Groundhogs Chuck and Phil concur: Early spring is coming

Today, groundhogs all over the country will be popping out of their burrows to let the rest of know whether we will have and early spring or six more weeks of winter.

Surprisingly, this year’s prediction is a bit rare as a longer winter has been forecast 102 times and early spring only 18 times since 1887. Yes, Tuesday must be Groundhog Day, the once-a-year tradition in which Punxsutawney Phil and countless understudies have their moment in the sun – or at least that’s what you winter-loving types would hope.

The Weather Channel is reporting a Groundhog Day winter storm could bring blizzard conditions across the Rockies and the Central United States.

Groundhogs weigh between 12-15 pounds and usually live between 6 to 8 years.

Famous woodchucks such as Staten Island Chuck and Punxsutawney Phil are acknowledged every year for numerous decades, however, the lifespan of a groundhog is usually six to eight years. Fans of Punxsutawney Phil can watch as the furry marmot appears at sunrise on February 2 at Gobbler’s Knob in the Pennsylvania Wilds to make his annual prediction on the 130th anniversary.

Americans can expect to hear at least another nine months of Donald Trump’s incoherent xenophobic bullsh*t, according to prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil.

Grube went on to add that Pennsylvania’s groundhog is “the standard” when it comes to predicting when spring will come. In reality, Phils prediction is decided ahead of time by the group. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, since 1990, Phil has only been correct 24 percent of the time.

Phil already has been busy all weekend attending events in Punxsutawney and gearing up for his forecast, set for 7:25 a.m. Tuesday morning.

To find out, we combed through nearly 20 years of records from the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club and NY newspaper archives to find out which predictions each groundhog made.