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 In 2025, 138 years later, Punxsutawney Phil is making his predictions to a sold-old crowd. Who is Punxsutawney Phil? Punxsutawney Phil is the famous groundhog who predicts the weather in When is Groundhog Day 2025? Groundhog Day will take place Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Thousands will show up in person, with the grounds to Gobblers Knob opening at 4 a.m., and millions will tune in to see if Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow. More: Where to watch Bill Murray's 1993 classic movie 'Groundhog Day' for Groundhog Day. What is This Sunday is Groundhog Day! And hundreds of people are traveling to Woodstock to see Willie The Groundhog make his big prognostication. 2025 1 day ago. Video. Forecast: Clear and cold The big picture on how much snow, on average, is still to come after Groundhog Day: Most cities in the northern and western U.S. average 10 or more inches of snow from Feb. 3 through spring, as 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 Notably, the La Niña weather pattern has coincided with some of Chicago’s most infamous winter storms including the North American Blizzard of 1999 and the 2011 Groundhog Day blizzard. According to NOAA, La Niña can vary in strength. February 1-2, 2011: Historic "Groundhog Day Blizzard" cripples entire region; February 8-9, 2010: Heavy snow of 10-15" in lake adjacent counties, including Chicago; December 25-26, 2009: "Surprise" snowstorm across northern IL; December 7-9, 2009: Wintry mix across northeast IL Woodstock, Illinois celebrates Groundhog Day 2025 where Bill Murray filmed 1993 movie. The home of the Groundhog Days movie is celebrating 33 years with its annual celebration. T he Blizzard of 1967 dropped 23 inches of snow on the Windy City Jan. 26-27. That's just ahead of snow totals produced by major blizzards that struck Chicago in 1999 (21.6 inches), 2011 (21.2 Winds also blasted the city that day, with peak gusts of 70 miles per hour. That made it the third heaviest blizzard in Chicago history, outdone only by the infamous blizzard on Jan. 26-27 Woodstock, Illinois celebrates Groundhog Day 2025 where Bill Murray filmed 1993 movie. The home of the Groundhog Days movie is celebrating 33 years with its annual celebration. The Groundhog Blizzard did set the city's all-time 24-hour snowfall record, as 20 inches of snow buried O'Hare from the afternoon of Feb. 1 through the morning of Groundhog Day, Feb. 2. Saturday, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. celebrates the Second Annual Groundhog’s Day Gala at the Whiting Knights of Columbus Hall, 1120 119th St. in Whiting. Music, a full bar and a multi-course feast are In this video I take you back to 2011 to relive the historic Groundhog Day Blizzard that crushed the Midwest. I show you approximately what the radar looked He noted that while the Jan. 26-27, 1967, Big Snow produced a bit more snow than the Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2011, Groundhog Day blizzard — 23.0 inches compared with 21.2 inches — the 2011 storm Groundhog Day Blizzard 2011: How timing, conditions led to travel nightmare The Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 was seen coming several days in advance, but still nobody expected it to have quite The Chicago area's own Woodstock Willie will predict whether we will have an early spring or six more weeks of winter at Woodstock Square. Families can tour the grounds where the classic movie was filmed and participate in a Groundhog Day bags tourney. In a Fox 32 special report, Jake Hamilton takes a look back at what it was like when Groundhog Day was being filmed just outside Chicago. Posted January 29, 2025 6:02pm CST Share Others called it the Groundhog Day Blizzard – as it came to its apex on Wednesday, Feb. 2. READ CBS CHICAGO COVERAGE OF THE BLIZZARD OF 2011: ©2025 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights
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