It's Groundhog Day!
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It's Groundhog Day!
It's the day the most famous of weather prognosticators Punxsutawney Phil is rudely pulled out of its hibernation burrow to make his end-of-winter weather prediction.
Today, he saw his shadow and that means 6 more weeks of winter
Now back to science.
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It's Groundhog Day!
It's the day the most famous of weather prognosticators Punxsutawney Phil is rudely pulled out of its hibernation burrow to make his end-of-winter weather prediction.
Today, he saw his shadow and that means 6 more weeks of winter
Now back to science.
Here are a few more predictions for the end of winter by groundhogs and other rodents across N. America.
The score so far:
Longer winter: 9
Early spring: 8Longer winter prediction beats Early spring forecast by a groundhog's whisker.
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Here are a few more predictions for the end of winter by groundhogs and other rodents across N. America.
The score so far:
Longer winter: 9
Early spring: 8Longer winter prediction beats Early spring forecast by a groundhog's whisker.
@AkaSci can't call it early! The western half of the continent is still waiting for sunrise
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Here are a few more predictions for the end of winter by groundhogs and other rodents across N. America.
The score so far:
Longer winter: 9
Early spring: 8Longer winter prediction beats Early spring forecast by a groundhog's whisker.
The weather outlook from NOAA for February 2026 indicates above normal temperatures for the western half of the U.S. and below normal temperatures for the eastern half of the country.
Punxsutawney Phil seems to have nailed it this year (for Pennsylvania at least)! Although, his overall accuracy across 139 years of prophesying is only 25%.
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/30day/
https://www.noaa.gov/heritage/stories/grading-groundhogs
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Here are a few more predictions for the end of winter by groundhogs and other rodents across N. America.
The score so far:
Longer winter: 9
Early spring: 8Longer winter prediction beats Early spring forecast by a groundhog's whisker.
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The weather outlook from NOAA for February 2026 indicates above normal temperatures for the western half of the U.S. and below normal temperatures for the eastern half of the country.
Punxsutawney Phil seems to have nailed it this year (for Pennsylvania at least)! Although, his overall accuracy across 139 years of prophesying is only 25%.
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/30day/
https://www.noaa.gov/heritage/stories/grading-groundhogs
3/nAccording to https://www.groundhog.org/groundhog-day/what-is-groundhog-day/, during the early days of Christianity, folks would take their candles to the church on Feb 2 to have them blessed.
Over time, the day evolved into another form as highlighted in the following English folk song about Candlemas Day -
If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Come, Winter, have another flight;
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Go Winter, and come not again.The Germans added hedgehogs into the folklore which then migrated to the U.S.
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