Prognostications for Groundhog Day 2018 Edition

Groundhog Day is here and the groundhogs and a white squirrel have made their prognostications.

Here is the list of the predictions from several groundhogs in the United States. Canada has several, but I ignored those because it's always winter in Canada. 

The most famous goundhog of them all, Punxsutawney Phil, of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania has predicted 6 more weeks of winter.

Macon Media takes the position of six more weeks of winter locally since it was sunny this morning on Main Street in Franklin.


Here is a list of the groundhogs who agree with him:

Mount Joy Minnie	Lancaster County, PA
Chimney Rock Greta	Chimney Rock, NC
General Beauregard Lee	Lilburn, GA
Dover Doug	Dover, DE
Jimmy the Groundhog	Sun Prairie, WI
Malverne Mel	Malverne, NY
Chattanooga Chuck	Chattanooga, TN
Buckeye Chuck	Marion, OH
French Creek Freddie	French Creek, WV

And here are the groundhogs who disagree with Phil and say we're in for an early spring:

Staten Island Chuck	Staten Island, NY
Sir Walter Wally	Raleigh, NC
Octorara, Orphie	Quarryville, PA
Holtsville Hal	Holtsville, NY
Dunkirk Dave	Dunkirk, NY

There were more ground hogs on a list I found, but I could not find what they've had to say. Brevard, NC has a White Squirrel called Pisgah Pete who agrees with the prediction of 6 more weeks of winter.


Until next year, stay safe and watch out for those groundhogs....you never know...one of them may be able to forecast the weather next groundhog day.


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Published at 11:05 am on February 2, 2018

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