WAYNESBURG, Pa. — Waynesburg celebrated its 150th annual “Rain Day” on Saturday. The festival began decades ago when Caleb Ely. a local farmer, remarked that it always seemed to rain on his ...

It rained Saturday in Waynesburg, Greene County, but some people may have been expecting it. That's because Saturday is Rain Day. It has rained on July 29 for 118 out of the last 150 years.

Rain Day in Waynesburg, Pa. Guest Host Renee Montagne talks with Melody Longstreth, executive director of the Waynesburg, Pa., Chamber of Commerce.

The newspaper says the rain was reported by the mayor and a Rain Day committee member, on whose notebook a few drops fell. Every year a celebrity wagers a hat that it won't rain in Waynesburg on ...

WAYNESBURG, Texas, July 7 (UPI) -- The mayor of a Pennsylvania town has bet the mayor of Houston that it will rain in his town July 29, known locally as Rain Day.

Bryn Lahew, 17, of Waynesburg was crowned Miss Rain Day 2024 during the 46th scholarship pageant held on July 28 at Waynesburg Central High School. She was chosen from six contestants. She is the ...

Waynesburg already had a rain day. It’s July 29, a date that – according to legend and tradition – at least a drop of precipitation has fallen onto the borough for an inordinate number of years. There ...

Waynesburg celebrated its 150th annual “Rain Day” on Saturday. The festival began decades ago when Caleb Ely. a local farmer, remarked that it always seemed to rain on his birthday, July 29 ...