The adventure into having a groundhog forecasting the weather became official in 1887 in Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania when a newspaper editor with an obsession with groundhogs declared that Phil, the Punxsutawney groundhog, was America’s only true weather-forecasting groundhog. And that is why Phil is the authority on weather today.
And just like our local meteorologists, groundhogs across North America are not in agreement today on whether spring will come soon or if there will be 6 more weeks of winter.
Check out these reports, including a battle in Pennsylvania:
Milltown Mel disagrees with his PA cousin, Punxsutawney Phil, saying we'll have an early spring. #GroundhogDay https://t.co/05Ge0zAlTr
— Len Melisurgo (@LensReality) February 2, 2017
????@OHBuckeyeChuck We didn't see our shadows... 6 more weeks of winter? ????☃
More Brutmoji fun: https://t.co/2jWjIA6ygt#GoBucks #GroundhogDay pic.twitter.com/hcPCjheloW
— Brutus Buckeye (@Brutus_Buckeye) February 2, 2017
#WiartonWillie calls for an early spring! ???? ???? Happy #GroundhogDay! pic.twitter.com/ocW3GGGdRK
— FASHION Magazine (@FashionCanada) February 2, 2017
Busy morning for weather-predicting rodents. Here are the #GroundHogDay results! Early summer predicted by 2 out of 3 Groundhogs! pic.twitter.com/jrIBgIExst
— Breakfast Television (@BT_Vancouver) February 2, 2017
West Virginia's French Creek Freddie also sees his shadow! Six more weeks of #winter ❄️ #GroundhogDay #FrenchCreekFreddie #spring ????
— Josh Fitzpatrick (@WSAZJoshFitz) February 2, 2017
UPDATE: Balzac Billy saw his shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter. #GroundhogDay https://t.co/iJK1T6NDj9
— Global Lethbridge (@GlobalLeth) February 2, 2017
Staten Island Chuck calls for an early spring, yay! #GroundhogDay #statenislandchuck #statenisland
— Jennifer Schlesinger (@jennyanne211) February 2, 2017
We have a shadow! Ms. G predicts 6 more weeks of winter. #massachusetts #groundhogday #wbz… https://t.co/N7LHGllnKo
— Pamela Gardner (@PamelaWBZ4) February 2, 2017
Happy #GroundhogDay! Both Punxsutawney Phil and Skids saw their shadow today...does that mean six more weeks of winter? ????❄️ pic.twitter.com/cO9pSj6SMx
— Skidmore College (@SkidmoreCollege) February 2, 2017
And a Super Bowl Prediction? These ground hogs want it all!
#Beau didn't limit his prognosticating to weather/climate. Here's his #SuperBowl prediction, too! #GroundhogDay pic.twitter.com/epKRzobrPO
— Joanne Feldman FOX 5 (@JoanneFOX5) February 2, 2017
Really Florida, REALLY!?!?
We don’t care what Phil in Pennsylvania says- it’s always summer in Florida! #GroundhogDay pic.twitter.com/1KKIDHbpH7
— Busch Gardens Tampa (@BuschGardens) February 2, 2017
We do like this version of Bill Murray on Groundhog's Day:
Six more weeks of winter? #GroundhogDay
At least #SpringTraining starts in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS! pic.twitter.com/9w1NqQ0YFX
— MLB (@MLB) February 2, 2017
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