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How accurate are Punxsutawney Phil's weather predictions? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ranked the furry marmot's skills against other beloved weather-predicting critters.
The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting above-average temperatures across the southern part of the country in its 6- to 10-day temperature outlook, while average ...
Punxsutawney Phil's stump door is seen in the pre-dawn hours of the 136th Groundhog Day, held annually to try to predict the end of winter, at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S ...
The Inner Circle, in keeping with the suspension of disbelief, claims a 100% accuracy rate, and an approximately 80% accuracy rate in recorded predictions. They claim that whenever the prediction is wrong, the person in charge of translating the message must have made a mistake in their interpretation.
The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States first occurred in German communities in Pennsylvania, according to known records. The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is an entry on February 2, 1840, in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, according to the book on the subject by Don Yoder. This was a ...
Predictions for each edition are made as far as two years in advance. The U.S. retail edition of the Farmers' Almanac contains weather predictions for 7 U.S. climatic zones, defined by the publishers, in the continental United States, broken into 3-day intervals. Seasonal maps and summaries for each season are also shared in each new edition ...
Phil's accuracy was just 35% from 2005 to 2024, according to data compiled by NOAA. However, last year's declaration of an early spring was a pretty accurate prediction.
Phil’s prediction comes on the heels of some of the most extreme winter weather in recent memory. Last month was the coldest January on record in the U.S. since 2014, and Jan. 21 was the second ...