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According to the tradition, if Phil sees his shadow and returns to his hole, he has predicted six more weeks of winter-like weather. [1] If Phil does not see his shadow, he has predicted an "early spring." [2] Punxsutawney's event is the most famous of many Groundhog Day festivals held in the United States and Canada. The event formally began ...
Every year on Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil's faithful followers eagerly await word on whether the most famous weather-forecasting groundhog has caught a glimpse of his shadow at Gobbler's Knob in ...
Members of Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, organized in 1899, care for Phil at a customized space beside Punxsutawney Memorial Library — where there's a window with a view into the creature's burrow.
Punxsutawney Phil's statistics are kept by the Pennsylvania's Groundhog Club which cares for the animal. Phil has predicted 106 forecasts for winter and 21 for an early spring. One year he had a partial shadow, in 1942. There were 10 years when Phil's prediction was not recorded, all of which occurred in the 1880s and 1890s.
Though Punxsutawney Phil is the original and most famous groundhog to predict the weather come Groundhog Day, there are actually quite a few across the country. Move Over, Punxsutawney Phil! Meet ...
Punxsutawney Phil’s full name, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, is “Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Profit ...
Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil might be the most well-known weather-predicting groundhog, but a new list casts doubt on his accuracy. Phil did so poorly that even nonliving critters outshine ...
How Punxsutawney Phil stacked up against the competition. You may be surprised to find that Punxsutawney Phil landed at No. 17 out of 19 on the list, with 35% accuracy. Meanwhile, Staten Island ...