Punxsutawney Phil once again made his Groundhog Day prediction on Friday and, after not seeing his shadow, declared that we are in for an early spring.
The Groundhog — who’s famously been making predictions since 1887 about how long winter will last — emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania, and in front of the crowd of fans, predicted things are about to warm up.
“Glad tidings on this Groundhog Day. An early spring is on the way,” a proclamation was read out at Gobbler’s Knob, thrilling the crowd.
However, we took a look at just how often the furry prognosticator gets it right against the U.S. National Temperature and we were surprised to learn that it’s not too many times.
In fact, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration went back and looked at the times Phil saw his shadow predicting 6 more weeks of winter and the times he didn’t and he’s only been right…
