What did General Beauregard Lee predict in 2023? In 2023, General Beauregard Lee predicted an early spring for the fourth year in a row. He last predicted a long winter in 2019. Beau's ancestors began predicting seasons on Groundhog Day in 1981. He moved to the nature center from the Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary in Gwinnett County after the ranch suddenly closed in 2017. General Beauregard "Beau" Lee, Georgia's famous groundhog, will make his prediction on Sunday. For decades, Beau has been making his annual weather prediction in Georgia, and he's set to celebrate Above file video: Georgia groundhog predicts early spring in 2023Punxsutawney Phil not the only weather predicting groundhog in the spotlight Friday morning.General Beauregard Lee making his annual Groundhog Day prediction from his home in Jackson, Georgia.The groundhog forecaster emerged from his white mansion at Dauset Trails Nature Center shortly after 7:30 a.m. Friday morning.TRENDING His predictions have been a staple of Georgia’s Groundhog Day celebrations for years, drawing crowds eager to see whether winter will extend its stay or spring will grace them early. 🌡️ Elsewhere: For an exciting change of pace, both Beauregard Lee and Punxsutawney Phil are predicting an early spring this year. The two groundhogs usually First celebration: The first Groundhog Day was celebrated at Gobbler’s Knob on Feb. 2, 1887. According to History.com, the idea came from Clymer Freas, a newspaper editor in Punxsutawney, who NOAA released the study ahead of Groundhog Day, which falls on Sunday, to analyze which groundhogs The rest of the top five were Georgia's General Beauregard Lee, at 80%; a Wyoming Prairie Dog This year, NOAA took a deeper dive into Groundhog Day results and Georgia with 80% accuracy. Third place belongs to Lander Lil, a bronze statue of a prairie dog in Lander, Wyoming. Lander Lil When is Georgia's Groundhog Day ceremony? Beau will make his prediction in the ceremony at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2. The center is located at 360 Mount Vernon Church Rd. Sit down, Phil! Georgia's groundhog has the more accurate record, data says. Nearly 10,000 metro Atlanta and north Georgia weather enthusiasts share their weather photos every day. A Groundhog Club handler holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, during the 133rd celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 2, 2019. JACKSON, Ga. - Beauregard "Beau" Lee, Georgia's famous groundhog, has made his weather forecast. Beau emerged from his home in Jackson on Groundhog Day and did not see his shadow. Georgia's groundhog | Where is Gen. Beauregard Lee and what is the forecast on Groundhog Day? Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, a livestream, which had more than 15,000 viewers at one point, played Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger) Is it going to be a long winter or an early spring? Georgia's famous groundhog General Beauregard "Beau" Lee has made his big weather forecast for 2023. Most of the country looks toward Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil for guidance on Groundhog Day. But Georgia has its own oracle: General Beauregard Lee, one of several woodchucks presiding over “Groundhog Day has been celebrated in the United States since at least February 2, 1886,” the website reads. Georgia, with 80%. The NOAA’s results are comparing against national Groundhog Day has been celebrated in the United States since at least February 2, 1886. Starting in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, with its now-famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, the tradition spread throughout America. General Beauregard Lee is a groundhog in the US state of Georgia widely considered to be the Groundhog Day weather prognosticator for the Southern United States. [1] The previous forecaster before General Beauregard Lee was General Robert E. Lee, who started making predictions in 1981. [2] Here is what you need to know about Groundhog Day: the day dedicated to a weather-predicting rodent. Did the groundhog see his shadow? See results of Punxsutawney Phil's 2024 winter forecast
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