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It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow, spring will arrive early. In 2024, an early spring was predicted.

Punxsutawney Phil has made his prediction for 2024 Groundhog Day: There will be an early spring!

Which means early spring!” This was the third year in a row, little Willie did not see his shadow, leading to the prediction of an early spring. You can be judge as to how accurate that forecast has been. 1:40 Groundhog Day 2024: Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring!

The Pennsylvania group that handles Phil, and his groundhog wife, Phyllis, says the couple have become parents. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club said in a Facebook post Wednesday that Phyllis recently gave birth to two healthy babies. It did not specify their sex or give names for either one.

Flood the tunnel with water.

Put the end of your garden hose into one of the entrance holes for the tunnel, and turn your water on. As water fills the tunnel, the groundhogs will leave the burrow so they don't drown.

Lifespan: In the wild, groundhogs can live up to six years with two or three being average. In captivity, groundhogs reportedly live up to 14 years. Breeding: Groundhogs tend to be solitary except in the spring when a litter of four to six young are born.

How old is Phil the Groundhog? According to the club that cares for him, Phil has been making predictions since 1886, which would make him 138. The site also says Punxsutawney Phil gets "longevity from drinking the elixir of life, a secret recipe."

Learning about the tradition of Groundhog Day

The animal prognosticator has been at it since the 1880s. Records kept by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club show Phil has predicted 108 continued winters and only 21 early springs as of 2024. According to the Stormfax Almanac, that works out to a 39% accuracy rate for Phil.

How many "Phils" have there been over the years? There has only been one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions since 1886! Punxsutawney Phil gets his longevity from drinking the "elixir of life," a secret recipe.

But there's still hope for people who love winter: more than 300 kilometres away in Barrington, N.S., a very different animal made a very different prediction. Lucy the Lobster, a six-pound, 25-year-old crustacean, crawled out of the ocean and immediately saw her shadow, meaning winter will last another six weeks.

What did Balzac Billy say 2024? ›

"Generally when the cold comes back after this time, it's usually not as intensely cold, it also doesn't last as long so there is some hope we are starting to see winter wind down but it's not over." Alberta's Balzac Billy is predicting six more weeks of winter for 2024.

The original Wiarton Willie lived to the advanced age of 22, and was found dead only two days before Groundhog Day in 1999.

Phil lives in the zoo, at the civic center in the central park of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania in his burrow, according to Philliber. The library is close to the zoo, and in the children's section of the library, there is a window where Phil can be viewed.

Baby groundhogs go by several names. They can be called pups, kits, and cubs. Groundhogs usually give birth to litters with around three to six pups, though they can occasionally give birth to 10 young in some litters. Adult groundhogs are also called woodchucks and even whistlepigs.

It's been the same Punxsutawney Phil for all 137 years of the tradition, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. That's over 15 times longer than the upper end of a groundhog's typical lifespan. That's an old groundhog.

(CBS) -- Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow on Groundhog Day 2024, meaning an early spring is on the way. Like most Feb. 2s in the past 137 years, crowds gathered at Gobbler's Knob to hear Punxsutawney Phil make his prediction.

If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring. Are the predictions made in advance? No! Phil's forecasts are not made in advance by the Inner Circle.

SARDIS CITY, Ala. (WHNT) — North Alabama's Groundhog Day mascot, Sand Mountain Sam, did not see his shadow! Early Friday morning in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, predicting an early spring for Americans.