It's counterintuitive, but spring weather is usually pretty overcast and grey, which is what this comes from I think. You can get more of the lore on this page: https://groundhog-day.com/history-of-groundhog-day

Here's a quote:

> Spring weather can be pretty miserable — oftentimes it’s grey and rainy and wet — whereas the middle of winter has plenty of bright, clear days where it is insensibly cold outside. Essentially, the Candlemas prediction assumes that overcast weather is a harbinger of spring, whereas a clear day means you’re still in the thick of winter.

:( seconded

Sorry they did you dirty, bro. I interpreted this as sarcasm.

The rabbit hole goes far down, my friend

I know, he doesn’t let Ottawa tell him what to do.

Same here! I showed this to some colleagues and we spent 20 mins talking about it. Great ice breaker, which is handy mid-Feb

It’s on the site! https://groundhog-day.com/groundhogs/staten-island-chuck

“Groundhog” is more like a job title than a formal designation

In Canada, our famous-est groundhog is called "Wiarton Willie", so we already live in a multi-groundhog reality. Once you've gone that far, what's another 60+?

Weather is regional, so your local groundhog should be your preferred source of misleading weather info!

Hi all, I know I am a day late here, but I got a suggestion to post this here from a comment I made in another subreddit.

GROUNDHOG-DAY.com is a hobby project I put together over the last year, it's meant to be pretty minimal but groundhogs are serious business:

- See all the little guys (here's an example of one of my faves, the prognosticating frog)

- See predictions in 2023 (or all years)

- Explore the Groundhog Map

Had a lot of fun making the site, hope you enjoy looking through it!

I asked on reddit here about what map library I should use a few weeks ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/Frontend/comments/zutb4l/recommendationadvice_for_embeddable_maps/

I started off thinking I would use Google maps, but then pivoted to Leaflet. I really liked Leaflet in the end, easy to get started with and enough StackOverflow answers that I could figure out how to get it to behave how I wanted. If you have any specific questions about the code, DM me.

It's my first time doing any development with a map, but I would use Leaflet again for sure.

There is a really good podcast episode about this from Canadaland:

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/750-dead-willies/

Totally worth a listen even though it's from last year.

This year's prediction is hilarious. The mayor looks like he's waist deep in snow all by himself: https://county10.com/forget-groundhogs-this-february-2-lander-lils-2023-prediction-is/

It's counterintuitive, but spring weather is usually pretty overcast and grey, which is what this comes from I think.

> Spring weather can be pretty miserable — oftentimes it’s grey and rainy and wet — whereas the middle of winter has plenty of bright, clear days where it is insensibly cold outside. Essentially, the Candlemas prediction assumes that overcast weather is a harbinger of spring, whereas a clear day means you’re still in the thick of winter.

I honestly thought it was half/half, so you are closer to the truth than I was.

idk, Phil isn't even that good at weather predicting — I doubt he would be able to manage an organized crime ring.

In practice, I think it means that if the sun is out it will see its shadow. You can get more of the lore on this page: https://groundhog-day.com/history-of-groundhog-day

Thanks! That's 100% non-AI-generated content right there, just me finding the best articles and descriptions on Google and stitching them together. I think they are generally very funny to read through so it's good to hear some positive feedback!

Groundhog Day is a North American holiday where groundhogs predict the arrival of spring. According to tradition, if a groundhog sees its shadow on February 2nd, it means six more weeks of winter. No shadow means an early spring.

Good catch! I have updated and we should be all good now. Thanks!!

You can basically have a person do the interpretation. Here's one that happened this morning: https://twitter.com/MparkCarp/status/1621186521280745475

Phil is a huge winter-stan: https://groundhog-day.com/groundhogs/punxsutawney-phil/predictions

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It's like 85% of his predictions

There are like 13 predicting groundhogs in Pennsylvania though, don't let Phil hog all the limelight: https://groundhog-day.com/groundhogs