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International Business Times
International Business Times
Marvie Basilan

Groundhog Day: Is Punxsutawney Phil Accurate? His Forecaster Ranking Will Shock You

Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog Day Chuck NOAA
Groundhog Day has been celebrated since the 1880s. (Credit: Latin Times)

KEY POINTS

  • Phil made his winter prediction Sunday to a large crowd in Pennsylvania
  • The NOAA's ranking of Groundhog Day prognosticators puts Phil in third-to-last spot
  • Staten Island Chuck of New York has a much higher accuracy rate than Phil

Groundhog Day 2025 has just passed, and all eyes were on Punxsutawney Phil, whose winter predictions came through after he was pulled out of his warm burrow at the Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania Sunday morning.

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