Ambient sound
Distant thunder, best paired with rain
Occasional low rumbles that roll in from somewhere far off. We keep the thunder deep and distant, arriving now and then rather than on cue, so it never becomes predictable. It's built to sit under rain, adding weight and a little drama to a storm that's built live as you listen.
Tap Thunder to hear it, then layer in anything else. Or start from a mix below.
Thunder is punctuation, not a wash. On its own it's sparse by design, low rolls that surface every so often and fade back into quiet. That spacing matters: because the rumbles don't arrive on a schedule, the storm feels genuinely distant rather than staged.
Layer it under rain and it comes into its own. The rain gives you the steady field to sleep or settle into, and the thunder adds the deep, occasional swell that makes a storm feel real and enveloping. For many people that combination is the deepest calm of all.
Nothing is recorded and nothing repeats. The rumbles are generated live in your browser and timed loosely, so the storm never loops and never stalls to buffer.
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Are thunderstorm sounds good for sleep?
For many people, yes. Distant thunder under steady rain is deeply calming, and because the rumbles are low and far off, they soothe rather than startle.
Should I mix thunder with rain?
Usually, yes. Thunder is sparse on its own; paired with rain it fills out into a full storm, with the rain steady underneath and thunder rolling through now and then.
Are the thunder rumbles on a timer?
No fixed timer. They're generated live and spaced loosely, so the thunder arrives unpredictably and never falls into a repeating pattern.