Published: Jan. 30, 2025, 12:25 p.m. Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, is the product of a storied tradition (and superstition) that stretches back years and years Here is what you need to know about Groundhog Day: the day dedicated to a weather-predicting rodent. In 2025, 138 years later, Punxsutawney Phil is making his predictions to a sold-old crowd When is Groundhog Day 2025? Groundhog Day will take place Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Thousands will show up in person, with the grounds to Gobblers Knob opening at 4 a.m., and millions will tune in to see if Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow. More: Where to watch Bill Murray's 1993 classic movie 'Groundhog Day' for Groundhog Day. What is News; Weather; Good Day; Sports; 2025 12:39pm EST Pennsylvania. FOX 29 Philadelphia article. The Brief. Groundhog Day festivities will begin early on February 2. Punxsutawney Phil is Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger) The Groundhog Day celebration at Gobbler's Knob started in 1887. Aside from a 10-year gap, records for each prognostication have been meticulously kept. WGAL News 8 Local Pennsylvania Contact When is Groundhog Day 2025? Groundhog Day is observed in the U.S. and Canada on Feb. 2 every year and falls on a Sunday in 2025. Katie Wiseman is a trending news reporter on Midwest Connect. Entertainment; When is Groundhog Day 2025? What to know about Punxsutawney Phil’s next prediction. Published: ; Jan. 27, 2025, 5:10 a.m. Groundhog Day is on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. The action starts in the early morning hours, when the groundhog is expected to come out of his burrow at sunrise to look for his shadow, approximately 7: When is Groundhog Day? It's always on Feb. 2, which in 2025 lands on a Sunday. Punxsutawney Phil - as well as other groundhog predictors around the nation - will predict the forecast early in the NEWS. Groundhog Day 2025: Will Punxsutawney Phil, Buckeye Chuck see their shadows? What to know If you trust any animal to give you an extended weather forecast, then you want to pay attention to A lion dance performance during 2023 Lunar New Year celebrations in St. John's. (William Ping/CBC)Out with the dragon, in with the snake.Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year — and The Brief. General Beauregard "Beau" Lee will set to make his annual weather prediction on Sunday in Georgia. If Beau sees his shadow when he pops out of his mansion at Dauset Trails Nature Center Punxsutawney Phil celebrating first Groundhog Day as a father today at 6:15 pm. Published January 29, 2025 4:52 pm News Channel 3-12 is committed to providing a forum for civil and Here's when Groundhog Day began: The first mention of Groundhog Day came in 1886 in Punxsutawney. Over the years, several other locations have begun using their own groundhog, including General Beauregard Lee of Atlanta, Dunkirk Dave of Dunkirk, New York, and Jimmy of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. COVID-19 shut down festivities in 2021, and then the untimely death of Mel just a week before the 2022 event, put a stop to the festivities ever since. Annually, Groundhog Day falls on Feb. 2. Here's the tradition behind the holiday and why PETA wants to change it. Wed, January 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM UTC. 3 min read. Myrtle Beach Sun News Phil and the town of Punxsutawney were portrayed in the 1993 film “Groundhog Day.” (It was really filmed in Woodstock, Ill.) Phil appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show in 1995. (He did not get a Groundhog handler AJ Derume holds Punxsutawney Phil, who saw his shadow, predicting late spring during the 136th annual Groundhog Day festivities on Feb. 2, 2022, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Beau’s previous home at Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary in Gwinnett County closed in 2017, but he’s been thriving in his new digs ever since.
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