator shows hatch odds for every egg in the game. If you obtain a weather-dropped pet, check its value before trading it.

Combined mutations are one of the most powerful mechanics in Grow a Garden and weather events are the primary way to create them. When two specific mutations exist on the same crop at the same time, the game replaces both with a single combined mutation at a higher multiplier. The ingredient mutations are removed, not kept. This means you need to plan for combined mutations before they happen, not react after.

The most important combined mutations reachable through weather:

Cosmic (240x) is the highest multiplier achievable through standard weather events alone and one of the highest in the entire game. Because Crystal Beams can apply both Celestial and Aurora to the same crop in a single event, it is the most reliable path to Cosmic. However, Crystal Beams itself is a rare event without a fixed timer. The best strategy is to leave slow-growing high-value crops in the ground for extended periods so they are present when rare weather events occur. See the complete mutation guide for all 20+ combined mutation recipes and exactly how to build them, or read the dedicated Celestial mutation guide for the full ingredient chain that produces Cosmic.

Admin weather events are manually triggered by the game developers during live sessions. They do not occur on a regular schedule and cannot be predicted, but they include the highest mutation multipliers available anywhere in the game. Watch the official Grow a Garden Discord and social channels for announcements, or check the admin events schedule for upcoming sessions.

The highest-multiplier admin weather events currently documented in the community:

Admin weather events also include some purely entertainment-focused sessions with no crop multipliers, like Sheckle Rain (collectible Sheckles fall from the sky), Jandel Storm (visual only), and Pool Party. These are worth joining for the community experience even if the farming value is zero. For a complete list of all admin weather events and their mutations, the mutations guide covers admin mutations separately. To see exactly how a Dawnbound or Voidtouched harvest affects your bottom line, run the numbers through the Profit Calculator with the admin mutation pre-loaded.

Most mutations in Grow a Garden can be obtained through multiple sources: weather, pets, gear, or sprinklers. A small number are locked exclusively to a specific weather event. Missing these windows means waiting for the event to return, which can take hours or longer.

The Smoldering mutation from Volcano weather is the most important of these. No pet ability, gear item, or sprinkler can apply Smoldering. The only way to get it is during a Volcano weather event when your crops are in the ground. If you are building a complete mutation collection or chasing specific combined mutation chains, Volcano events are critical windows. Do not harvest early just because the growth speed modifier is zero. The mutation value more than compensates. See the Smoldering mutation guide and the broader complete mutation guide for every other mutation locked behind weather.

The Twisted mutation from Tornado weather follows the same logic. Tornadoes pass over the map randomly and crops in their path receive Twisted (30x). You cannot guarantee which crops get hit, but having your high-value crops in the ground at all times maximizes the chance that Twisted lands on something worth selling. Keeping your plots full is the only consistent strategy here. For the full Tornado spawn mechanics and how to position your plots, see the complete weather events guide.

The Wilt mutation from Drought is unusual because it is generally considered negative. Most players harvest immediately when Drought hits to avoid Wilt applying to crops. However, Wilt combined with certain other mutations creates some unique combined mutations documented in the full mutations guide. If you are working on a specific combined mutation chain, Drought windows may actually be useful rather than something to avoid. For a deeper look at what mutations actually do to crop value, read what mutations do in Grow a Garden.

Everything in this guide comes down to a few core habits. Run through this checklist before each farming session and you will consistently outperform players who react to weather instead of preparing for it.

Before You Log In

Check when the next Night or Blood Moon is scheduled (every 4 hours). If you are within 30 minutes of the cycle, plant your rare seeds now so they are in the ground when the event hits. The GAG2 Event Tracker shows live countdowns for every scheduled event. Prepare a Lightning Rod if you expect a Thunderstorm soon. Have fast-growing seeds in your inventory for when Rainbow hits unexpectedly. Cross-reference your seed list with the Crop Planner so your plot layout is ready before you log in.

During Any Weather Event

Do not just sit at your harvest station. Walk the full garden area during Thunderstorm and special event weather to check for item drops on the ground. Scan for the Frostspike Seed specifically during any Thunderstorm. Check whether a second event has started overlapping with the current one, as those brief overlap windows are where the biggest multipliers happen. Use the Weight Calculator to track your crop weights mid-event so you know exactly when to harvest for maximum Sheckle value.

After the Event Ends

Do not harvest immediately just because the weather is back to Sunny. If a crop has Moonlit or Bloodlit, it keeps that mutation permanently until harvested. Wait to see if another event starts before harvesting, so you can potentially stack a second mutation in the bracket before selling. For rare crops, use the Mutation Calculator to calculate the exact Sheckle value with your current mutation stack before deciding when to sell. Once you are ready to move a harvested stack, the Trade Calculator shows whether selling or trading returns more Sheckles, and the scam prevention guide covers the red flags to watch for in any high-value weather-mutated trade.

For a complete breakdown of how to maximize earnings across all game systems, including weather, pets, and trading, see the fast coin farming guide for GAG1 or the how to make Sheckles fast in GAG2 guide for the sequel. The general farming guide and the farming tips page cover broader crop-cycle strategy that complements weather windows. To understand how mutations interact with each other and which crop to plant for your specific setup, use the Profit Calculator with your actual weather situation as input.