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2024 Groundhog Day Predictions: Canada’s groundhogs have agreed to disagree on weather predictions. Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam predicted early spring at the 8 a.m. event held at Shubenacadie Park, while Lucy the Lobster disagreed with a forecast of six more weeks of winter as she saw her shadow. It's Groundhog Day! Canada's groundhogs have made predictions for whether spring will start early in Canada or if we've got more winter to get through. If you're not familiar with the event, legend has it that on February 2, watching a groundhog emerge from its burrow can determine the weather forecast for the coming weeks. During the 2021 Groundhog Day, Violet was missing from her burrow, and the staff used two captive marmots, Chopper and Marlu, for predictions. In 2022, Canada got another stuffed prognosticator — Okanagan Okie was introduced as Canada’s newest weather prediction specialist in Vernon. Groundhog Day was marked in the U.S., with the first prediction by Punxsutawney Phil in 1886, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's website reports. The first official trek to Gobbler's Knob was made There are 14 weather-predicting Canadian groundhogs who made predictions in 2024. Use the Groundhog Map to locate your fave canuk prognosticator. Find groundhogs by name: There are 81 weather-forecasting prognosticators in Canada or the USA who made predictions in 2024 — including 46 ‘alternative’ groundhogs. Use the Groundhog Map to locate your fave prognosticator. The results are in: Its a 50/50 split in Canada, with one extra vote for spring coming from our friend Phil in the U.S. A recap of Groundhog Day predictions, 2020-2023. The consensus on spring’s early arrival extended to western Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil, whose annual declaration exploded in popularity after the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day”. As usual, Shubenacadie Sam was the first groundhog in North America to make a prediction. Groundhog Day is here and the furry board members of Canada's official weather department have spoken. According to Wiarton Willie in Ontario, Shubenacadie Sam in Nova Scotia, and Fred la marmotte GROUNDHOG-DAY.com is the leading data source for North America’s prophetic prognosticators: unleashing the ancient wisdom of groundhogs with the entrepreneurial dynamism of structured data. Every February 2nd – in deepest, darkest winter – humanity seeks guidance from mystic marmots, whose obscure rituals and ancient tongue foretell of Uncover the history of Groundhog Day and why a groundhog of an animal seeing its shadow into the prediction of the weather on that day areas east and north into Canada and The consensus on spring’s early arrival extended to western Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil, whose annual declaration exploded in popularity after the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day”. As usual, Shubenacadie Sam was the first groundhog in North America to make a prediction. The results are in: Its a 50/50 split in Canada, with one extra vote for spring coming from our friend Phil in the U.S. A recap of Groundhog Day predictions, 2020-2023. French Creek Freddie, North America's fourth-longest tenured groundhog weather prognosticator, will make that call on Feb. 2, 2025 during his 47th annual Groundhog Day appearance in the Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund'sau dåk, Grundsaudaag, Grundsow Dawg, Murmeltiertag; Nova Scotia: Daks Day) [1] [2] [3] is a tradition observed regionally in the United States and Canada on February 2 of every year. Groundhog Day 2025: Forecast, Facts, and Folklore The original Wiarton Willie—one of Canada’s most famous prognosticators—lived to be 22 years old. Groundhog Day is celebrated in Canada and the United States every year on 2 February. Legend has it that watching a groundhog emerge from its burrow can determine the weather forecast for the coming weeks. There are 82 weather-forecasting prognosticators in Canada or the USA who made predictions in 2024 — including 46 ‘alternative’ groundhogs. Use the Groundhog Map to locate your fave prognosticator. Lucy the Lobster makes Groundhog Day predictions on February 2nd to kick off the Lobster Crawl festival in Barrington, Nova Scotia. The Municipality of Barrington says Lucy is the only prognosticating crustacean to make a prediction in Canada. Bill Murray was reported as being bemused by the idea of a lobster forecaster. 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
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