Today is a rainy day. In your first sentence, either rainy or raining could fit, depending on what you actually want to say; "... because it is raining" indicates that water is physically falling from the sky right now, while "because it is rainy" indicates that it is the sort of day where rain is extremely likely to happen, but doesn't ... More @Wikipedia
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