Best Rain and Thunder Sounds for Sleep - by a Ceraunophile

ceraunophile (n.) - a person who loves lightning and thunder

Well - I guess that makes us Pluviophiles, Ceraunophiles and Audiophiles here at pluviophile.com!

My personal favourite sound for sleeping and relaxing has to be that of a thunderstorm. From the loud clash of thunder to the gentle sounds of rolling thunder and distant thunder - there’s nothing quite like it.

This is a recording I made of thunderstorm that hit Melbourne, Australia in May earlier this year. It was the best storm I’ve experienced for a long while and was completely unexpected. I had set up my new 3D spatial audio recorder designed for virtual reality to capture some binaural audio rain ambience that evening and instead captured these amazing and immersive thunder and rain sounds that last almost 2 hours.

The term “Thunder Therapy” or “Thunder Slumber” describes the use of audio recordings of thunderstorms to help people relax and fall asleep.

In fact thunder is an example of brown noise, a term used to describe low frequency white noise which can help induce sleep and relaxation.

Examples of brown noise include:

• low roaring

• strong waterfalls

• thunder

Some of the most popular videos on YouTube are that of thunderstorms. We’ve created a playlist on our YouTube Channel of our favourite thunderstorm sounds recorded in 2020. Have a listen and discover if you are a ceraunophile too!

We have also created a great selection of free thunderstorm desktop wallpaper for ceraunophiles which you can download and set the background on your pc or laptop.

Example Free Thunderstorm Desktop Wallpaper