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Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring: These Other Oracle Animals Agreed (2024)

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Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring: These Other Oracle Animals Agreed? ›

Fellow groundhogs Staten Island Chuck, Washington D.C.'s Potomac Phil and Georgia's General Beauregard "Beau" Lee agreed with Punxsutawney Phil and did not see their shadow Friday morning.

What did Punxsutawney Phil predict for spring? ›

Punxsutawney Phil has made his prediction for 2024 Groundhog Day: There will be an early spring! Thousands gathered to attend the annual event that exploded in popularity after the 1993 Bill Murray movie, "Groundhog Day."

What animal predicts early spring? ›

It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow, spring will arrive early. In 2024, an early spring was predicted.

What animal is more accurate than Punxsutawney Phil? ›

Phil is not the only animal that makes predictions about the state of the winter, there are others. Stats show Fufu the hedgehog from Oregon has a 53% accuracy for predicting how the rest of the winter will shape up. Buckeye Chuck, Ohio's state groundhog, is on track 75% of the time.

What does it mean when the groundhog predicts an early spring? ›

According to the tradition, if the Pennsylvanian groundhog sees his shadow on February 2, winter will last for six more weeks. If he doesn't, spring is around the corner—and, the researchers found, the market gets a boost.

What did Phil predict for 2024? ›

Is an early spring on the way? New York City's Staten Island Chuck and other prognosticating groundhogs agreed with Punxsutawney Phil's prediction. Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow in a ceremony Friday morning at Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania. Per tradition, that means he's predicting an early spring.

What did Punxsutawney predict for 2024? ›

Punxsutawney Phil Predicts an Early Spring in 2024.

Who is Punxsutawney Phil's rival? ›

Most people know the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, especially after his star turn in the Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day, but not as many people are aware of his rival: Staten Island Chuck.

Who is more accurate Phil or Chuck? ›

According to his supporters, Buckeye Chuck has a 75% success rate in predicting the weather, while the most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, is right about 40% of the time, according to The Marion Star.

What kind of animal correctly predicted? ›

Paul the Octopus (26 January 2008 – 26 October 2010) was a common octopus who predicted the results of international association football matches. Accurate predictions in the 2010 World Cup brought him worldwide attention as an animal oracle.

How long can a groundhog live? ›

Lifespan: In the wild, groundhogs can live up to six years with two or three being average. In captivity, groundhogs reportedly live up to 14 years. Breeding: Groundhogs tend to be solitary except in the spring when a litter of four to six young are born.

How many times has Punxsutawney been wrong? ›

Learning about the tradition of Groundhog Day

The animal prognosticator has been at it since the 1880s. Records kept by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club show Phil has predicted 108 continued winters and only 21 early springs as of 2024. According to the Stormfax Almanac, that works out to a 39% accuracy rate for Phil.

Is Punxsutawney Phil a myth? ›

Frequently Asked Questions. Who are all the other weather predicting animals? Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just impostors.

Is there 6 weeks of winter 2024? ›

Phil did not see his shadow on Friday, ending a three-year streak of predicting six more weeks of winter.

How often is Punxsutawney Phil correct? ›

Though he has apparently seen his shadow in 84% of his predictions, Phil has been right only about 39% of the time, according to the Stormfax Weather Almanac.

Is Groundhog Day a real day? ›

Groundhog Day, in the United States and Canada, day (February 2) on which the emergence of the groundhog (woodchuck) from its burrow is said to foretell the weather for the following six weeks.

How accurate is the groundhog in predicting spring? ›

Records kept by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club show Phil has predicted 108 continued winters and only 21 early springs as of 2024. According to the Stormfax Almanac, that works out to a 39% accuracy rate for Phil. In the near term, the groundhog's accuracy rate is slightly worse.

How accurate is the groundhog predicting springs? ›

Phil's accuracy rate over the time period was 36%. Overall, the Stormfax Almanac says, Phil has only been right 39% of the time going back to his first recorded prediction in 1887.

Did groundhog see its shadow 2024? ›

(CBS) -- Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow on Groundhog Day 2024, meaning an early spring is on the way. Like most Feb. 2s in the past 137 years, crowds gathered at Gobbler's Knob to hear Punxsutawney Phil make his prediction.

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