Groundhog Day

The publishing date of this week's issue is February 2, and that's Groundhog Day. The country's most well-known prognosticator, Punxsutawney Phil, ...

Groundhog Day is just around the corner and the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and the famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil are getting ready for their big day ...

And in eastern and central Pennsylvania, where people of German descent have been watching the groundhog's annual emergence from hibernation for centuries, there's a tradition of groundhog clubs and celebrations that are independent of Phil. WHYY thanks ...

Groundhog Day 2024 is coming up. What happens if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow? What to know about the annual winter prediction tradition.

As the legend goes, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, the weather-forecasting groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, ...

“Despite the challenges posed by the relicensing process, I am thrilled to announce that the West Virginia State Wildlife Center has received clearance to host ...

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement after speaking with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary ...

After West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced on Wednesday that the state's Groundhog Day celebration in French Creek was canceled, Sen Joe Manchin now ...

We're about to learn whether you should get ready to bundle up for more weeks or winter or be excited for an early spring.

Flatiron Freddy, Punxsutawney Phil's Colorado rival, will make his 2024 Groundhog Day prediction Friday in Boulder; how to watch if he sees his shadow, ...

Lore has it that the groundhog seeing its shadow on Groundhog Day brings six more weeks of winter. Here's Friday's forecast.

For the first time in Massachusetts history, Ms. G, the State Groundhog of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, won't go outside on Groundhog Day to perform ...

Mass Audubon spokesman Aaron Gouveia tells WBZ-TV that the locally famous rodent isn't going to be looking for her shadow at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln because of ...

Michael O'Connor, a Mass. Audubon spokesperson, said the group is “scaling back the event this year” at the Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Ms. G's ...

As the legend goes, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, the weather-forecasting groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, ...

The US tradition of the groundhog Punxatawney Phil emerging on 2 February to herald spring has fascinating origins – and a couple of cute creature parallels ...

According to folklore, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, that means there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he doesn't, it's a forecast of an ...

The Pennsylvania Dutch started Groundhog Day on Feb. 2, 1887 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. They took the idea from the Germans in Europe, who celebrated ...

Punxsutawney Phil will either declare six more weeks of winter or spring's coming return Feb. 2. Here's how to watch live.

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Phil predicts more ...

The beloved and occasionally controversial annual event that inspired the classic Bill Murray comedy film will see celebrity rodents make their spring ...

You say Groundhog Day, I say Grundsaudaag: how German and Swiss settlers in Pennsylvania created a new language – and a much-loved American holiday.

There is a simple reason for male groundhogs to seize the Feb. 2 holiday. But the handlers of female groundhogs say their prognosticators are more accurate ...

The spotlight will be on Gobbler's Knob in western Pennsylvania early Friday morning as Punxsutawney Phil makes his annual prediction.

Although he was replaced by a stuffed groundhog in 2023, a real Buckeye Chuck is making Ohio's 2024 Groundhog Day forecast on Friday morning.

Every year a furry rodent crawls from a tree to predict the weather, but what European beliefs inspire the event which has been immortalised on screen and ...

Phil predicts more ...

NBC Universal, Inc. Every February, a furry animal tells Americans how long winter will last, but do you know why? NBC Chicago meteorologist Kevin Jeanes ...

There is a simple reason for male groundhogs to seize the Feb. 2 holiday. But the handlers of female groundhogs say their prognosticators are more accurate ...

Each Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction about a late end to winter weather or early start to spring temperatures. Here's how accurate his ...

Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow on Groundhog Day 2024? Watch live streaming video to see if the groundhog saw his shadow during his weather prediction.

It's not a federal holiday but it's still one people like to celebrate. Here is what you need to know about Groundhog Day.

The beloved and occasionally controversial annual event that inspired the classic Bill Murray comedy film will see celebrity rodents make their spring ...

For us, there's always tomorrow, and this lively black romcom does make you appreciate the beauty and the curse of living one day after another.

But what Tim Minchin, Matthew Warchus, Peter Darling and Rob Howell have discovered is that sometimes you can set the dial to repeat, not to improve, but simply ...

Easily as funny and considerably darker than the 1993 film, Minchin's musical about a weatherman trapped in the same day is often clever, if only sometimes ...

For Groundhog Day in 2024, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, elating a massive crowd at Gobbler's Knob.

It was first recorded ...

Just after sunrise Friday, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced Phil did not see his shadow, which will usher in early springlike weather. The groundhog ...

Mammal made his prediction at annual Pennsylvania celebration, but estimates have shown he's only accurate 40% of the time.

Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow on Groundhog Day? See the live prediction and whether we will have 6 more weeks of winter.

Every Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil comes out of hibernation in Pennsylvania to let his shadow "do the talking."

The world's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, did not see his shadow after emerging from his den in Gobbler's Knob, Pa., on Friday.

Here we go again: Time loop stories were around long before the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. So a friendly reminder that one person's discovery of something ...

Rory Szwed, left, and Kent Rowan watch the festivities while waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to make his prediction at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., ...

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's ...

The celebrated groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his Pennsylvania burrow on Friday and failed to see his shadow, a sign that the warmer ...

Willie made his own prediction in the far northwest Chicago suburb, where he did not see his shadow, joining Punxsutawney Phil in predicting an early spring. In ...

Punxsutawney Phil, famous Pennsylvanian groundhog, emerged early on Feb. 2 in Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania to predict an early spring.