02/02/2024

On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil Predicts an Early Spring

Given the lack of cold weather and snow, this surprised few

The celebrated groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his Pennsylvania burrow on Friday and failed to see his shadow, a sign that the warmer temperatures of spring will arrive early in North America, according to folklore.

Thousands of revelers gathered at dawn in Punxsutawney, a small town northeast of Pittsburgh, to celebrate Groundhog Day and watch Phil make his way out of his tree stump to offer his annual weather forecast.

"What this weather did not provide is a shadow or reason to hide. Glad tidings on this Groundhog Day. An early spring is on the way," Phil's official "interpreter" read in a proclamation, as a round of cheers went up from the small crowd who witnessed the tongue-in-cheek event staged every Feb. 2 in the town.

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