Freas is credited with starting the holiday on Feb. 2, 1886, after he wrote an article in the Punxsutawney Spirit that claimed the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil could predict the weather.

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The world's most famous groundhog has a chilly message: the legendary weather predictor Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, signaling six more weeks of winter It’s Groundhog Day, and all eyes are ...

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Sunday ...

Groundhog Day 2025 will be celebrated around 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2. At sunrise, Punxsutawney Phil will leave his burrow and look for his shadow for the 139th time, according to groundhog.org ...

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.

Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating groundhog, attends the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa. on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Phil’s handlers said that the groundhog … ...

Ohio's Buckeye Chuck—and his Pennsylvania counterpart who gets more publicity, Punxsutawney Phil—will emerge from their burrows on Sunday to tell us if we can expect an early spring or six ...

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 ...

Punxsutawney Phil made another key weather prediction on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2 -- the first year he did so as a parent.. The famous groundhog and his partner Phyllis welcomed two baby groundhogs ...

After 364 days of preparation, Punxsutawney Phil's big day arrived on Feb. 2, Groundhog Day. The furry prognosticator came out of his stump at Gobbler's Knob at 7:15 a.m. local time and predicted ...