*and by worst I mean awesome!!! I love a good rain shower during an outdoor show or any concert for that matter, maybe not continuous, but what outdoor show had the worst weather you've seen or heard about.

Not sure of the date but there is a show from I think the Detroit area that was at a club on the roof of a parking garage and it poured. By most accounts it was awful. I think @MJZ1974 was there.

EDIT:

June 23, 1994

Phoenix Plaza Theatre, Pontiac, MI

Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Split Open and Melt, NICU > Foam, Bouncing Around the Room, Down with Disease > Silent in the Morning > Punch You In the Eye > Julius

Set 2: Frankenstein, David Bowie, The Mango Song > Axilla (Part II) > Uncle Pen, Tweezer^[1] > Lifeboy > Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Sparkle > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Sunshine of Your Love teases.

Notes: The first set included the first NICU since May 1, 1992 (249 shows). Silent was performed without The Horse. Tweezer included Sunshine of Your Love teases.

Worst one I've been at was Jones Beach '09. Not sure I've ever been that wet.

That Atlanta show (2011.6.15) where they had to stop playing mound must have been pretty wild.

Heat wise alpine this year was the hottest show that I have ever been at, mabey Superball day set really can't remember. Have never seen them while raining

How'd that go? Something to the effect of, "f*** the lighting, plug the amp up my ass and count out llama"

@dave25 said:

Heat wise alpine this year was the hottest show that I have ever been at, mabey Superball day set really can't remember. Have never seen them while raining

Didn't even think of heat. Figured those summer shows most of us know what the lot feels like at 2pm with no clouds. Brutal.

If you're curious or just don't remember*... here is an weather almanac link http://www.almanac.com/weather

*drugs

For Phish, 6-23-94 hands down. Even worse than Deer Creek '09.

All time, probably G. Dead 6-30-95 Pittsburgh or 7-29-94 Buckeye Lake.

The Dead shows were of the "awesome" variety. The Phish show, not so much. It sucked.

7/22/93 Stowe Vt.
The show was played in a total downpour and the amphitheater was apparently not built to handle that kind of weather. Before the first set, Trey remarked that the staff was talking about canceling the show due to the danger of electrocution. “I told ‘em, ‘f*** that. Put the plug up my ass and count out Llama!’” said Trey

CRAZY DOWNPOUR (worse than 6/23/94- was at that too). It was at a ski resort, people were "sledding" down the hill on cardboard boxes.

I saw these 3... Pretty bad ass storms

July 01, 1999

First American Music Center, Antioch, TN

Set 1: Punch You In the Eye, Billy Breathes, Guyute, Wolfman's Brother^[1], Beauty of My Dreams^[2], Doin' My Time^[3], Roggae^[2], Water in the Sky^[2], Back on the Train^[2], Poor Heart^[4]

Set 2: Down with Disease > Prince Caspian^[5] > You Enjoy Myself^[6]

Encore: Character Zero

[1] Jerry Douglas on dobro.
[2] Jerry Douglas on dobro, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Tim O'Brien on fiddle.
[3] Jerry Douglas on dobro, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Tim O'Brien on fiddle and lead vocals.
[4] Jerry Douglas on dobro, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, Tim O'Brien on fiddle and Gary Gazaway on trumpet.
[5] Unfinished.
[6] Super Bad teases from Trey.

Notes: Wolfman’s featured Jerry Douglas on dobro; Beauty of My Dreams through Back on the Train featured Jerry Douglas on dobro, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Tim O’Brien on fiddle. Gary Gazaway, on trumpet, joined the other three guests during Poor Heart. Doin’ My Time also featured O’Brien on lead vocals. The song was last performed when O’Brien joined the band onstage at Red Rocks on August 7, 1996 (192 shows). Caspian was unfinished. YEM contained Super Bad teases from Trey. The second set may have been cut short by a huge thunderstorm that worsened during YEM. 

July 23, 1999

Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH

Set 1: Ya Mar, NICU, Back at the Chicken Shack > Punch You In the Eye^[1], Fast Enough for You, Back on the Train, David Bowie, Strange Design, Possum

Set 2: Ghost -> Free > Birds of a Feather > Meatstick > Fire

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room > Rocky Top

[1] Trey played keys for part of PYITE.

Notes: Trey played keys for part of PYITE. During Meatstick, Trey talked about the band’s desire to teach fans the Meatstick Dance and break the world record. He then informed the crowd that the New Year’s Eve concert would be played in Florida.

