It's possibly of no interest whatsoever for the discussion, but I just happen to have watched this weekend the Deep Space 9 episode Let He Who is Without Sin [1] in which Worf and Dax (and then also Quark, Julian and Leeta) visit the planet Riisa where they control the weather. (Although given how dank the beach looked at the end - Malibu I think is where they filmed it - they can't have been doing a very good job.)
Anyway, part of the plot revolves around Essentialists (who think the Federation has become soft/decadent) affecting the weather to cause rain (and make the tourists go home) using a handheld device. Later on they cause earthquakes the same way. I don't think there was an explanation of the latter as regards 'weather control' although I was so unengaged with the episode I might have missed it and I've forgotten the double-talk given for the gadget, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone finds it a helpful reference.
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[1] The work colleague and I who are doing a rewatch of TNG/DS9 have rated this our least favourite episode of DS9 thus far just before anyone thinks I'm encouraging them to watch it!
(If Wishes Were Horses also scored as low on our rating system).