Contact Madison Parks. City of Madison Parks Division 330 E. Lakeside Street Madison, WI 53715. Phone: 608-266-4711. Fax: 608-267-1162. Contact Parks State Rep. Melissa Ratcliff (D-Cottage Grove) and state Sen. Melissa Agard (D-Madison) read the gubernatorial proclamation from Gov. Tony Evers declaring it Groundhog Day in Wisconsin. See for yourself, with this breakdown of Jimmy's Groundhog Day predictions since 2019. Groundhog Day 2019. Despite an onslaught of snow and extreme cold across Wisconsin in the week leading up to Celebrate Groundhog's Day outdoors! please email DNRPress@Wisconsin.gov and the first available public information officer will respond Madison, WI 53707-7921 Some of the cities chosen were: Independence, Wisconsin for July 4th, Port Washington, Wisconsin for Washington's Birthday, Loyal, Wisconsin for Boy Scout Sunday (a scout is loyal). Groundhog Day required a stretch of the imagination. The groundhog sees his shadow when the sun comes up on the prairie, thus, Sun Prairie was picked for the honor. 77th Annual Groundhog Prognostication-The event is set to start at 6:45 a.m. in Cannery Square.Local officials will lead the ceremony with the main event taking place at 7:11 a.m. where Jimmy the SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. - The City of Sun Prairie is thrilled to host the 76th Annual Groundhog Day Prognostication on Friday, February 2 at Cannery Square in downtown. SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WKOW) -- The city of Sun Prairie is celebrating its 76th annual Groundhog Day Prognostication ceremony on Friday. Jimmy the Groundhog is expected to give his prediction at sunrise, or 7:11 a.m. in Cannery Square. If he sees his shadow, Wisconsin will have six more weeks of winter. If Jimmy doesn't, spring will come early. GROUNDHOG DAY throughout the State of Wisconsin and I commend this observance to all our state’s residents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of Madison this 22nd day of December 2023. TONY EVERS, Governor By the Governor: The history of Groundhog 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. 2, 2023. The Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 clobbered southern Wisconsin from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 of that year, officially delivering 18.7 inches of snow to Madison. At the time, it tied for the second most snow in a 72-hour period in Madison history. Groundhog Independence Day Daly's in Sun Prairie Jan 31st 6a-10a Join Johnny and Dee for a live broadcast at Dalys Friday January 31st as we. Madison, WI. All PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) -- This Sunday, Feb. 2, all eyes will turn to Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, as the world's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, will emerge for Jimmy lives in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. It's a small community just northeast of Madison. He's made 56 predictions on Groundhog Day since 1969. Minnesota doesn't have a qualifying groundhog. That's sad and someone needs to do something about it. 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. 2, 2023. Hands on Wisconsin: What Groundhog Day means for mask mandate. Feb 1, 2022 Feb 1, 2022; 0; The scourge of school shootings has come to Madison, Wisconsin. A Monthly Birthday Meeting Open Speaker Meeting One Year or Multiple of Years Third Saturday of each Month 6:30pm – 8:00pm Trinity Episcopal Church 111 Sixth Street, Baraboo, WI 53913 15 Feb 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. -- Sun Prairie's Jimmy the Groundhog saw his shadow on a sunny Thursday morning, meaning six more weeks of winter.
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