who each year is said to meet with the president of Concord University and share his forecast, according to the website groundhog-day.com. While Charlie's predictions have been accurate 65% of the ...

OTHER ANIMALS THAT WEIGH IN ON THE FORECAST ON GROUNDHOG DAY In determining the accuracy of Punxsutawney Phil, NOAA compared national temperatures in the six weeks after Feb. 2 over the last 10 years.

there’s a tradition of groundhog clubs and celebrations that are independent of Phil. Some dismiss the Punxsutawney event as an unworthy rival to their own festivities, which they say forecast more ...

"Although he is not the most accurate seasonal prognosticator, we would be remiss not to honor the longest-running weather-forecasting groundhog in the United States, Punxsutawney Phil," NOAA wrote.

So whatever is forecast this Groundhog Day may not be entirely accurate, if history repeats itself. 15 July is St Swithin’s Day – supposedly an important day if you have plans for a long hot ...

Others include Olesya the groundhog, who lives in the Nizhny Novgorod zoo, and Businka the bear from Chelyabinsk. Businka’s forecasts tended to be 90-percent accurate. Groundhog Day is ...