{"id":29642,"date":"2023-02-02T00:18:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T05:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=29642"},"modified":"2023-02-02T00:18:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T05:18:25","slug":"groundhog-day-2023-see-if-punxsutawney-phil-predicts-an-early-spring-or-6-more-weeks-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/02\/02\/groundhog-day-2023-see-if-punxsutawney-phil-predicts-an-early-spring-or-6-more-weeks-of-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundhog Day 2023: See if Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring or 6 more weeks of winter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An early spring or six more weeks of winter? We’ll have the answer soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, the all-knowing Punxsutawney Phil will pop out of his burrow in the ground and let us in on the secret meteorologists have been keeping from us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Punxsutawney Phil will leave his burrow and look for his shadow for the 137th time, according to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When does Punxsutawney Phil come out for Groundhog Day?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groundhog Day 2023 will be celebrated at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2. That’s when Punxsutawney Phil is anticipated to leave his burrow and look for his shadow for the 137th time, according to groundhog.org\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are festivities starting this weekend in Punxsutawney, with events planned starting Saturday and lasting through Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Groundhog Day, the prognostication celebration starts at 3 a.m. at Gobbler’s Knob with a stage show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groundhog Day prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great weather-predicting groundhog could not be stopped in 2022, forecasting six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow during the annual spectacle at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney last February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to normal for the first time since 2020, thousands watched on as Phil popped out of his burrow at 7:25 a.m. to unseasonably warm 40-degree weather.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groundhog Day trivia:5 bizarre things you didn’t know about this quirky tradition in Pennsylvania<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shadow tradition explained<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day …?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tradition says Phil seeing his shadow is a sign that the next six weeks will bring wintry weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Phil doesn’t see his shadow, it means an early spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the early weather forecast is any indication, he will predict six more weeks of winter. (Which he usually does.)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where to watch Groundhog Day activities from Gobbler’s Knob<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To watch live, see below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be a live broadcast available on VisitPa’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can also be viewed on The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s Facebook page<\/a> and Punxsutawney Phil’s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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