Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Predicts An Early Spring

NewsNation reports:

It’s Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil made his prediction on what the weather will be like for the next six weeks. Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow — presaging early springlike weather.

The expert groundhog made his annual winter weather forecast Friday at Gobbler’s Knob In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the scene of the country’s largest and most well-known Groundhog Day celebration.

About 10,000 people have made their way in recent years to Punxsutawney, where festivities begin in the dead of night and culminate in the midwinter forecast. Phil predicts more winter far more often than he sees an early spring, not a bad bet for February and March in western Pennsylvania.

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Punxsutawney Phil has made his prediction for 2024 Groundhog Day: There will be an early spring! https://t.co/fBhwusk3Vs

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