Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When German immigrants came to the United States, they brought a weather-predicting tradition with them. According to German lore, ...

The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club says that when Phil is deemed to have not seen his shadow, that means there will be an early ...

Tens of thousands of people are gathering for Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog that lives in a tree stump, to predict if the ...

But the song didn't mention an animal. That came later when the Germans started using a hedgehog. According to German lore, if the hedgehog saw his shadow on Candlemas Day, there would be a "second ...

As we approach March and the first day of spring on March 20, will it come "In like a lion out like a lamb", and will we have ...

For the 140th time, the country's official groundhog predicted the changing of the seasons in the early morning.

Uni the groundhog took his yearly trip down the Tulpehocken Creek in Myerstown on Monday, Feb. 2, before giving his ...

Each February, crowds gather at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania to watch Punxsutawney Phil predict the weather. In 2026, the ...

Two New Jersey groundhogs — and a turtle — made predictions today about whether our brutally cold winter will last another six weeks or if we will get some relief with an early spring. Stonewall ...

In a tradition synonymous with early February in America: a furry forecaster in Pennsylvania tells chilly people all over the nation if spring will come early, or if they’ll have to endure six more ...

Aside from Punxsutawney Phil, dozens more groundhogs around the country cast their predictions for 2026. See what they think.