Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund'sau dåk, Grundsaudaag, Grundsow Dawg, Murmeltiertag; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia: Daks Day) [1] [2] [3] is a tradition observed regionally in the United States and Canada on February 2 of every year. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow, it will retreat to its den ...

1 day ago · PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — The crowd started piling into Gobbler's Knob at 3 a.m. on Sunday, happy to wait more than four hours in freezing cold to see the celebrity groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerge ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Punxsutawney, PA – All eyes will be on Pennsylvania February 2, 2025, to learn if we’ll have six more weeks of winter or an early spring. Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phill will emerge again for the 139th year to share his “prognostication” with the world.This event unites people of all ages and backgrounds to …

3 days ago · On Groundhog Day in 2020, Neil Adamski, 11, Suzanne Stephenson, Holly Adamski, 13, and Mark Adamski, from Syracuse, N.Y., came to Punxsutawney, Pa., after months of preparation to join in the ...

3 days ago · While Groundhog Day is Feb. 2, celebrations in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania begin Feb. 1. Punxsutawney is located between Route 422 and Interstate 80 in Western Pennsylvania south of Erie, north of ...

1 day ago · The origins of Groundhog Day date back to German settlers in the 1800s and the celebration of the Christian festival of Candlemas, held on Feb. 2, the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and ...

3 days ago · Groundhog Club co-handler A.J. Dereume, left, places Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, in his carrying capsule, during the 133rd celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s .J.Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019.

2 days ago · The film was shot mostly in Woodstock, Ill., but for Punxsutawney, Pa., "Groundhog Day was really off to the races at that point," Dereume says. The event exploded, he says, from crowds of 3,000 to 5,000 people to 30,000 to 40,000 — a massive influx for Punxsutawney, where the U.S. Census Bureau lists a population of about 5,600.

The Official Website of Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil’s Prognostications have drawn the attention and praise of thousands of his faithful followers who now flock to Gobblers Knob each year from around the world.

What is Groundhog Day? In Punxsutawney, 1886 marked the first time that Groundhog Day appeared in the local newspaper. The following year brought the first official trek to Gobbler’s Knob.