True Storms Special Edition - Thunder Rain and Weather Redone
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #11 of 105 Environmental mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Available on Bethesda.net for PC and XBOX ONE
One of the top 10 mods of 2015 for Skyrim, and a top 5 mod of all-time for Fallout 4, with over 1 million downloads comes to Skyrim Special Edition!
True Storms: Special Edition is a complete overhaul of the storm systems in Skyrim SE/AE, including new heavy, light, and unique weathers, loads of new intense sound effects, interior sounds, particle effects, new rain, snow, and dust textures, heavy fogs and wind effects, new weathers for Solstheim including dust storms, and much more! Simple at its core, True Storms has a BIG impact on the atmosphere of Skyrim. Retains vanilla style, but makes things much more dramatic and varied.
True Storms Special Edition has been re-built for Skyrim SE / AE, and includes many new features over its original Skyrim Classic counterpart!
FEATURES
• HIGH PERFORMANCE. I re-made all fogs and other visual effects and have literally zero impact on my system.
• Focused on vanilla look and feel, with more intensity, and variation. Great for lore-friendly, immersive gameplay.
• Retains all of Bethesda's newly re-designed colors, volumetric lighting / god rays, etc.
• 25+ all-new carefully crafted high quality sound effects for thunder, rain, wind, and interior sounds.
• Heavy and light variants of each storm type - heavy rain storms and heavy blizzards are contrasted by light, pleasant variants.
• Interior sound playback - listen to rain on the rooftops as you cozy up in your Hearthfire home.
• Brand-new rain and snow textures / heavy particle shaders.
• Heavy mist / rolling fog weathers and wind effects with no performance loss!
• Lightly adjusted regions to include more diverse weather - experience rainfall on the coast, light snow in Whiterun.
• Several brand-new weathers for Solstheim! Heavy dust storms, burning ash fall, rain, and harbor fogs.
• Volume sliders in game audio settings to idependently control volume for thunder, rain, and interior sounds.
• Solves an issue in vanilla where a single thunder sound is chosen during a storm and played repeatedly - now it’s properly random!
• Sneak buffs during heavy storms for you and companions is in progress and coming in an update!
VIDEO SHOWCASES
#1 overview video by me, #2 incredible cinematic video by Hodilton
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MORE VIDEOS (Skyrim Classic)
Older video reviews for the original SKYRIM CLASSIC version. These are not up to date but still give you some additional insight!
True Storms Special Edition completely overhauls Skyrim SE/AE storm systems with new heavy and unique weathers, intense sound effects, interior sounds, particle effects, and new rain, snow, and dust textures. A massive community favorite with 54,093 endorsements and 3.6M downloads, last updated July 2026.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community trust with 54,093 endorsements and 3.6M downloads
- Still actively updated as of July 2026, so it's likely compatible with current Skyrim versions
- Adds both visual and audio depth to storms, making weather feel genuinely threatening
⚠️ Cons
- No explicit compatibility notes for other weather mods, so you may need to patch or choose carefully
- Requires a mod manager for proper installation, which might be a hurdle for beginners
- Heavy weather effects could impact performance on lower-end systems
For Skyrim players who want more immersive and dramatic storms without overhauling the entire game. Perfect for those who love atmospheric weather and don't mind using a mod manager. Skip if you prefer vanilla weather or have a low-end PC.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to install and manage load order easily.
- Check the mod's compatibility patches if you use other weather or lighting mods to avoid conflicts.
- If you're on Skyrim AE, ensure your game version is up to date to avoid issues.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- fadingsignal
- Version
- 1.0.3
- Downloads
- 3,603,964
- Endorsements
- 54,093
- Category
- Environmental
- Created
- 11/3/2016
- Updated
- 7/5/2026
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