Every time of year on February 2.
Of course he has!
The Groundhog Day ceremony held at Punxsutawney in western Pennsylvania has become the most frequently attended ceremony.
Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog, has been predicting weather on Groundhog Day since 1887. According to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phil's accuracy rate is often cited as around 39% to 40%. This means that while he has a fun cultural significance, his predictions are not particularly reliable when it comes to forecasting the arrival of spring.
Yes it was predicted correct. More than five news stations said that it (the groundhog)was going to see it's shadow and it did
24 hours
Groundhog Day is a fun tradition. It has no basis in fact, but it is a fun sort of tradition. It could have been any animal, but why not let the groundhog have a claim to one day of the year?
For 2011, no, which means "spring is right around the corner." :-)
A groundhog would hog as much ground as a groundhog COULD if a groundhog could hog ground.
According to the StormFax Almanac the groundhog's seasonal forecasting accuracy is somewhat low. Punxsutawney Phil's winter prognostications have been correct only 39% of the time.
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can a groundhog swim
Punxsutawney is the city in Pennsylvania where the groundhog, Puxsutawney Phil, resides.