Cloud With Rain 🌧️

A gray or blue-tinted cloud with heavy raindrops falling beneath it—simple, straightforward, and universally understood as "it's raining." The cloud is usually depicted as dense and full, with three to four raindrops visible, emphasizing active precipitation rather than just drizzle.

This is the go-to emoji for reporting actual rain. People drop it in group chats to explain why they're late, to share weather updates, or to moan about a gloomy day. It's literal, direct, and needs no context. Beyond weather, some use it figuratively when something's "raining" on their parade—bad timing, disappointment, a sudden downpour of problems.

You'll see this emoji paired with sad faces, umbrellas, or complaint-filled messages. It's especially common in regional weather channels, forecast discussions, and casual "ugh, this weather" commentary.

Design-wise, it's fairly consistent across platforms—Google, Apple, and Samsung all render it recognizably as rain. The emoji has been part of the weather core since Unicode Emoji 0.7 was approved in 2010, making it one of the original weather icons.