2/1 – Groundhog Wine Festival – Clearfield 2/1 – Founders Philly Freeze-Out – Philadelphia 2/1 – Carve 4 Cancer Winter Festival at Montage Mountain – Scranton 2/1 – Skytop Lodge Winter Beer Festival – Skytop 2/1-2/2 – Groundhog’s Winter Fest – Waterford. SOUTH CAROLINA. 2/2 – Lowcountry Oyster Festival – Mount Pleasant What is Groundhog Day? People flock to Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 2 every year to be a part of the celebrations revolving around Punxsutawney Phil's winter forecast. Updated: 5:48 PM EST Jan 29, 2025 Everything you need to know about Groundhog Day. Share Copy Link. Copy The Groundhog Day celebration at Gobbler's Knob started in 1887. Aside from a 10-year List of the 2025 South Carolina holidays or South Carolina festivals for 2025. Feb 02, 2025 Feb 02: Groundhog Day: Wednesday Wed: Feb 05, 2025 Feb 05: National Of course, this prediction only refers to winter weather — and not the actual season — as the Spring Equinox consistently falls within the same two-day span each year. Annually, Groundhog Day 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 If we're being honest, it even defies common sense. The legend is simple: The groundhog's shadow on Feb. 2 predicts the weather for the next six weeks, until the start of spring. Will the Groundhog See His Shadow in 2025? According to our weather predictions, February 2, 2025, will bring snow showers and cold weather. We think that when Punxsutawney Phil—that Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Weather Prognosticator Extraordinary— emerges from his burrow (with a little help from his handlers) to make his much-anticipated forecast, he will NOT see his shadow, which Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, is coming up, and soon Punxsutawney Phil will tell us what to expect from the weeks to come. The holiday dates back hundreds of years, and has grown to be a widely Groundhog Day: Observance : Feb 4: Confederate Memorial Day: State Holiday: South Carolina: May 10: Saturday: 2025 Set for Spectacular Northern Lights Displays Groundhog Day (2025) (not 1993) Flex @ Grand Central is a PDGA-sanctioned disc golf tournament in Central, South Carolina beginning February 2, 2025 and hosted by Ben Wolff. Groundhog Day is a popular North American tradition observed in the United States and Canada on February 2. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day sees its shadow due to clear weather, it will retreat to its den and winter will persist for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow because of cloudiness, spring will (COLUMBIA, SC) - July 22, 2020 - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued indictments of 39 people for their alleged participation in an Upstate drug trafficking conspiracy primarily involving heroin and methamphetamine but also other illegal narcotics. These indictments There is a simple reason for male groundhogs to seize the Feb. 2 holiday. But the handlers of female groundhogs say their animals are more accurate than Punxsutawney Phil. FILE - Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb Chimney Rock will continue to host their annual Groundhog Day celebration, despite the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in September. 2025 / 10:24 PM EST. South Carolina Governor Find your closest Groundhog Day prognosticator on an interactive map of all groundhogs across USA and Canada. Inside the Numbers: South Carolina’s Wealth Disparities. Trump’s continued dominance might make it seem pointless to delve into the numbers. But a closer look at South Carolina’s county-by-county results will help illustrate the GOP’s current division between insiders and outsiders. The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as a woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. The groundhog is a lowland creature of North America; it is found through much of the Eastern United States, across Canada and into Alaska. It was first scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Friday. Updated February 2, 2024 at 8:07 AM ET
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