June 19, 2009

Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Set 1: Backwards Down the Number Line, AC/DC Bag, Limb By Limb, The Moma Dance, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt^[1], Lawn Boy, The Wedge, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Connection^[2], Ocelot, Fluffhead

Set 2: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing > Drowned > Twist, Let Me Lie, Tweezer -> Also Sprach Zarathustra > Suzy Greenberg -> Possum

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Can't You Hear Me Knocking tease.
[2] Debut.

Notes: After Limb By Limb, Trey introduced Fish as “Johnny B. Fishman” and quoted Johnny B. Goode, with Page also teasing "Charge!" before the quote. Split Open and Melt included a Can’t You Hear Me Knocking tease. Before the debut of The Connection, Mike introduced Trey as “Sweetie Pie” and Trey responded by blowing a kiss to Mike. There were severe thunderstorms during setbreak and, as a result, Page made an announcement that they were going to take a longer than usual break and that everyone on the lawn should return to their cars until the second set, which would not start until 11:00.

The Jones Beach 09 Friday show was my worst weather show. It didn't matter, Phish was back.

Not the worst by any means but fun - either

May 31, 2011

PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Roggae > Punch You In the Eye, The Moma Dance > Rock and Roll, Sand, Tube > Divided Sky, Character Zero

Set 2: After Midnight > Possum, Drowned > Maze, Dirt, Alaska, You Enjoy Myself^[1]

Encore: Fire

[1] Yakety Sax (It's Ice) tease from Mike.

Notes: Trey dedicated Sand to "Max." YEM contained a Yakety Sax (It's Ice) tease from Mike. Fire contained alternate lyrics "move on over, let Cactus take over!"

or

June 01, 2011

PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Set 1: First Tube, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Camel Walk, Heavy Things, Gotta Jibboo, Wilson > Seven Below > Kill Devil Falls, Axilla > Split Open and Melt, Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Tweezer > No Quarter^[1], Carini^[2] > Piper > Twist > Ghost^[3] > Backwards Down the Number Line^[3]

Encore: Show of Life > Tweezer Reprise

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Unfinished.
[3] No Quarter teases from Trey.

Notes: This gig featured the Phish debut of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. Trey subsequently teased No Quarter in both Ghost and Number Line. Carini was unfinished.

But there was so much fun during the pregame - the rain was saoking down on folks in the upper lots and most of us took cover in the woods staying tight to the big trees and their canopies. What could be more fun than drinkin/smokin in the rain. I felt like i was 14.

I do remeber an epic rainfall during Tweezer - but not 100% sure.
Fun on the LAWN!

I wasn't there, but Cincy '00 seems to have a bad reputation as far as weather goes.

this is why i like indoor phish

@HarrisonHood said:

this is why i like indoor phish

11/14/96 has to be in the running for worst weather indoor show. It was a sleeting ice storm on lot and after the show everything was covered with a 1/2 inch of ice. All of those spun w00ks trying to drive on sheet ice was frightening. They cut the show short because of the weather.

7/22/97! torrential downpour during the first set. The lightning was so close you can hear it strike during Taste. Right at 3:04 you hear the crack of the lightning and Page starts to get down. This is still my favorite Taste.

Alpharetta 2011 was unreal. I can't imagine it getting much worse than that.

Darien Lake for me was the worst. It began as a nice day and those mean old Buffalo Death cloud came in and soaked everyone on the lawn.
This was the weather that day for the show: Weather history wunderground.com

