The top hat-wearing members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle reveal Phil’s forecast every Feb. 2. It is based on a German legend surrounding Candlemas.

Since 1886, crowds as large as 40,000 have annually gathered in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on the morning of 2 February to watch Punxsutawney Phil emerge from a burrow on Gobbler’s Knob.

AJ Dereume holds up groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, as he makes his prediction on how long winter will last during the Groundhog Day Festivities, at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S ...

Getting Phil 'fired up' At Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney Phil fans got 'fired up' as they knocked on the famous Groundhog's tree stump, waiting for signs of whether winter would continue.

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 … ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — 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 ...

Members of the top hat-wearing Inner Circle announced the “forecast” at sunrise, just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. #BREAKING: No Shadow! #PunxsutawneyPhil is predicting an early spring.

Phil has a dedicated, man-made burrow that he lives in with his wife, Phyllis. As Punxsutawney's mascot, he often makes "appearances at schools, parades, or at professional sporting events as a ...

Flatiron Freddy is a stuffed yellow-bellied marmot – a close relative to the groundhog — and is Boulder’s answer to Pennsylvania’s weather predicting rodent, Punxsutawney Phil.

Punxsutawney Phil is getting ready to make another key weather prediction this coming Groundhog Day, Feb. 2 -- and it'll be the first year he will do so as a parent. The famous groundhog and his ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Penn. -- Ahead of Groundhog Day this Sunday, PETA sent a letter urging The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to retire famous Phil and another Punxsutawney groundhog.