Ambient · rainfall
Rain Clock
Falling rain, a soft window glow and the occasional distant flash, behind a large digital clock. A quiet background for focus, reading and sleep.
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Press F for full screen. Motion pauses automatically if your system asks for reduced motion.
Rain and concentration
Why Rain Helps People Focus
Steady Sound and Steady Motion
Rain is the classic example of a broadband, unchanging stimulus. Because it carries almost no information, the brain stops attending to it quickly, and it then does a useful job of covering the sounds and movements that would otherwise pull your attention away.
It Masks Worse Noise
In a shared office or a flat on a busy street, the problem is rarely the average noise level but the sudden changes in it. A constant background raises the floor so that a door closing or a conversation starting no longer stands out.
Pair It with Actual Rain Sounds
This page is deliberately silent, so it sits comfortably alongside a rain track, a white noise app or your own music without two sources fighting each other.
Not for Everyone
Some people find falling motion in their peripheral vision distracting rather than settling. If that is you, the pause button leaves the scene in place without the movement.
Under the hood
How This Scene Is Built
The scene renders as a few hundred thin gradient strips animated on a loop, with a slower flash layer for distant lightning. No images, no video and no audio, which keeps it usable on a metered connection.
It works particularly well on a second monitor at night, when a bright white window is unpleasant but a dark, quiet one is not. Combined with a warm room light or the night light on a phone beside you, it makes a comfortable low-light working setup.
Answers
Rain Background Questions
Does the rain make any sound?
No. The page is silent so it does not clash with whatever you are already listening to. If you want the sound as well, run a rain track alongside it — nothing here will interfere.
What is the flash?
Distant lightning, roughly once every thirteen seconds on an irregular pattern. Pausing the motion stops it along with everything else.
Is it heavy on the battery?
Less than a video, but any continuous animation costs some power. On a laptop running on battery, pausing the motion and keeping the scene as a still background costs almost nothing.
Can I change how hard it rains?
The density adjusts automatically — fewer drops on phones, more on large screens — so it looks right rather than sparse or overwhelming at any size.
Does it work offline?
Once the page has loaded, yes. The scene and the clock both run entirely on your device.