Waynesburg, Pennsylvania: Birthplace of Rain Day
Outdoor plaque commemorates the fateful first recognition that, since at least 1873, it (almost) always rains here on July 29.
- Address:
- 41 E. High St., Waynesburg, PA
- Directions:
- Downtown. Plaque is set into an outdoor brick wall on the northwest corner of E. High St. and Church St, across from the county courthouse.
- Hours:
- Daytime hours Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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Rain Day started during the late 1800s at a drug store located on High Street. An unknown local farmer, who happened to be in the store, remarked by chance to the pharmacist, William Allison. that it always seemed to rain on July 29th. This comment inspired Allison to keep an annual record of the rainfall on that date. William's brother, Albert, continued recording this mystical event. Then, some time during the 1920s, the record-keeping was taken over by the late Byron Daily. In 1979 the town began hosting an annual Rain Day Celebration on, of course, July 29th. 2023 was the 150th recorded Rain Day. A plague in a courtyard on High Street, where the drugstore once stood, commemorates the spot where Rain Day was conceived.
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