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Groundhog Day has been celebrated in the United States since at least February 2, 1886. Starting in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, with its now-famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, the tradition spread throughout America. It is now celebrated all over, and not just with groundhogs. Since making his first prediction in 1887, Punxsutawney Phil has been right 39% of the time, according to the Stormfax Punxsutawney Phil's recent predictions and Groundhog Day results If all else fails, you can always watch the 1993 classic film “Groundhog Day.” It stars Bill Murray, a weatherman who gets stuck reliving the celebration in Punxsutawney day after day. See and compare Groundhog Day predictions by year, from 2024 back to 1886 (which was before TikTok). All results for yearly Groundhog Day predictions. Stephen Tobolowsky, who played Ned Ryserson, in the movie Groundhog Day, attended the 2010 Groundhog Day Celebration in Punxsutawney. Danny Rubin, writer of the screenplay Groundhog Day, attended Groundhog Day 2013. This was the first time he attend Groundhog Day since before the movie was released. On average, Phil has gotten it right 30% of the time over the past 10 years. Phil’s 2023 Forecast In 2023, Phil forecast a "long winter" when he saw his shadow and predicted an additional six weeks of wintry temperatures. If Lander Lil "sees" a shadow on Groundhog Day, then more winter is expected. How Punxsutawney Phil fared Overall, 14 of the groundhogs had 50% accuracy or better. The most famous weather-predicting groundhog, Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil, was all the way down at 17th place, having predicted the weather accurately 35% of the time. Advertisement Originally, Groundhog Day was a Celtic festival marking the year’s first cross-quarter day, or a midpoint between seasons. Read more about the ancient Celtic calendar here. Celebrated at the beginning of February, the day was called Imbolc —a term from Old Irish that is most often translated as “in the belly”—a reference to the soon The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club takes care of Phil year-round, and on each Feb. 2, members of the club's Inner Circle rouse Phil at sunrise (this year he emerged at 7:25 a.m. EST) to see if he A Groundhog Club handler holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, during the 133rd celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 2, 2019. This open-judged talent show results in two finalists performing on stage at Gobbler’s Knob on Groundhog Day morning. The winner will be voted on at the celebration and awarded $500. This year, NOAA took a deeper dive into Groundhog Day results and graded the work of 19 groundhogs and groundhog surrogates to determine the accuracy of their predictions. Spoiler: Phil came in 1993 - Columbia Pictures releases the movie, "Groundhog Day," starring Bill Murray.In the years following the release of the movie, crowds numbering as high as 30,000 have visited Gobbler's Knob In 2022, Groundhog Day was on Wednesday, February 2nd. Most groundhogs (57%) predicted an early spring. 2023 results 2021 results. 75 predictions in 2022. SEE MORE: What time will General Beauregard Lee make his prediction? Groundhog Day weather forecast for Georgia. The hundreds of visitors heading to Dauset Trails Nature Center will have some nice 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 The famed Punxsutawney Phil gives us his winter weather prediction every Groundhog Day, but historically, the results aren't all that reliable. Phil has been right only about 39% of the time, At the Groundhog Day celebration in Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania, Punxsatawney Phil, "Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather-Prophet Extraordinary" did not But once a year on Groundhog Day — for 132 years now — Phil is transported to a den at Gobbler’s Knob, where crowds of thousands descend upon the area at sunrise to see what he foretells for
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