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Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 [1] – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who predicted the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle.
Statistical Football prediction is a method used in sports betting, to predict the outcome of football matches by means of statistical tools. The goal of statistical match prediction is to outperform the predictions of bookmakers [ citation needed ] [ dubious – discuss ] , who use them to set odds on the outcome of football matches.
Punxsutawney, PA, United States of America - Groundhog handler Ron Ploucha holds famed weather prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil during the annual Groundhog Day event. Today is Groundhog ...
Statistical analysis of groundhog predictions show that Stormy Marmot and Poor Richard (a groundhog based in York, Pennsylvania) have the best correlation to observed weather trends. "When Stormy Marmot predicts an early spring, we can expect March to be on average 6 °F warmer, and April to be 2.5 °F warmer.
SEE MORE: Alternative 'groundhogs' predict weather every Groundhog Day with Phil National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a high probability of warm weather in the ...
Groundhog-Day.com reported that 64 groundhogs made a prediction on Groundhog Day this year and 49 of them (including Punxsutawney Phil) did not see their shadows and predict an early spring.
Staten Island Chuck, also referred to more formally as Charles G. Hogg, is a groundhog who resided in the Staten Island Zoo in Staten Island, New York City. He serves as the official groundhog meteorologist of New York City, who predicts the duration of winter each February 2 on Groundhog Day. The tradition dates back to 1981. [1]
During Candlemas, Christians would light candles to predict how long winter would last. The first official Groundhog Day was held Feb. 2, 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.