The day eventually evolved into what we know it today. In 1886, Groundhog Day was acknowledged for the first time in Punxsutawney by a local newspaper, Weathers Wags, according to the club. How to watch 'Groundhog Day'? "Groundhog Day' is available to rent on Amazon Prime Video for $3.59, and the Google Play Store for $3.89. It'll cost $3.99 to rent the movie from Apple TV+, Youtube Groundhog handler AJ Derume holds Punxsutawney Phil, who saw his shadow, predicting a late spring during the 136th annual Groundhog Day festivities on February 2, 2022 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. 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. 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 Punxsutawney Phil heads to Harrisburg, gearing up for Groundhog Day 2024: HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) – Pennsylvania’s favorite groundhog is sitting down with the governor on Wednesday, 100 days in advance of Groundhog Day 2024. Governor Josh Shapiro and the Department of Community [] Al Roker also predicted an early spring for this year's Groundhog Day, despite the historical odds being against him. "I just said he shouldn't see his shadow," Roker said on TODAY Feb. 2 . 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. When is Groundhog Day 2024? Groundhog Day will take place Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Thousands will show up in person, with the grounds to Gobblers Knob opening at 3 a.m., and millions will tune in to see if Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow on Feb. 2 each year. More:Where to watch Bill Murray's 1993 classic movie 'Groundhog Day' for Groundhog Day TODAY takes you live to Gobbler’s Knob near Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, for Punxsutawney Phil’s official Groundhog Day announcement. And the news isn’t good: The groundhog has seen his Punxsutawney Phil has officially made his annual Groundhog Day weather prediction. Will we see 6 more weeks of winter?» Subscribe to TODAY: 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 Actor Andie MacDowell opens up about her role in the Hallmark movie “The Way Home.” She also looks back at her iconic parts in “Groundhog Day” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” Punxsutawney Phil has officially made his annual Groundhog Day weather prediction. Will we see 6 more weeks of winter? Feb. 2, 2023 Dressed sharply in a top hat and bow tie, Orphie has made annual predictions since 1926, with a record of 73 predictions (79%) for six more weeks of winter and 19 (21%) for an early spring. Groundhog Day: Where even your shadow can’t let it go! It’s Groundhog Day—I’m feeling a bit burrowed in time. Groundhog day is just a never-ending tunnel of boredom. Every day’s a do-over when it’s Groundhog Day at heart! It’s Groundhog Day – time to shadow my own moves again! Groundhog Day is a real paw-sitive shadow of a holiday. At first, Harold Ramis’ GROUNDHOG DAY seems like a typical Bill Murray comedy with the iconic leading man standing one step away from the rest of humanity, always quick with an ironic insult. But the film cleverly turns Murray’s sarcastic outsider persona against him and the film evolves into a sweet fable about humanity. Groundhog Day, in the United States and Canada, day (February 2) on which the emergence of the groundhog from its burrow is said to foretell the weather for the following six weeks. In the United States the most popular event occurs in Pennsylvania and centers on a groundhog designated Punxsutawney Phil. Groundhog Day By Numbers. 1841 – A storekeeper named James Morris wrote and marked the date February 2 as Candlemas Day. 40,000 – The number of people who attend the Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. 1886 – The year the first Groundhog Day was held in Punxsutawney.
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