I used to think that weather presenters actually made the weather. This was the case in the days when they used a map with stick-on icons instead of computer graphics, and I used to be annoyed at them when they put rain clouds on the map!
A childhood belief about weather

others believed things like this
- I used to believe I could control the weather by singing rain rain go away or blowing the clouds away.— Shannon
- I thought weather forecasters were psychic and that's how they knew what the weather would be.Anon
- When I was very young, I thought that God was married to Mother Nature, and that together they made weather.Anon
- I used to believe that I could control the weather... I had limited success— Mark
- I used to be very fascinated by the weather and sometimes wished I could have a tornado for a best friend.— Will
- I thought that Indian Summer was like the weather in India.Anon