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 However, if the groundhog does see his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter rather than above average temperatures, according to legend. Forecast for 7 a.m. Sunday morning in The groundhog is known as Punxsutawney Phil, because the town where the Groundhog Day tradition originated is called Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. A big celebration is still held in the town to this According to legend, if Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. The origins of Gound Hog Day dates back to 1886 when a group of groundhog hunters from Punxsutawney dubbed There are two outcomes: The Groundhog sees his shadow: If the groundhog emerges from his hole and sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of wintry weather.; The Groundhog sees no shadow: If Groundhog Day is famously connected to weather prediction, with the most prominent tradition involving a groundhog predicting the conclusion of winter by seeing (or not seeing) his own shadow. According to weather lore: Sees His Shadow: If the plump prognosticator emerges from his hole on a clear day and sees his shadow, he will retreat, and Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund'sau dåk, One year he had a partial shadow, in 1942. There were 10 years when Phil's prediction was not recorded, 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 There are more than a dozen active groundhog clubs in Pennsylvania, some dating back to the 1930s, and weather-predicting groundhogs have appeared in at least 28 U.S. states and Canadian provinces. In the American tradition of Groundhog Day, the nation’s groundhog prognosticators take a stance on the season ahead. If the groundhog sees his shadow, he predicts six more weeks of winter. 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. Thanks to a small town in northern Illinois, Groundhog Day is bigger than one chubby rodent and its shadow dropping a dubious weather forecast. In Woodstock, the groundhog takes a backseat to the real cause for celebration: the 1993 Bill Murray movie that was filmed there. WNIJ’s Under Rocks team visited the famed town square with the head of the annual festival (and Groundhog Day movie There are two outcomes: The Groundhog sees his shadow: If the groundhog emerges from his hole and sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of wintry weather.; The Groundhog sees no shadow: If The groundhog club's inner circle, consisting of about 15 active members, manages and hosts Groundhog Day festivities that culminate at around 7:20 a.m. on February 2. Could this mean that Punxsutawney Phil will not see his shadow on Sunday? We will find out. For its part, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club calls the festivities, "A day to take everything a little less seriously, and break up the winter monotony." FOX Weather will have full coverage of the Groundhog Day ceremony starting Sunday at 6 a.m. EST. Groundhog Day is famously connected to weather prediction, with the most prominent tradition involving a groundhog predicting the conclusion of winter by seeing (or not seeing) his own shadow. According to weather lore: Sees His Shadow: If the plump prognosticator emerges from his hole on a clear day and sees his shadow, he will retreat, and Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund'sau dåk, One year he had a partial shadow, in 1942. There were 10 years when Phil's prediction was not recorded, According to lore, the Old Farmer's Almanac says a groundhog will emerge from its burrow on Groundhog Day. If it sees its shadow, it will retreat back into its hole and we can expect another six PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — It's almost Groundhog Day!On Feb. 2, we all look to no other than a groundhog to see if he or she sees its shadow to prognosticate what the rest of winter is going to be like. If, according to German lore, the hedgehog saw his shadow on Candlemas Day there would be a “Second Winter” or 6 more weeks of bad weather. As German settlers came to what is now the United States, so too came their traditions and folklore.
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