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For some in the Central Texas community of Bee Cave, Feb. 2 is known as Armadillo Day. Instead of looking to a groundhog to tell them what weather is coming next, locals gather at West Pole Ranch ...
BEAUMONT, Texas — Sunday is Groundhog Day and folks will be waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to tell them whether we'll have six more weeks of winter. Here in Texas, we listen to someone a little ...
BEE CAVE, Texas — Although the majority of the country watches a groundhog predict the timing of the spring season, Texas does things a little different. In our state, everything is bigger and ...
For much of the country, Feb. 2 is known as Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil has been prognosticating spring’s return from Pennsylvania on that day for more than 135 years. In Texas ...
Let’s take a look at how accurate Phil has been in predicting the often unpredictable Texas weather. Last year, the groundhog made an accurate prediction. Punxsutawney Phil did not see his ...
The 138-year-old tradition of a bunch of men in Pennsylvania gathering around a groundhog named Phil for ... an animal native to Texas, cast a much larger and easier to spot shadow.
Wizzie Brown, an entomologist for Texas A&M AgriLife, refers to them as the Texas groundhog, a sign that warmer weather is on the way. In fact, they generally only live a few days as adults ...