The tradition of a groundhog predicting the weather has spanned centuries. Here is what you need to know about Punxsutawney Phil and Groundhog Day.

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The world’s most famous soothsaying groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, declared six more weeks of winter on Sunday Feb. 2, 2025. REUTERS Sunday marked Phil’s first Groundhog Day as a father.

Punxsutawney Phil marks 1st Groundhog Day as a father The groundhog and his partner Phyllis became parents of two in 2024.

On Groundhog Day, Sunday, Feb. 2, crowds headed to Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to find out what the famous groundhog would see when he emerged from his hole. Phil saw his shadow, meaning ...

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: "Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old," Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says.

Groundhog handler AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil after he saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter, during the 139th annual Groundhog Day festivities on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in ...

Punxsutawney Phil was back at it celebrating Groundhog Day with thousands in Pennsylvania on Sunday. So six more weeks of winter or early spring?

Punxsutawney Phil is the best-known groundhog who has been making predictions since 1886, according to Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. The Groundhog Day tradition as we know it dates to 1887.

Groundhog Day 2025 won't be as balmy as last year, but certainly much warmer than the coldest ever. February 2, 1976 holds that record when Dubois' temperature was 10 below zero for Phil's ...

Punxsutawney Phil revealed his 2025 Groundhog Day forecast on Sunday, Feb. 2, at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The small town, known as the “weather capital of the world ...