{"id":140100,"date":"2025-02-02T20:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T13:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140100"},"modified":"2025-02-02T20:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T13:08:01","slug":"did-punxsutawney-phil-see-his-shadow-or-is-an-early-spring-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140100","title":{"rendered":"Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow or is an early spring on the way?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-brdreuq47bg1kuon\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37588483529\/320\/179\/3un4aq525rhcngm1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37588483529\/640\/358\/3un4aq525rhcngm1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37588483529\/768\/432\/3un4aq525rhcngm1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37588483529\/1536\/864\/3un4aq525rhcngm1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37588483529\/992\/558\/3un4aq525rhcngm1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37588483529\/1984\/1116\/3un4aq525rhcngm1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37588483529\/992\/558\/3un4aq525rhcngm1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Thousands of people gathered in Pennsylvania on Sunday, waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to awake and hint at more winter or an early spring. So, the important question - Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow this year?\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Thousands of people gathered in Pennsylvania on Sunday, waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to awake and hint at more winter or an early spring. So, the important question &#8211; Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow this year?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.<\/strong> \u2013 Crowds gathered in Pennsylvania on Sunday, waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to awake and hint at more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/winter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winter<\/a> or an early spring.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>sun<\/u><\/a> rose above Gobbler&#8217;s Knob in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/pennsylvania\/punxsutawney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Punxsutawney<\/u><\/a>, Pennsylvania, at 7:24 a.m. EST Sunday, kicking off the annual tradition of looking to a woodchuck for signs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/spring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">As Phil emerged from his winter slumber, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woodchuck<\/a> stood up on a stump and saw his shadow. As the legend goes, Phil&#8217;s prognostication indicates Americans are in for six more weeks of winter.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Sunday marked the 139th anniversary of the groundhog prognosticator&#8217;s tradition, which has been happening since the 1880s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/288\/162\/GettyImages-1238133696.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/576\/324\/GettyImages-1238133696.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/720\/405\/GettyImages-1238133696.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1440\/810\/GettyImages-1238133696.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/668\/376\/GettyImages-1238133696.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1336\/752\/GettyImages-1238133696.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/668\/376\/GettyImages-1238133696.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Crowds Gather To See Punxsutawney Phil On Groundhog Day In Pennsylvania\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">FILE: Groundhog handler AJ Derume holds Punxsutawney Phil, who saw his shadow, predicting a late spring during the 136th annual Groundhog Day festivities on February 2, 2022 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Photo by Jeff Swensen\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The tradition of celebrating Groundhog Day started as a Christian holiday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Pennsylvania<\/u><\/a> Germans began celebrating it in the late 1880s by eating groundhogs, hunting and having picnics.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">While the woodchuck&#8217;s prediction is a celebrated tradition, Phil does not usually get the forecast right, with only a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/how-accurate-is-punxsutawney-phil-really\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>39% accuracy rate<\/u><\/a>. 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