Groundhog Day 2025: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter.
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It's official: Six more weeks of winter are ahead, according to Punxsutawney Phil and his shadow.
The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, the group that organizes the annual winter spectacle and cares for Phil, brought him out of his den Sunday as the crowd watched and cameras beamed his image around the country. Phil communicated in "groundhogese" that he saw his shadow, the group reported, meaning we'd see winter hang around for a while.
Phil has been making forecasts since 1886, but the modern-day Groundhog Day began a year later. But the custom doesn't always result in accurate weather forecasting.
Here's a look at all of Punxsutawney Phil's weather prediction record.
NOAA grades Punxsutawney Phil's predictions
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Phil has a 35% overall accuracy rating over 135 years.
Of the 129 recorded times Phil has predicted the weather, he has now seen his shadow 108 times (or 84% of the time). His longest streak of seeing his shadow is 31 after he saw it every year from 1903 to 1933.
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NOAA predicts a warmer outlook for US
Climatologically speaking, the three coldest months of the year in the U.S. are December, January and February, so winter typically has a ways to go when the groundhog comes out.
NOAA released it temperature outlook for February, March and April and predicts warmer temperatures in the Northeast. The majority of the South and East could also see above-normal temperatures, according to NOAA. But the Northwest might encounter below-normal temperatures.
Where is Groundhog Day celebrated?
People flock to Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 2 every year to be a part of the celebrations revolving around Punxsutawney Phil's forecast.
The holiday stems from a centuries-old pagan and Christian tradition, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. It is also known as St. Brigid’s Day.
German settlers brought the tradition to America, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. But before they made the trek to America, they checked to see if a hedgehog saw its shadow, not a groundhog.
CONTRIBUTING Julia Gomez, Doyle Rice and Jim Sergent
SOURCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Punxsutawney Groundhog Club and Paste BN research
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