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Thunderstorm for Hue

Summon a thunderstorm using your Philips Hue lights. Watch them pulse and flash to the sounds of rain and thunder.

Thunderstorm for Hue icon

Thunderstorm

Strong Thunderstorm
Heavy rain with frequent lightning and thunder nearby
Normal Thunderstorm
Steady rain with a full range of lightning and thunder
Weak Thunderstorm
Light rain with occasional lightning and thunder far off
Passing Thunderstorms
Rain and lightning intensity changes as the storms pass
Thunderstorm screenshot

Settings

  • Change the color and brightness of your lights

  • Toggle rain sound effects
  • Change rain audio (default, heavy rain, steady rain, light rain, rain on tin roof)
  • Set rain volume
  • Toggle rain light effects
  • Change rain pulse rate (default, slow, medium, fast)
  • Target lights for rain light effects
  • Change rain transition effects (pulse, fade quickly, fade slowly)
  • Change the color and brightness of the rain light effects

  • Toggle thunder sound effects
  • Set thunder volume
  • Toggle delay thunder
  • Toggle lightning light effects
  • Target lights for lightning light effects
  • Change lightning transition effects (random, flicker, flash, pulse, fade quickly, fade slowly)
  • Change lightning/thunder occurrence (default, never, occasional, normal, frequent)
  • Change the color and max brightness of the lightning light effects

  • Change starting storm for Passing Thunderstorms (weak, normal, strong)
  • Change cycle time for Passing Thunderstorms (15 min, 30 min, 60 min)

  • Toggle background sounds (birds, cicadas, crickets, frogs)
  • Set background volume

  • Change default end state (on, off, revert)
  • Change sleep end state (on, off, revert)
  • Auto-start, Auto-stop, and Auto-restart thunderstorm (auto-restart activates auto-start and auto-stop)
Settings screenshot

Lights

Select one or more lights for your light show on the Lights tab. Choose a group that you set up using the Philips Hue app, or create a new zone in the Thunderstorm for Hue app. To edit a room or zone in the list, swipe the item to the left and tap the pencil icon. You can reorder lights for the Color Flow mode. When you add, remove, or change lights, pull down the list to refresh.

Apps for Philips Hue