It’s Groundhog Day! Again…
Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow? Will he predict an early spring or six more weeks of winter?
Our annual questions will soon be answered as we stream live coverage of Groundhog Day 2024 early Friday morning when Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction from Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania.
You can watch the live coverage inside this story or on our YouTube channel (subscribe here) starting shortly before sunrise on Friday, Feb. 2.
This story will be updated with the results from Phil’s Groundhog Day prognostication.
While there’s nothing remotely scientific or accurate about the Groundhog Day weather prediction, it’s a longstanding tradition that always generates national attention every Feb. 2.
While the hope of an early spring seems to be the primary excitement behind the Groundhog Day celebrations, it turns out that Punxsutawney Phil has only made that prediction (not seeing his shadow) less than two dozen times.
So how many times has Punxsutawney Phil seen his shadow? How many times has he predicted an early spring? Here are the numbers as announced by the Groundhog Day “Inner Circle”…
- Saw shadow: 109 times (including 2023)
- No shadow: 20 times
- No record of what happened: 10 times
The last time Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow was in 2019 and 2020, offering a back-to-back dose of his rare early spring prediction.
Oh, and if you want a bit more to make you smile for Groundhog Day, we’ll just leave you with this… Because it’s Groundhog Day again.