Sound effects tag

Storm Sound Effects

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
84
Publishers
54
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$7 to $199
FiltersAll 84 libraries tagged StormFilter by the spec, not just the subjectRecorded or designed, sample rate, bit depth, channel format, embedded metadata and file count. Narrow it down before you download anything.
Recorded or designed
RecordedDesigned

Recorded means captured in the field or a studio. Designed means built from other material.

Channel format
MonoStereoM/SSurroundAmbisonic

Mono for 3D positional audio. Ambisonic and surround for immersive mixes.

Embedded metadata
Tagged for Soundminer or UCSUntagged

Soundminer and UCS fields written into the files.

All 84 libraries tagged Storm.
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All 84 libraries tagged Storm

48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
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.
124 files · 2.04 GB · Metadata
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
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.
58 files · 285.6 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
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.
15 files · 1.69 GB · Metadata
44.1 to 48 kHz, 16-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Natural wind recordings blend seamlessly with rain patterns, thunder, and organic sound effects, featuring pristine wilderness ambiance captured during quiet winter nights and stormy conditions.
58 files · 2.69 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
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.
9 files · 375 MB
-28%
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo, Ambisonic B.
Atenas, Costa Rica mountain town sound effects recorded in first-order ambisonics and binaural across a full 24-hour cycle, covering plaza life, church bells, bird song, tropical storms, rivers, and nocturnal insects.
35 files · 15.5 GB

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.

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