In Georgia, about 50 miles southeast of Atlanta in Jackson, a groundhog named “General Beauregard Lee” saw his shadow, his handlers declared, meaning six more weeks of winter. It was said that Shubenacadie Sam at a wildlife park in Nova Scotia, Canada, also saw her shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter.

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania. Phil was welcomed with chants of “Phil,

Punxsutawney Phil revealed his 2025 Groundhog Day forecast on Sunday, Feb. 2, at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The small town, known as the “weather capital of the world,” has used a groundhog to predict the weather for 139 years: If he sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter, while no shadow means an early spring.