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Groundhog Day 2018: Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Source: York Daily Record
Groundhog Day 2018: Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Joel Shannon, York (Pa.) Daily Record Published 1:10 a.m. ET Feb. 2, 2018 | Updated 8:11 a.m. ET Feb. 2, 2018
YORK, Pa. — The results of Groundhog Day 2018 are in: According to legend, we're in for six more weeks of winter because Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. That's in spite of forecasts that predicted a cloudy, shadow-less morning.
The Pennsylvania groundhog isn't the only weather-predicting rodent in this quirky American tradition, but he is the most famous. And according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, his opinion is the only one that matters.
He's not always right. But he's always popular.
Meanwhile, across state lines in New Jersey, Milltown Mel predicted an early spring.
At 7:25 a.m. Eastern time on a hill outside Punxsutawney, Pa., known as Gobbler's Knob, the seemingly immortal Phil — the same rodent who launched the tradition in 1887, if you believe his handlers — looked for his shadow.
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Joel Shannon, York (Pa.) Daily Record Published 1:10 a.m. ET Feb. 2, 2018 | Updated 8:11 a.m. ET Feb. 2, 2018
YORK, Pa. — The results of Groundhog Day 2018 are in: According to legend, we're in for six more weeks of winter because Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. That's in spite of forecasts that predicted a cloudy, shadow-less morning.
The Pennsylvania groundhog isn't the only weather-predicting rodent in this quirky American tradition, but he is the most famous. And according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, his opinion is the only one that matters.
He's not always right. But he's always popular.
Meanwhile, across state lines in New Jersey, Milltown Mel predicted an early spring.
At 7:25 a.m. Eastern time on a hill outside Punxsutawney, Pa., known as Gobbler's Knob, the seemingly immortal Phil — the same rodent who launched the tradition in 1887, if you believe his handlers — looked for his shadow.
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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/02/groundhog-day-2018/1088175001/
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