No groundhog, no celebration. New Jersey has long had its own groundhog - and celebrated its very own Groundhog Day. Like everything else, we went our own way! But back in 2021, that Jersey groundhog - Milltown Mel, um, well, died. It is now 2025 and ol' Mel is still dead. The problem is - there was no backup for Mel. Groundhog Day is Sunday, and now is a good time to familiarize yourself before you check out the annual weather forecasting festivals in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Here's what you need When Groundhog Day is celebrated this weekend, one of New Jersey’s regular furry forecasters won’t be around to look for her shadow. will fill in for Elsa on Groundhog Day 2025, which is Groundhog Day Celebrations occuring in 2025. The Groundhog Day 2025 season is now under way! New Jersey 07052: View: Two Rivers Tunnel: Groundhog: 02/02/25: 10 The Groundhog Day celebration at Gobbler's Knob started in 1887. Aside from a 10-year gap, records for each prognostication have been meticulously kept. Punxsutawney Phil welcomes two new Call it a Groundhog Day déjà vu. For the fifth year in a row, a New Jersey borough has had to cancel its beloved Groundhog Day celebration for a simple, and pretty important, reason: They can Here is what you need to know about Groundhog Day: the day dedicated to a weather-predicting rodent. In 2025, 138 years later, Punxsutawney Phil is making his predictions to a sold-old crowd Groundhog Day is on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. The action starts in the early morning hours, when the groundhog is expected to come out of his burrow at sunrise to look for his shadow, approximately 7: When is Groundhog Day? It's always on Feb. 2, which in 2025 lands on a Sunday. Punxsutawney Phil - as well as other groundhog predictors around the nation - will predict the forecast early in the Escape to the Poconos: 5 affordable towns for your next adventure Six Flags Great Adventure announces 2025 opening day for theme park, safari, water park WorldAtlas names New Jersey's top 7 MILLTOWN, N.J. – Another Groundhog Day approaches in Milltown. But it’s Groundhog Day in another sense, in that the town will wake up on February 2nd and again won’t be celebrating its – The Town of Hope hosts its annual Groundhog Day event this Sunday, February 2, starting at 8 a.m., on the Hope Town Square. “Hope” the groundhog makes her appearance at 8:30. All are welcome to meet “Hope” from Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators and find out if she sees her shadow and south-central Indiana has six more weeks of winter. Groundhog Day in Hope is held whether it is raining, snowing, sleeting, or bitterly cold. For the first time this year, an out-of-state group from New Jersey will be attending. After this year’s cold and snowy winter, the community hopes for a cloudy day and an early spring. N.J. town cancels Groundhog Day celebration again, with no critter available to predict weather. Updated: Jan. 26, 2025, 8:05 p.m “Current law in New Jersey does not allow us to legally Groundhog Day festivities will begin early on February 2. Punxsutawney Phil is expected to reveal his winter prediction around sunrise. The events of the day last throughout the afternoon 1993 - Columbia Pictures releases the movie, "Groundhog Day," starring Bill Murray.In the years following the release of the movie, crowds numbering as high as 30,000 have visited Gobbler's Knob Thousands will descend on the sleepy northwestern Pennsylvania town February 2nd to find out whether winter will linger until the first day of spring or come to end sometime before March 20. New Jersey; Delaware; More Local News; National News; 2025 10:59am EST Pennsylvania. FOX 29 Philadelphia Groundhog Day originates from the Christian festival of Candlemas, a European New Jersey; Delaware; More Local News; 2025 1:18pm EST Pennsylvania. FOX 29 Philadelphia article. The Brief. FOX 29 will provide live coverage of Groundhog Day this Sunday. You can watch It’s tough to hold a Groundhog Day celebration if you don’t have a groundhog. That’s the dilemma facing organizers of the annual event in Milltown, New Jersey — again. This year will be
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