Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, as vice president Dan McGinley reads the scroll during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Prior to 2024, the groundhog had seen his shadow 107 times and not seen his shadow 20 times, according to the York Daily Record, part of the USA TODAY Network. There were a few years in the late Since 1993's "Groundhog Day" movie starring Bill Murray, visitPA says more than 30,000 people travel to Punxsutawney each year to see Punxsutawney Phil's prediction. Use a coin, not Punxsutawney The results are in, with many groundhogs — and at least one hedgehog — making predictions on whether we will face a long winter or early spring. Feb. 1, on Groundhog Day 2024, including Groundhog handler AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, who saw his shadow, predicting a late spring during the 137th annual Groundhog Day festivities on Feb. 2, 2023, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania History of Groundhog Day: Phil's predictions of years past Phil's first official shadow sighting came in 1887, followed by several years of no official recordings. The first front page coverage Groundhog Day 2023 livestream:Watch Punxsutawney Phil make his annual weather prediction More: Every Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil predicts the future weather. How often is he right? A person in the crowd at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. holds a sign reading "Phavorite Weather Man" with a drawing of Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, 2024. In 1886, the editor of Punxsutawney’s newspaper teamed up with a group of groundhog hunters to begin the legend of Punxsutawney Phil’s weather prowess. So in the United States and Canada, we celebrate Groundhog Day on the same date Christians across the globe celebrate Candlemas. Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 When is Groundhog Day? Groundhog Day is Sunday, Feb. 2.. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Where is the groundhog from? The answer is in his name. Every Feb. 2, the world's most famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil rises from its burrow in Pennsylvania for Groundhog Day to give the prediction on what type of weather the U.S. could expect to German immigrants brought this tradition to Pennsylvania, and in 1886 the editor of Punxsutawney’s newspaper teamed up with a group of groundhog hunters to begin the legend of Punxsutawney Phil’s weather prowess. So in the United States and Canada, we celebrate Groundhog Day on the same date Christians across the globe celebrate Candlemas. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club traces the tradition's roots back to Candlemas Day in Europe – the Christian "festival of lights" that falls on Feb. 2, midway between the start and end of winter. All results for yearly Groundhog Day predictions. Recorded predictions go back to 1886. Groundhog Day 2024: The club says Groundhog Day is the same today as when it first started — if the old-timey garb and scrolls are any sign — just with far more participants. That's thanks In 2021, Groundhog Day was on Tuesday, February 2nd. Most groundhogs (63%) predicted an early spring. 2022 results 2020 results. 64 predictions in 2021. Watch our livestream of Groundhog Day from Punxsutawney or catch the video later to see Phil's forecast prediction. Did the groundhog see his shadow? Get the results of Punxsutawney Phil's The famed Punxsutawney Phil gives us his winter weather prediction every Groundhog Day, but historically, the results aren't all that reliable. Eric Lagatta Jordan Mendoza USA TODAY 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.
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