PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA - FEBRUARY 2: Groundhog handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil after he saw his shadow predicting six more weeks of winter during 131st annual Groundhog Day festivities on ...

Today (February 2) is Groundhog Day in the US, the annual celebration where groundhogs make their weather forecast, and a new report has revealed just how accurate these predictions are. Local ...

The world’s most famous soothsaying groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, declared six more weeks of winter on Sunday Feb. 2, 2025. REUTERS Sunday marked Phil’s first Groundhog Day as a father.

Each February 2, on Groundhog Day, the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club make the pilgrimage to Gobbler’s Knob — Phil’s official home. Legend has it, if he sees his shadow, six more ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- Punxsutawney Phil has made his prediction for 2024 Groundhog Day. The honorary groundhog did not see his shadow Friday morning, predicting that there will be an early spring.

On Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, chicken Cluxatawney Henrietta of Muscoot Farm did not lay an egg, thus forecasting six more weeks of winter weather.

On Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, chicken Cluxatawney Henrietta of Muscoot Farm did not lay an egg, thus forecasting six more weeks of winter weather.

Every year on February 2 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a little groundhog named Phil may or may not see his shadow and predict either six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Some wait with ...

It's been six weeks since Groundhog Day 2025. It's time to see if the weather-predicting rodent, Punxsutawney Phil, was right.

We are in a Groundhog Day-like doom loop with Donald Trump AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil during the Groundhog Day festivities at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, February 2, 2023.

Groundhog Day dates back to a pre-Christian Celtic celebration called "Imbolc" which took place between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, according to the Library of Congress.

Groundhog Day originates from the Christian festival of Candlemas, a European tradition held on February 2 that uses a badger or hedgehog to predict the weather based on its shadow.