Rain sounds
Steady rain on the green. Free, live and never looping.
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Steady rain on the village green, heard from indoors.
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What you are hearing
This is rain as you hear it from indoors: a broad, even wash from the green outside, and a few single drops on the pane beside you. The Rain slider is the weather. The Rain on the glass slider is how near the window you are sitting.
Nothing here is a recording. Your browser makes the sound as it goes, from filtered noise that is shaped to rise and fall the way real rain does. A recording has a last second and has to start again. This does not, which is why there is no seam to listen out for at three in the morning.
Using rain to sleep or work
Rain works because it is steady and has no words in it. It covers the sounds that make you look up, such as a door, a neighbour or a car, without asking for your attention itself.
For sleep, keep it quiet enough to talk over and set the sleep timer if you would rather it stopped. For work, a little thunder or the fire adds interest without adding anything to follow.
Questions
Do the rain sounds loop?
No. The rain is generated live rather than played from a file, so there is no loop point and no repeat, however long you listen.
Can I play rain sounds all night?
Yes. Leave the page open and it carries on. If you want it to stop by itself, set the sleep timer to anything from 15 to 90 minutes and it fades out at the end.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no account, no trial and no advert in the sound. The site is paid for by one sponsor at a time, shown as a sign on the page.
