⛈️

cloud with lightning and rain

Last updated: 05/28/2026

⛈️ represents a cloud with lightning and rain, shown as a gray or white cloud with a yellow lightning bolt and blue raindrops falling below. The design uses sharp contrast to capture the dynamic energy of a thunderstorm.

This emoji represents intense weather and the raw power of nature. It often carries a sense of urgency, drama, or a stormy mood. Beyond meteorology, it can symbolize a chaotic situation, a sudden outburst of emotion, or a difficult period that feels overwhelming. It suggests a moment where things are moving fast and with significant impact, whether in the sky or in one's personal life.

In online chats or social media captions, it is used for weather warnings or describing a moody, rainy day. Someone might post "Staying inside today, the weather is getting wild ⛈️" or use it metaphorically like "It’s been a stormy week, but I'm hanging in there ⛈️." It also fits dramatic aesthetic posts or captions about loud music and high energy, such as "The energy at the show tonight was pure electricity ⛈️."

Subgroups
Unicode
U+26C8 U+FE0F
Variant status
Fully-qualified
Emoji version

Platform rendering differences

cloud with lightning and rain appearance on Apple

Apple

cloud with lightning and rain appearance on Microsoft

Microsoft

cloud with lightning and rain appearance on Twemoji

Twemoji

cloud with lightning and rain appearance on Noto

Noto

Apple Emoji icons and related visual assets shown here are the property and registered trademarks of Apple Inc. They are included only for commentary, comparison, and informational purposes, not for commercial use.

Text and emoji presentation for “⛈️”

⛈️ uses the same base codepoint, but adding FE0F forces modern full-color emoji rendering (⛈️), while adding FE0E falls back to the traditional text-style glyph (⛈︎).

  1. Color emoji mode (Emoji Presentation)

    Unicode code point26C8Base codepoint for cloud with lightning and rain
    Unicode code pointFE0FEmoji variation selector for full-color rendering
    Rendered result⛈️
  2. Text / black-and-white mode (Text Presentation)

    Unicode code point26C8Base codepoint for cloud with lightning and rain
    Unicode code pointFE0EText variation selector for black-and-white rendering
    Rendered result⛈︎

The color version is more common in chats, social apps, and modern interface design, while the text version fits ebooks, compact tables, and professional contexts that need consistent plain-text layout.

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