Cloud with rain
Also called CLOUD WITH RAIN, U+1F327, weather emoji
Unicode character. A code point, not a station model or a forecast icon.
Weather charactersCloud with rain meaning
U+1F327 CLOUD WITH RAIN is a Unicode character. It does not choose among rain, showers, and drizzle, and it is not a station-plot sign.
At a glance
- System
- Unicode character
- Code point
- U+1F327
- Official name
- CLOUD WITH RAIN
- Not the same as
- A forecast icon or a station-model sign
U+1F327 CLOUD WITH RAIN. The character people paste instead of a forecast. It is still a character.
The name. Unicode name CLOUD WITH RAIN, U+1F327. The picture on a phone is the vendor’s. The character is the code point.
Where it comes from
The name is CLOUD WITH RAIN in the pictograph chart. WWIS lists rain, showers, rainshower, drizzle, light rain, and freezing rain as different labels. The character is one cloud and the idea of rain. Phone vendors draw the drops in their own style. The Weather Prediction Center’s present-weather sign is an observing glyph, plotted only when weather is occurring. This code point is none of those.
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
In a message it reads as rain. On a forecast it would be too coarse. If you came here from a weather app, open the rain page for the steady fall, the rain-shower page for bursts, and the drizzle page for the small drops.
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+1F327 is the Unicode name CLOUD WITH RAIN. Vendors may draw it as a color emoji. The character is still the code point. Source
Questions
Is the cloud-with-rain emoji the rain symbol?
It is U+1F327, CLOUD WITH RAIN. Meteorological services use their own icons and keep showers and drizzle separate. A chance of rain is a percentage, not this character.
Can I copy it?
Yes. Copy character copies 🌧. The line drawing is only the cabinet’s picture of the idea.
Near this
- RainA forecast icon for rain expected in a period. Not a shower, not drizzle, and not the station-model sign.
- Rain showerA forecast icon for rain that starts and ends. Not steady rain, and not a thunderstorm.
- DrizzleA forecast icon for very small, close-set drops. Not light rain, and not mist.
- Umbrella with rain dropsU+2614, an umbrella and drops. Not a WWIS rain icon, and not drizzle.
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.