Storm sound effects for when the weather turns on you. Thunder cracking overhead and rolling off into the distance, rain hammering down, hail, and wind gusts that build to hurricane strength. A lot of it is real field recording. Some of it is heard from indoors, through the windows, which is often how a storm actually sounds in a film.
Libraries
91
Publishers
54
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$3.50 to $199
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Montenegro mountain storm sound effects featuring 37 recordings of alpine wind and rain through mountain forest at 192kHz/24-bit, spanning 25 km/h to 65 km/h gusts and post-storm drips.
Storm sound effects spanning 106 recordings of rain heard from car interiors, umbrellas, windows, roofs and tents, plus thunder strikes, rolling rumbles, wind gusts, sandstorms, snowstorms and ocean storms.
Natural disaster sound effects featuring over 120 files of earthquake rumbles, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, desert sandstorms, thunderstorms, blizzard winds, and burning house collapses for games, film, and trailers.
Rolling thunder sound effects featuring close strikes, distant rumbles, and varied rain ambiences captured across suburban, rural, and mountain forest environments using Sennheiser MKH microphones.
Nearly 3 hours of high-quality nature sound effects, featuring lakeside ambiance, storms, and park atmospheres, recorded in 96k/24bit with comprehensive metadata for professional productions.
A library of 24 violent storm sound effects from Seapoint, Dublin, with ambient recordings of wind, churning tides, crashing waves, and a set of separated wave clashes.
Authentic backyard storm sound effects featuring British weather elements, including wind, rain, rattling fences, and rustling vegetation, captured in a residential setting with natural ambient sounds.
Dynamic Mediterranean coastal sound effects featuring powerful Sirocco winds, crashing waves against rocky shores, and rolling stones, authentically captured along northern seaside locations and harbors.
Raw recordings from St Jude's destructive storm capture intense sound effects, including howling winds through arcades, promenades, and urban spaces, plus unique interior car recordings during 100mph gusts.
Mountain rain and thunder sound effects featuring 75 recordings captured at 1500m on the Montenegro-Albania border, from light drippy drizzle and moderate steady rain to strong downpours and thunderstorms.
Night rain and thunderstorm sound effects featuring seamless loops of light rain with crickets and distant thunder, rainstorms, and 12 thunderclaps, delivered in AmbiX and stereo at 96 kHz/24-bit.
Thunderstorm sound effects featuring looped night storms, early morning village rain, distant thunder, rumbling thunder with drizzle, and light rain, delivered as 19 AmbiX and 19 stereo 96kHz/24-bit files.
Night rain and thunderstorm sound effects looped in AmbiX and stereo at 96 kHz, featuring crickets, windy weather, a distant train, an approaching morning storm, and storm beginnings and endings.
Thunderstorm sound effects featuring 53 stereo recordings of rolling thunder, rain ambience, and city traffic in rainy weather and during storms, delivered as 96 kHz, 24-bit WAV files.
Thunderstorm sound effects featuring 66 files of city, village, and countryside rain, from windowsill drops, gazebo rain, and rattling metal plates to standalone thunder one-shots, recorded at 96 kHz, 24-bit.
Ocean and river sound effects featuring 121 stereo ambiences of beach waves, harbors, cargo ports, distant ships, shipboard ocean storms, deep underwater textures, forest streams and calm river flow.
Storms usually get built rather than recorded whole. Most editors work from parts, usually a rain bed with Thunder placed by hand where the picture needs it. So a lot of these libraries keep the elements apart, with isolated thunder close and distant, and thunder with or without rain under it. Interior perspectives matter too. A storm through glass is duller and closer, and it's what a character hears lying awake at night. For the hard edge there's Hail, and Lightning for the crack of the strike itself. Designed and synthesised storms sit alongside the real ones, handy for game loops that have to run as long as the level does. It's all royalty-free for commercial work, dark and stormy nights included.
