The tradition started in 1887 at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania with a groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil. Eventually, in 1999, Michigan found its own groundhog to make predictions, ...
This winter has been harsh, especially in the Midwest and East Coast, but in just a couple weeks, on Groundhog Day, we'll find out if we're going to find out we're going to have an extra long winter.
Groundhog Day is near and the excitement is building ... where people can log in to watch at the crack of dawn. See the live stream early morning on February 2 here. According to NOAA ...
The first official Groundhog Day was Feb. 2, 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Groundhog Day is rooted in the Christian holiday Candlemas, which is the midway point between the winter solstice ...