Punxsutawney Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks of Winter

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Editorial Staff - February 3, 2022

As has been the tradition in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania dating back more than 136 years the world's most famous weather prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil made his appearance at sunrise on Wednesday February 2, 2022 while the anxious crowd (the largest ever, according to the Inner Circle of Punxsutawney Groundhog Club) at Gobbler's Knob awaited his appearance.

Legend has it that if Phil sees his shadow, it means that we have six more weeks of winter. If not, we are in for an early spring. Of course, regardless of Phil’s prediction, the first day of spring is still March 20.

Phil didn't fail the record crowd in the small Jefferson County town. During the annual festivities, with help from the leaders of the Inner Circle, Phil as is always the case popped out of a tree stump every Feb. 2 to make his prediction.

Phil's 2022 Prediction:

Well folks, drumroll please... Looks like it will be six more weeks of winter, as Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Wednesday morning. But not to worry.

Now let's take a quick look at his statistics shall we.

Here's a look at Phil's predictions from 1898-2021. In that time, he has seen his shadow 103 times — predicting six more weeks of winter.

Using Pennsylvania's average temperatures in February and March, he's been correct nearly 40% of the time. Not the most accurate meteorologist but how many times has your local weatherman or woman made a forecast that did not come to fruition? Just saying... We here at WeWon2020.com hope that you enjoyed this article as we took a short break from the hardcore news we normally report to share this enlightening story with you.