diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/sections/general_configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/sections/general_configuration.dm
index 40b1729b7603..30e306860f24 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/sections/general_configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/sections/general_configuration.dm
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 	var/revival_brain_life = 10 MINUTES
 	/// Enable random AI lawsets from the default=TRUE pool
 	var/random_ai_lawset = TRUE
+	/// Enable weather events initialized by SSweather. New weather events can still
+	/// be added during the round if this is disabled.
+	var/enable_default_weather_events = TRUE
 
 /datum/configuration_section/general_configuration/load_data(list/data)
 	// Use the load wrappers here. That way the default isnt made 'null' if you comment out the config line
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@
 	CONFIG_LOAD_BOOL(enable_night_shifts, data["enable_night_shifts"])
 	CONFIG_LOAD_BOOL(reactionary_explosions, data["reactionary_explosions"])
 	CONFIG_LOAD_BOOL(random_ai_lawset, data["random_ai_lawset"])
+	CONFIG_LOAD_BOOL(enable_default_weather_events, data["enable_default_weather_events"])
 
 	// Numbers
 	CONFIG_LOAD_NUM(lobby_time, data["lobby_time"])
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/SSweather.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/SSweather.dm
index ace62c0474a8..86e069840699 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/SSweather.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/SSweather.dm
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(weather)
 		next_hit_by_zlevel["[z]"] = world.time + randTime + initial(W.telegraph_duration)
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/weather/Initialize()
+	if(!GLOB.configuration.general.enable_default_weather_events)
+		log_debug("disabling default weather events due to configuration")
+		return
+
 	for(var/V in subtypesof(/datum/weather))
 		var/datum/weather/W = V
 		var/probability = initial(W.probability)
diff --git a/config/example/config.toml b/config/example/config.toml
index bb2939ba5a33..2efda1301d28 100644
--- a/config/example/config.toml
+++ b/config/example/config.toml
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ bomb_cap = 20
 revival_brain_life = 6000 # 10 minutes
 # Enable random silicon lawset (If said lawset has default = TRUE in the code). Disable for always crewsimov
 random_ai_lawset = true
+# Enable weather events initialized by SSweather. New weather events can still be added during the round if this is disabled.
+enable_default_weather_events = true
 
 
 ################################################################