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Snerd, at White Deer Park in Garner, is North Carolina’s only official Groundhog Day groundhog. The pressure’s on, Snerd! On Sunday, February 2, 2025, White Deer Park, 2400 Aversboro Road, Garner, North Carolina, is hosting a Groundhog Day celebration from 1 to 3:15 p.m. The highlight will be when Snerd makes her prediction at 3 [] Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2. Before retiring in 2023, North Carolina’s own Sir Walter Wally gave his predictions at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. The groundhog, who has been Raleigh's answer to Punxsutawney Phil, will not be looking for his shadow during a ceremony this year, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences announced Monday. Last year, Sir Walter Wally decided to retire from the weather forecasting business, so there is no longer a Groundhog Day Shadow Ceremony at the Museum. North Carolina’s last remaining weather-predicting groundhog is Snerd, in Garner. White Deer Park is hosting a Groundhog Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on February 2nd, 2024 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. Snerd gave North Carolina’s only live Groundhog Day show this year. Sir Walter Wally, Raleigh’s crowd-pleasing groundhog and perhaps the state’s best known, retired from his regular posting RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Sir Walter Wally will not make any weather predictions for Groundhog Day this year. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences announced Monday that the illustrious Many of North Carolina’s Groundhog Day events indicate six more weeks of winter; Summer, the groundhog from the Akron Zoo, participated in Raleigh’s virtual event; Snerd, the groundhog in Garner, and Sylvia, the armadillo in Apex, both predicted six more weeks of winter Sir Walter Wally was the official prognosticating groundhog from Raleigh, North Carolina, where he lived at the Museum of Natural Sciences before retiring in 2023. While active, Wally was a media darling and is regularly featured on The Weather Channel’s list of national Groundhog Day representatives. By WLOS, North Carolina Friday, February 2, 2024 Two groundhogs at Chimney Rock State Park in North Carolina made their very first weather and Super Bowl predictions. North Carolina’s roster of Groundhog Day prognosticators has dwindled down to just Snerd — Garner’s official prognosticator since 2015 — and Pisgah Penny. According to Snerd’s translator from wildlife rehabilitation organization CLAWS, Snerd spends weeks conferring with Mother Nature, the Farmer’s Almanac, and the Weather Channel to About Penny. Pisgah Penny is a white Tree Squirrel who makes an annual prediction for “White Squirrel Day” in Brevard, North Carolina. White Squirrel Day is similar in many respects to Groundhog Day, the primary difference being the substitution of a groudhog for a squirrel. About Sylvia. Sylvia the armadillo is the resident Armadillo Day meteorologist for the City of Apex, North Carolina. For her prognostication, Mayor Jacques Gilbert dramatically raises Sylvia towards the sky while playing “The Circle of Life” as Sylvia peers into the future. Groundhog Day is celebrated on Feb. 2 every year and, Groundhog Day celebrated throughout North Carolina and beyond. Nichole Heller The Duplin Times; Feb 2, 2024 Feb 2, 2024; If you have seen a groundhog outside the current range in North Carolina, please report this observation to the NC Wildlife Helpline: 866-318-2401. Related Topics Mammals North Carolina State Climate Office. Research III Building, Suite 130 1005 Capability Drive Centennial Campus Box 7236 NC State University. 919-515-3056 North Carolina Ice, Chocolate, Brunch. Oklahoma Chocolate. Pennsylvania Groundhog Day, Ice Fests South Carolina Oysters Tennessee Light Festivals. Texas Wine and the Lunar New Year Virginia Chocolate, Winter Renaissance Washington, DC No festivals this weekend. West Virginia No festivals this weekend. Wisconsin Beer and Winter Festivals “We have a modern-day groundhog,” explains Kindra Mammone, the executive director of CLAWS, Inc., the Chapel Hill wildlife center that Snerd calls home. Snerd, a 10-year-old domesticated, banana-loving groundhog, is brought out to greet the crowd at Garner’s annual Groundhog Day Celebration. Groundhog Day Celebrations occuring in 2025. North Carolina 28712: Tater: Groundhog: 02/02/25: 12:00pm - 2:00pm EST: Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort: In 2022, Groundhog Day was on Wednesday, February 2nd. Most groundhogs (57%) predicted an early spring. North Carolina, USA.
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