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Groundhog Day was on Sunday, one of our more unique holidays where we get a seasonal weather forecast from a beloved rodent. The main one is Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania, but Georgia also has ...

Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow on Gobbler’s Knob on Sunday to make his annual weather forecast during the 139th Groundhog Day. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter.

The need for so many buses is why the local schools, where the sports mascot is the Chucks, close when Groundhog Day falls on a weekday. Keith Post, his wife and a friend have watched the ...

Here's how his prediction went down. Crowds of Phil fanatics gathered early Sunday morning for the 139th Groundhog Day, waiting for the Prognosticator of Prognosticators to make his prediction.

On Sunday, Feb. 2, a.k.a. Groundhog Day, crowds headed to Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to find out what the famous groundhog would see when he emerged from his hole. And in this year's ...

Punxsutawney Phil was back at it again celebrating Groundhog Day on Sunday, surrounded by onlookers in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Will the household name forecast an early spring or six more ...

He teased making Groundhog Day an official state holiday. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk told the New York Post that Phil is denied the traditional lifestyle of a groundhog "for a tired old gimmick." ...

attends the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa. on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog emerged from his tree stump in Gobbler's Knob around 7:30 a.m ...

REUTERS Sunday marked Phil’s first Groundhog Day as a father. In March 2024, Phil and his groundhog wife Phyliss gave birth to two healthy babies, who were later named Sunny and Shadow.

The groundhog and his partner Phyllis became parents of two in 2024. Punxsutawney Phil made another key weather prediction on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2 -- the first year he did so as a parent.