Tom's Wild Weather Playlists

Pick your favorites, swap in your own, make it yours.

Tom The Weather Wizard keeps ten weather playlists, one per kind of sky, covering thunderstorms, rain, blizzards, sun, heat, tornado warnings, fog, first snow, spring rain and hurricanes.

Weather has a soundtrack whether you pick one or not, so these are Tom's picks for the ten skies that keep showing up. Every song is listed below, which means you can rebuild any of them wherever you actually listen to music.

Thunderstorm

Dramatic bangers for dramatic weather

  1. Time (Inception) Hans Zimmer
  2. Thunder Imagine Dragons
  3. When the Levee Breaks Led Zeppelin
  4. For Whom the Bell Tolls Metallica
  5. you should see me in a crown Billie Eilish
  6. Black Skinhead Kanye West
  7. Firestarter The Prodigy
  8. Knights of Cydonia Muse
  9. Heart of Courage Two Steps From Hell
  10. Thunderstruck AC/DC
  11. Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine
  12. Midnight City M83
  13. Figure It Out Royal Blood
  14. No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age
  15. Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) Run The Jewels
  16. Du Hast Rammstein
  17. Why So Serious? Hans Zimmer
  18. Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
  19. The Chain Fleetwood Mac
  20. Run Boy Run Woodkid

Rainy Day

Melancholy never sounded so good

  1. Skinny Love Bon Iver
  2. Motion Sickness Phoebe Bridgers
  3. No Surprises Radiohead
  4. Fade Into You Mazzy Star
  5. About Today The National
  6. when the party's over Billie Eilish
  7. The Blower's Daughter Damien Rice
  8. Naked as We Came Iron & Wine
  9. Fourth of July Sufjan Stevens
  10. Retrograde James Blake
  11. Roads Portishead
  12. Hallelujah Jeff Buckley
  13. Youth Daughter
  14. Apocalypse Cigarettes After Sex
  15. Intro The xx
  16. From Gold Novo Amor
  17. If I Go, I'm Goin Gregory Alan Isakov
  18. The Girl City and Colour
  19. The Night We Met Lord Huron
  20. Your Hand in Mine Explosions in the Sky
  21. Fool in the Rain Led Zeppelin

Blizzard

Snowed in? Good.

  1. Come Away With Me Norah Jones
  2. Blue in Green Miles Davis
  3. Holocene Bon Iver
  4. White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes
  5. Skating Vince Guaraldi Trio
  6. Almost Blue Chet Baker
  7. Pink Moon Nick Drake
  8. River Joni Mitchell
  9. Mystery of Love Sufjan Stevens
  10. Flightless Bird, American Mouth Iron & Wine
  11. To Build a Home The Cinematic Orchestra
  12. Nuvole Bianche Ludovico Einaudi
  13. Says Nils Frahm
  14. Heartbeats José González
  15. Between the Bars Elliott Smith
  16. The Wind Cat Stevens
  17. The Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel
  18. Only Time Enya
  19. Near Light Olafur Arnalds
  20. Saturn Sleeping At Last

Sunny Day

Finally. Touch grass music.

  1. Happy Pharrell Williams
  2. A-Punk Vampire Weekend
  3. Kids MGMT
  4. Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People
  5. Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
  6. Dreams Fleetwood Mac
  7. Get Lucky Daft Punk
  8. Uptown Funk Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
  9. Cut to the Feeling Carly Rae Jepsen
  10. Hey Ya! OutKast
  11. Walking on Sunshine Katrina and the Waves
  12. Steal My Sunshine Len
  13. Soak Up the Sun Sheryl Crow
  14. Banana Pancakes Jack Johnson
  15. Three Little Birds Bob Marley
  16. Island in the Sun Weezer
  17. Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
  18. You're So Vain Carly Simon
  19. Dancing Queen ABBA
  20. Good as Hell Lizzo

Heat Wave

Too hot to move. Might as well vibe.

  1. Nights Frank Ocean
  2. Love Galore SZA
  3. See You Again Tyler, the Creator
  4. The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala
  5. Bad Habit Steve Lacy
  6. Best Part Daniel Caesar
  7. Evan Finds the Third Room Khruangbin
  8. Say So Doja Cat
  9. Heat Waves Glass Animals
  10. I Want You Around Snoh Aalegra
  11. Playing Games Summer Walker
  12. After the Storm Kali Uchis
  13. It Runs Through Me Tom Misch
  14. Come Down Anderson .Paak
  15. Chamakay Blood Orange
  16. Them Changes Thundercat
  17. Vibin' Out FKJ
  18. Glowed Up Kaytranada
  19. Chamber of Reflection Mac DeMarco
  20. Redbone Childish Gambino

Tornado Warning

Chaos incoming. Soundtrack ready.

