r/WeatherGifs is a subreddit with 293k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses weather, storm, extreme weather events, lightning, and rain.
/r/WeatherGifs is a sub for gifs and videos of all naturally-occurring weather-related meteorological phenomena.
Popular Themes in r/WeatherGifs
#1
News
: "What is the blob moving against the wind, Southwest near Hartsville? Is this space debris re-entry?"
9 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but what is that line of precipitation?"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Tonight, Zeus was either drunk or furious!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/WeatherGifs
#1
Weather
: "Gloomy Weather"
42 posts
#2
Storm
: "Rolling ThunderStorm in Tallahassee"
33 posts
#3
Extreme Weather Events
: "September 4, 2025 | Extreme Weather Events & Natural Phenomena Worldwide"
22 posts
#4
Lightning
: "Time-lapse of a Lightning storm over Western Australia."
14 posts
#5
Rain
: "Rain on a hot sidewalk"
13 posts
#6
Snow
: "Snowed under No location given-"
12 posts
#7
Hurricane
: ""Footage filmed by the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, aka the "Hurricane Hunters," from inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. Video captured inside of the Hurricane’s eye, showcasing the infamous “stadium effect.""
9 posts
#8
Tornado
: ""This is REAL. Yesterday's Tornado was extraordinary, it happened to pass over Tulliby lake (AB, Canada) which gave us a look at the winds in a way almost never seen before." By The OTUS Project"
9 posts
#9
Extreme
: "September 25, 2025 | Extreme Weather Events & Natural Phenomena Worldwide"
8 posts
#10
Cloud
: "The Earthcam camera atop the Sears Tower had a killer view of yesterday's shelf Cloud rolling in off the lake so I made a time lapse of it"
7 posts
Flair Used in r/WeatherGifs
#1
clouds
: "Rolling Thunderstorm in Tallahassee"
19 posts
#2
rain
: "Rain on a hot sidewalk"
15 posts
#3
lightning
: "Time-lapse of a lightning storm over Western Australia."
13 posts
#4
tornado
: ""This is REAL. Yesterday's tornado was extraordinary, it happened to pass over Tulliby lake (AB, Canada) which gave us a look at the winds in a way almost never seen before." By The OTUS Project"
10 posts
#5
snow
: "Snowed under No location given-"
6 posts
#6
hurricane
: "The eye-wall of now Category 5 hurricane Erin"
5 posts
#7
sand storm
: "How Sand Storm Look Like in South Punjab ( Chaubara Desert )🇵🇰"
3 posts
#8
Hurricane
: ""Footage filmed by the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, aka the "Hurricane Hunters," from inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. Video captured inside of the hurricane’s eye, showcasing the infamous “stadium effect.""
2 posts
#9
supercell
: "Approaching a supercell in Eastern Colorado (Timelapse)"
2 posts
#10
fog
: "Please excuse the reflections, it was complete white-out conditions and I couldn’t see what I was pointing at."
2 posts
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Last updated: August 6, 2026