6 days ago · In honor of Groundhog Day and in the spirit of fun, we pitted groundhogs from all over the United States against each other — and data from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information — to see who’s the most accurate. ... That rounds up our groundhog accuracy rankings for 2024. You can find more interesting and useful NCEI data ...

2 days ago · The renowned groundhog's accuracy rate is actually not very high, so the pressure is on. NOAA study grades Punxsutawney Phil, and his record is not so good.

2 days ago · How accurate is Phil the groundhog? As fun as it is to pretend that a 138-year-old groundhog can predict the coming and going of the seasons, he is most often wrong. Phil is only accurate less ...

The next-best groundhog was General Beauregard Lee from the Dauset Trails Nature Center in Jackson, Georgia with 80% accuracy. Third place belongs to Lander Lil, a bronze statue of a prairie dog ...

1 day ago · Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Thursday ...

5 days ago · The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a study analyzing the annual prognostications of weather-predicting groundhogs and found the most famous, Punxsutawney Phil, didn ...

5 days ago · Overall, 14 of the groundhogs had 50% accuracy or better. Poor Punxsutawney Phil managed only 35% accuracy, landing him near the bottom of the rankings. At least he's more accurate than Mojave...

Feb 2, 2024 · Each Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction about a late end to winter weather or early start to spring temperatures. Here's how accurate his forecasts have been over the years.

Feb 1, 2024 · Use a coin, not Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day, PETA says. How are Phil's predictions? Did the groundhog see his shadow?

Feb 2, 2023 · From 1969 on, Phil's overall accuracy rate is about 36%. The groundhog's powers of prognostication are slightly better when he doesn't cast a shadow, though. "When Phil predicted a short...