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) 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. As for 2025, the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction center is forecasting above average temperatures across the southern part of the country in the week after Groundhog Day, while average and slightly colder than average temperatures will stick around for the northern tier. February is also bringing a weather pattern change. Groundhog Day, celebrated every year on February 2, is an unusual holiday that stretches back hundreds of years back to European traditions and even ancient times. How is Groundhog Day Celebrated? Groundhog Day is famously connected to weather prediction, with the most prominent tradition involving a groundhog predicting the conclusion of See and compare Groundhog Day predictions by year, from 2024 back to 1886 (which was before TikTok). Total predictions; 2025 — — — — 2024: 🌼 Early Groundhog Day is a tradition that has taken place annually in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania since Feb. 2, 1987. A groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, is brought out at sunrise to make a prediction on how the remaining winter will play out. 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. Old Farmer's Almanac issues 2025 predictions. Entertainment; When is Groundhog Day 2025? What to know about Punxsutawney Phil’s next prediction. Published: Jan. 27, 2025, 5:10 a.m. When is Groundhog Day? Groundhog Day is on Monday, Feb. 2nd. The celebrations revolving around Groundhog Day will go one for multiple days that week, Phil will make his prediction early in the That means that Groundhog Day 2025 will be the 139th celebration! Punxsutawney Virtual Event. Visit the official Punxsutawney Phil website for the live action at Gobbler’s Knob and see for yourself what he will predict. Phil’s last forecast (2024) was an early spring! Phil Is Not The Only Prognosticator! Other Groundhog Forecasters 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. In 2025, 138 years later, Punxsutawney Phil is making his predictions to a sold-old crowd. Who is Punxsutawney Phil? Punxsutawney Phil is the famous groundhog who predicts the weather in Entertainment; Groundhog Day 2025 facts: 7 things you need to know before the prediction. Published: Jan. 28, 2025, 7:31 a.m. Groundhog Day 2025: Will Punxsutawney Phil, Buckeye Chuck see their shadows? What to know Punxsutawney Phil is the best-known groundhog who has been making predictions since 1886, Groundhog Day takes place every year in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where the resident groundhog makes his prediction on the remaining winter. Published January 30, 2025 1:24pm EST Georgia. FOX 5 Atlanta. article. General Beauregard Lee (Dauset Trails Nature Center) The Brief Groundhog Day weather forecast for Georgia. Get ready for Groundhog Day with these surprising details about America's oldest weather-predicting groundhog. 7 facts about Punxsutawney Phil and his predictions. Published: Jan. 30, 2025, Groundhog Day is Feb. 2, and eager crowds will be lining up at Gobbler’s Knob to see the big prediction from Punxsutawney Phil. But if you’d rather not brave the chilly February pre-dawn RBC | I have an idea for the Meeker Chamber of Commerce: We could piggyback on the Pennsylvania Feb. 2 Groundhog Day hype by naming our groundhog as the one and only “Meeker Whistlepig” or the “Flattops Weather Marmot.” The Master of Ceremony would wear a Stetson and rope the varmint from under a stump Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil pictured as he makes his prediction on how long winter will last during the Groundhog Day Festivities, at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on Feb. 2, 2024.
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