Cloud with lightning
Also called CLOUD WITH LIGHTNING, U+1F329, weather emoji
Unicode character. A code point, not a station model or a forecast icon.
Weather charactersCloud with lightning meaning
U+1F329 CLOUD WITH LIGHTNING is a character for a cloud and a bolt. It is not a thunderstorm icon and not the thunder-and-rain character.
At a glance
- System
- Unicode character
- Code point
- U+1F329
- Official name
- CLOUD WITH LIGHTNING
- Not the same as
- A forecast icon or a station-model sign
U+1F329, lightning and a cloud. Not a thunderstorm forecast, and not rain.
The name. Unicode name CLOUD WITH LIGHTNING, U+1F329. The picture on a phone is the vendor’s. The character is the code point.
Where it comes from
The official name stops at lightning. U+26C8 is THUNDER CLOUD AND RAIN. Forecasts that mean thunder say so with their own icon, and WWIS lists thunderstorms and thundershowers apart from plain rain. A bolt in a logo or a warning sign can be a further design. This page is only the code point.
The line drawing is original to this cabinet. It is not an agency logo, a vendor icon, or the emoji for the same idea.
Weather
What it means
It suggests lightning. It does not say you will hear thunder, and it does not say rain is falling. Those are the other names, on the other pages.
Variants
Vendor art
Apple, Google, and other vendors draw one code point in different colors and shapes. None of those drawings is a WMO icon, and none of them is the line art on this page.
Worth knowing
- U+1F329 is the Unicode name CLOUD WITH LIGHTNING. Vendors may draw it as a color emoji. The character is still the code point. Source
Questions
Is a lightning emoji a thunderstorm symbol?
U+1F329 is CLOUD WITH LIGHTNING. A thunderstorm icon belongs to a forecast. WWIS also distinguishes thunderstorms from thundershowers.
Which character includes rain and thunder?
U+26C8 THUNDER CLOUD AND RAIN. It is still a character, not a forecast.
Near this
- ThunderstormA forecast icon for thunder and lightning. Not a decorative bolt, and not ordinary rain.
- Thunder cloud and rainU+26C8, a cloud with thunder and rain in the name. Not a thunderstorm forecast icon.
- RainA forecast icon for rain expected in a period. Not a shower, not drizzle, and not the station-model sign.
- Cloud with rainU+1F327 CLOUD WITH RAIN. The character people paste instead of a forecast. It is still a character.
Sources
Named when the entry depends on a text, a date, or a standard. Catalog numbers are not invented.
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symbol.wiki, edited as Sigilla. Last reviewed 18 October 2026. A reading of public tradition, not a ruling.