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Groundhog Day 2022: Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter

PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA—It’s official.  At 7:25 a.m. ET on Tuesday morning, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow and predicted that there would be six more weeks of winter.

The popular Groundhog Day tradition, which is celebrated in the United States and in Canada, derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day sees its shadow due to clear weather, it will retreat to its den and winter will persist for six more weeks; but if it does not see its shadow because of cloudiness, spring will arrive early.

According to records dating back to 1887, Phil has predicted winter more than 100 times, according to the Associated Press. Ten years were lost because no records were kept.

Below is Tuesday’s full proclamation from the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club:

Here ye, here ye, here ye,

Today, 2-2-22, welcome to Punxsutawney to celebrate Groundhog Day. the one hundred thirty sixth annual trek of the Punxsutawney groundhog club.

Punxsutawney phil, the seer of seers, the prognosticator of all prognosticators, was gently lifted from his burrow at 7:25 am, and held high to see. His faithful followers had returned with glee!

Placing phil on top of the stump, where in Groundhogese, he directed the president, Jeff Lundy, and the inner circle to his prediction scroll that reads:

Winter has been bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet winter is just another step in the cycle of life

As I look out over the faces of the true believers from around the world, I bask in the warmth of your hearts.

I couldn’t imagine a better fate, with my shadow I have cast, than a long and lustrous six more weeks of winter.

[Photo via Pixabay]

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