Part sunny, part soggy, 100% “make up your mind, sky.” The sun behind rain cloud emoji captures a classic sunshower: a golden sun peeking from behind a soft gray cloud while blue drops still fall. On iOS, the cloud is a rounded slate-gray puff with gentle shading, three neat blue raindrops slanting downward, and a bright yellow sun with crisp triangular rays edging out from behind the cloud like it’s photobombing the storm. It reads like weather’s mixed signals—perfect for those “bring sunglasses and an umbrella” days.
Beyond forecasts, it screams mixed feelings: hopeful but emo, crying but thriving, silver-lining unlocked. People drop it when plans get rained on yet the vibe is still optimistic—main character trudging through puddles in a cute fit. It works for sarcasm (great picnic weather 🙃), for tender pep talks (storm now, glow later), or even flirty banter (you’re my sunshine, even when it pours). On social, it captions commute rants, cottagecore drizzle reels, and those Seattle/London-core memes. Basically, it’s the mood ring of weather emojis—half gloom, half glow, totally relatable.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was one of the "suggested emojis" the Unicode group unveiled in June 2014 [article], however, it has been, and still is, up to the companies who support emoji in their operating systems to provide not only images but also an algorithm to replace the emoji code into the emoji image.
