In June we had a very rare (for us) middle-of-the-night thunderstorm which woke us up at 4AM. I grabbed my recording setup and stuck the mic out the window on a pole (which reminds me I need to start using a wood pole instead of metal during thunderstorms :-). This is the complete recording. I like the very low rumbles at the beginning. I did not normalize it this time, so you will notice that it clips a bit at 1:29 during the "MassiveBlast". I measured the time from the lightning strike (at 1:26) to the thunder, which is 2.8 seconds. This works out to 2.8/5 = 0.56 miles (0.9 km) away.
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
4:23.014
File size
48.2 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
14 years, 1 month ago
Amazing how different times of the year and different places in the world have specific storm sounds. I recorded a story narration voice within audacity, and I added WAV file piano music tracks, and then these storm sounds I will edit in with Russian voices recorded on Skype and all imported into Audacity. A mixed media experiment on home computer.
14 years, 8 months ago
Simply amazing. Thanks a million for uploading
15 years, 4 months ago
Perfect, the way I remember it should sound. It's hard to find this sans traffic background noises and such, so thanks for capturing it!
16 years, 2 months ago
nice and relaxing
16 years, 6 months ago
Dave, I have been listening to your recordings, this one of the thunder is really cool, the rain drops that hit the microphone would thud, listening to them in my head set, felt like they were actually hitting my head set. That was one of the coolest things I have heard in a while. by the way, is this Dave from Newport? This is James, used to be at the Landing.
Take Care.