7:17 PM

62.6 °F

60.8 °F

94%

29.77 in

7.0 mi

NW

5.8 mph

-

0.00 in

Rain

Light Rain

7:54 PM

62.1 °F

60.1 °F

93%

29.76 in

3.0 mi

NNW

6.9 mph

-

0.01 in

Rain

Light Rain

8:02 PM

60.8 °F

60.8 °F

100%

29.76 in

2.0 mi

NW

10.4 mph

-

0.03 in

Rain

Heavy Rain

8:12 PM

59.0 °F

57.2 °F

94%

29.76 in

3.0 mi

WNW

12.7 mph

-

0.06 in

Rain

Rain

8:35 PM

59.0 °F

55.4 °F

88%

29.78 in

2.5 mi

WNW

12.7 mph

19.6 mph

0.15 in

Rain

Rain

8:42 PM

57.2 °F

55.4 °F

94%

29.78 in

3.0 mi

WNW

15.0 mph

-

0.17 in

Rain

Rain

8:54 PM

57.9 °F

55.9 °F

93%

29.78 in

3.0 mi

WNW

13.8 mph

-

0.18 in

Rain

Light Rain

9:01 PM

57.2 °F

55.4 °F

94%

29.77 in

3.0 mi

NW

10.4 mph

18.4 mph

0.01 in

Rain

Light Rain

9:23 PM

57.2 °F

55.4 °F

94%

29.77 in

5.0 mi

West

6.9 mph

-

0.05 in

Rain

Rain

9:41 PM

57.2 °F

55.4 °F

94%

29.76 in

5.0 mi

NW

4.6 mph

-

0.10 in

Rain

Rain

9:54 PM

57.0 °F

55.0 °F

93%

29.75 in

10.0 mi

West

3.5 mph

-

0.10 in

Mostly Cloudy

10:54 PM

57.0 °F

55.0 °F

93%

29.74 in

8.0 mi

WSW

5.8 mph

-

N/A

Mostly Cloudy

Yeah the pre show SPAC 09 was shitty, but a pretty nice warm rain. Oh man did it pour though. I've been soaked several times at SPAC shows.

@YorkvilleBeerLover said:

Not the worst by any means but fun - either 2011-05-31 or 2011-06-01

But there was so much fun during the pregame - the rain was saoking down on folks in the upper lots and most of us took cover in the woods staying tight to the big trees and their canopies. What could be more fun than drinkin/smokin in the rain. I felt like i was 14.

I do remeber an epic rainfall during Tweezer - but not 100% sure.
Fun on the LAWN!

Yes! It started right when they opened with tweezer. It was cool cuz of the lyrics "It's gonna be cold, cold, cold, cold

@freerwilson - nice. I actually didnt totally recover from that one. I had no layers, and caught a little chill. Kinda danced it off, but never totally shook it that night. Rare case of not being as prepared as I should have been, but honestly, got lulled into complacency by like 5 hrs of tailgating in that beautiful park on what up til then was a perfect day.

Is your avatar a @CaptainPookie painting?

@johnnyd said:

@freerwilson - nice. I actually didnt totally recover from that one. I had no layers, and caught a little chill. Kinda danced it off, but never totally shook it that night. Rare case of not being as prepared as I should have been, but honestly, got lulled into complacency by like 5 hrs of tailgating in that beautiful park on what up til then was a perfect day.

Is your avatar a @CaptainPookie painting?

I haven't seen his paintings, but they must be good if they look similar. The avatar is a photo of the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone. One of my favorite places to go hang out in the park.

@DanceTheJig728 said:

@dave25 said:

@DanceTheJig728 said:

@dave25 said:

Heat wise alpine this year was the hottest show that I have ever been at, mabey Superball day set really can't remember. Have never seen them while raining

I take it you didn't go to Creek this summer then

No I didn't... Have herd all about that though all the power to you's who stuck it out in creek I don't know if I would have made it through that

It was rough man, really tested how much I love the Phish. I seriously considered skipping the second night cause I had such intense heat exhaustion, that rain storm was a life saver though.

Drove to that show from Colorado in that heat wave with broke air conditioning bought a huge bag of ice and used it to stop everyone in my car from having heat stroke. I remember it being 95 at 11 o clock. there was a wind storm during day 2 and then a lighting storm at night. Alpine was also not much better heat wise. lets just say jones beach was quite refreshing after that midwest heat.

@beanholestatus said: "@DanceTheJig728 said: "@dave25 said: "@DanceTheJig728 said: "@dave25 said: "Heat wise alpine this year was the hottest show that I have ever been at, mabey Superball day set really can't remember. Have never seen them while raining"
I take it you didn't go to Creek this summer then"
No I didn't... Have herd all about that though all the power to you's who stuck it out in creek I don't know if I would have made it through that"
It was rough man, really tested how much I love the Phish. I seriously considered skipping the second night cause I had such intense heat exhaustion, that rain storm was a life saver though."
Drove to that show from Colorado in that heat wave with broke air conditioning bought a huge bag of ice and used it to stop everyone in my car from having heat stroke. I remember it being 95 at 11 o clock. there was a wind storm during day 2 and then a lighting storm at night. Alpine was also not much better heat wise. lets just say jones beach was quite refreshing after that midwest heat."
Absolutely! I remember getting up to he balcony night 1 of Jones Beach and feeling that cool ocean breeze and we all looked at eachother saying "this is exactly what we need!"

No, I dropped it on the floor. It was me. Thus further cementing my reputation as a "pipe dropper." It is a just assessment. I'm a dropper. I dropped one down the stairs at MSG in 98, as well. Also borrowed. So if you ever meet me, don't loan me your pipe. I drop them and they break. That's why I only smoke out of $10 oneies now. I go through about one per month.