{"id":62063,"date":"2026-02-01T19:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=62063"},"modified":"2026-02-01T19:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:26:00","slug":"groundhog-day-2026-february-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/02\/01\/groundhog-day-2026-february-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundhog Day 2026 February 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"92b5b0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #92b5b0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/licensed-image.webp?resize=270%2C270&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62064 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/licensed-image.webp?w=270&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/licensed-image.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/licensed-image.webp?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Groundhog Day 2026 is happening in\u00a0Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, at Gobbler&#8217;s Knob\u00a0on February 2nd, where the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will emerge at sunrise to predict the arrival of spring, with events kicking off February 1st.\u00a0You can also watch livestreams from organizations like the\u00a0Pennsylvania Tourism Office\u00a0and the\u00a0Farmers&#8217; Almanac.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"b1a6a0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg.webp?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62065 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b1a6a0; width:430px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg.webp?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg.webp?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg.webp?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key Details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0February 2, 2026 (celebrations start February 1st).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Gobbler&#8217;s Knob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Who:<\/strong>\u00a0Punxsutawney Phil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0Phil&#8217;s prediction for more winter (sees shadow) or an early spring (no shadow).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to Watch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In Person:<\/strong>\u00a0Head to Gobbler&#8217;s Knob in Punxsutawney (free to attend).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Online:<\/strong>\u00a0Look for live streams from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/weather\/2026\/01\/31\/when-is-groundhog-day-2026-punxsutawney-phil-what-happens-shadow\/88434112007\/\">The Oklahoman<\/a>, The Morning Call, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=af25f58d0793347a&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS914US914&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n4HKpGREx-DdBIPh8piU2ZP7pVnlA:1769988725150&amp;q=Pennsylvania+Tourism+Office&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwigguDpubmSAxVqQjABHUhRLwsQxccNegQIfRAC\">Pennsylvania Tourism Office<\/a>,\u00a0or the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=af25f58d0793347a&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS914US914&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n4HKpGREx-DdBIPh8piU2ZP7pVnlA:1769988725150&amp;q=Farmers%27+Almanac+website&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwigguDpubmSAxVqQjABHUhRLwsQxccNegQIfRAD\">Farmers&#8217; Almanac website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groundhog Day 2026 is happening in\u00a0Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, at Gobbler&#8217;s Knob\u00a0on February 2nd, where the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will emerge at sunrise to predict the arrival of spring, with events&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"17","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL2xpY2Vuc2VkLWltYWdlLndlYnA_Zml0PTI3MCUyQzI3MCZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6Ikdyb3VuZGhvZyBEYXkgMjAyNiBGZWJydWFyeSAybmQiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.R5J7bCQgGoS7iRQRt6scC_tXwYmzogGbaq5xuim-upUMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":62064,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/licensed-image.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[13454],"class_list":["post-62063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-and-world-news","tag-groundhog-day-2026-february-2nd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62066,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62063\/revisions\/62066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}