Legendary weather prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow early Thursday morning and saw his shadow, which means that there will be six more weeks of winter.
It was a chilly Groundhog Day morning in Punxsutawney, Pa., when Phil emerged at 7:22 a.m., with temperatures around 12 degrees F being reported at the time.
Every year on Feb. 2, a crowd of thousands of faithful followers converges on this small town in western Pennsylvania and eagerly awaits for this famous prognosticating groundhog to emerge from his burrow at Gobbler's Knob.
Since making his first prediction in 1887, Phil has been right only 39% of the time, according to the Stormfax Weather Almanac. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information also ran its own study from 2012 to 2021 and determined that Phil was right only 40% of the time.
While Phil has predicted a longer winter 107 times, he's predicted an early start to spring only 20 times. Additionally, there were nine years when there was no record of Phil's prognostication.
