Groundhog Day crowds returning to Punxsutawney, but options remain to watch Phil remotely

Renatta Signorini, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.
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Feb. 1—Pennsylvania's annual four-legged forecasting festivities will get underway early Tuesday in Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day.

Punxsutawney Phil will be joined by hundreds of onlookers at Gobbler's Knob who will learn firsthand if the groundhog casts a shadow in the small Jefferson County town. With help from the leaders of the Inner Circle of Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phil pops out of a tree stump every Feb. 2 to make his prediction.

A shadow brings a forecast of six more weeks of winter. No shadow means an early spring. Regardless of what Phil predicts, the first day of spring is March 20.

There are plenty of ways to tune in:

—a livestream at visitpa.com/live-stream-phils-prediction starts at 6 a.m.

—the prediction will be broadcast live at 7:15 a.m. at facebook.com/visitPA/ and youtube.com/c/visitpa.

Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather for more than 130 years, with the first event in 1886, according to the Groundhog Club. He has seen his shadow 103 times, including in 2021. An early spring was predicted in 2020 and 2019.

Renatta Signorini is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Renatta at 724-837-5374, rsignorini@triblive.com or via Twitter .