Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, attends the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa. on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog ...

Pennsylvania's "official state meteorologist" Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday morning, predicting six more weeks of winter. Sunday's joyous occasion was the 138th prognostication in ...

Groundhog handler AJ Derume and Punxsutawney Phil, who saw his shadow, predicting a late spring during the 137th annual Groundhog Day festivities on Feb. 2, 2023, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

FILE – Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa ...

Groundhog Day is a tradition that stretches back more than 100 years. Legend has it, if Phil sees his shadow, we will have six more weeks of winter. But if he doesn't, spring may be sooner than we ...

It's Groundhog Day, a special day for fans of weather-predicting rodents! Here's Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction about winter. The largest crowd to ever gathered at Gobbler’s Knob in ...

So it is hard to deny that Groundhog Day is kind of a fun and silly holiday, but NPR's Avery Keatley offers a perspective on why the holiday is unique and important to American culture.

On Groundhog Day, Sunday, Feb. 2, crowds headed to Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to find out what the famous groundhog would see when he emerged from his hole. Phil saw his shadow, meaning ...