Punxsutawney Phil, seen here in 2012, predicted another six weeks of winter when he saw his shadow Monday morning. File Photo by George M Powers/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 2 (UPI) — Famed Pennsylvania groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Monday morning, predicting six more weeks of winter.
Phil was pulled from his burrow Monday morning at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney and his prognostications were interpreted by a man in a tuxedo and top hat in front of a crowd of thousands of onlookers.
The man revealed Phil had seen his shadow, predicting winter will last another six weeks.
A study released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2025 revealed Phil has had an accuracy rate of only about 35% in the past couple decades.
Staten Island Chuck, who the NOAA study named as the most accurate weather-predicting groundhog with an accuracy rate of 85%, concurred with Punxsutawney Phil during his own Monday morning ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo.