  1. Breathe The Prodigy
  2. Bangarang Skrillex
  3. Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine
  4. Chop Suey! System of a Down
  5. Duality Slipknot
  6. Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails
  7. Blood Sugar Pendulum
  8. Forty Six & 2 TOOL
  9. My Own Summer (Shove It) Deftones
  10. Dragula Rob Zombie
  11. Freak on a Leash Korn
  12. Throne Bring Me the Horizon
  13. BFG Division (DOOM) Mick Gordon
  14. Turbo Killer Carpenter Brut
  15. Humans Are Such Easy Prey Perturbator
  16. Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers
  17. Genesis Justice
  18. Nightcall Kavinsky
  19. Blind Faith Chase & Status
  20. The Final Episode Asking Alexandria

Foggy Morning

Visibility low. Vibes high.

  1. Hoppípolla Sigur Rós
  2. An Ending (Ascent) Brian Eno
  3. Dayvan Cowboy Boards of Canada
  4. Awake Tycho
  5. Avril 14th Aphex Twin
  6. Porcelain Moby
  7. Teardrop Massive Attack
  8. Everything in Its Right Place Radiohead
  9. Archangel Burial
  10. Kong Bonobo
  11. She Moves She Four Tet
  12. Silhouettes Floating Points
  13. Open Eye Signal Jon Hopkins
  14. Feel It All Around Washed Out
  15. Space Song Beach House
  16. Heaven or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins
  17. K. Cigarettes After Sex
  18. When the Sun Hits Slowdive
  19. La femme d'argent Air
  20. Love on a Real Train Tangerine Dream

First Snow

Before it turns to slush and sadness

  1. Christmas Time Is Here Vince Guaraldi Trio
  2. River Joni Mitchell
  3. That Was the Worst Christmas Ever! Sufjan Stevens
  4. White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes
  5. Woods Bon Iver
  6. Sleigh Ride The Ronettes
  7. The Christmas Song Nat King Cole
  8. Let It Snow Ella Fitzgerald
  9. Winter Wonderland Frank Sinatra
  10. Last Christmas Wham!
  11. All I Want for Christmas Is You Mariah Carey
  12. Christmas Lights Coldplay
  13. The Funeral Band of Horses
  14. Winter Prayers Iron & Wine
  15. Hide and Seek Imogen Heap
  16. First Breath After Coma Explosions in the Sky
  17. Such Great Heights The Postal Service
  18. I Will Follow You into the Dark Death Cab for Cutie
  19. Snow Sleeping At Last
  20. Una Mattina Ludovico Einaudi

Spring Rain

Growth season. Banger season.

  1. Ho Hey The Lumineers
  2. Little Talks Of Monsters and Men
  3. I Will Wait Mumford & Sons
  4. Home Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
  5. Riptide Vance Joy
  6. Keep Your Head Up Ben Howard
  7. My Silver Lining First Aid Kit
  8. Rivers and Roads The Head and the Heart
  9. Movement Hozier
  10. Dog Days Are Over Florence + the Machine
  11. Shut Up and Dance WALK THE MOON
  12. Take a Walk Passion Pit
  13. 1901 Phoenix
  14. Unbelievers Vampire Weekend
  15. What You Know Two Door Cinema Club
  16. New Slang The Shins
  17. Soul Meets Body Death Cab for Cutie
  18. Wake Up Arcade Fire
  19. I Need My Girl The National
  20. Airplanes Local Natives

Hurricane

  1. No Time for Caution (Interstellar) Hans Zimmer
  2. 15 Step Radiohead
  3. Hysteria Muse
  4. Angel Massive Attack
  5. Bad Kingdom Moderat
  6. A Moment Apart ODESZA
  7. Kerala Bonobo
  8. Gosh Jamie xx
  9. Colomb Nicolas Jaar
  10. Moan Trentemøller
  11. Goodbye Apparat
  12. Outro M83
  13. Extreme Ways Moby
  14. Star Guitar Chemical Brothers
  15. Born Slippy Underworld
  16. All My Friends LCD Soundsystem
  17. Loud Pipes Ratatat
  18. Can't Do Without You Caribou
  19. Wildfire SBTRKT
  20. Promises Nero

Common questions

Where can I stream these playlists?
Nowhere yet, on purpose. They are written out in full so you can rebuild the one you want on whatever service you already pay for, and swap out the songs that are not yours.
How many playlists are there?
Ten, one per kind of weather, at roughly twenty songs each.
Can I suggest a song?
Yes. Email chad@chadworks.co, or reply to the newsletter once you are on it.