Pennsylvania Groundhog Predicts Early Spring

The furry rodent is scheduled to prognosticate Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. from his home at the Staten Island Zoo.

Ohio’s official weather-predicting whistlepig says we’re in for six more weeks of winter. “There is no shadow to be cast, an early Spring is my forecast!”, read Jeff Lundy, vice president of the Inner Circle of The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, to a group of about 10,000 onlookers, according to the Associated Press.

Be prepared for an early spring. The second-largest winter snowstorm in NYC history aside, this winter has been very mild thanks to the climate cycle El Nino.

Phil texts some of his closest friends if they missed his prediction. Fortunately for the devoted fans of Punxsutawney Phil can watch a free online live stream available at visitpa.com, and you can see the live coverage of his 2016 winter weather prediction! And the time in 2009 when New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped Chuck’s replacement, Charlotte, who died a week later of internal injuries.

“Groundhogs are one of the few animals that really hibernate”.

The mayor joked last week that the “groundhogs’ union” would be happy that he won’t be attending the event. Other weather-forecasting whistlepigs across the US include French Creek Freddie from West Virginia, Gen. Beauregard Lee from Georgia, North Carolina’s Sir Wally Wally, Louisiana’s Cajun Groundhog, Smith Lake Jake from Alabama, and Staten Island Chuck from NY. The tiny hill where the ceremony takes place is located about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, just outside the town of Punxsutawney. There are no records for the remaining years. The groundhog gets a drink of “magical punch” at the annual Groundhog Picnic, giving him seven more years of life. 5. The Weather Channel meteorologists predict that most of the continental U.S. will see warmer weather over the next three months, but Southeastern states may feel the chill linger.