Benny the Bass has predicted an early spring for 2025, at Buckeye Lake’s Winterfest.
Benny’s prediction is based upon whether he eats a minnow within 3 minutes of their release in his tank. And eat a minnow Benny did, indicating that spring is on the way.
Benny’s prediction is the first of the Groundhog Day 2025 season, and always occurs on the final Saturday of January. Normally there are other predictions on this day, such as Buffalo Bert, Tinicum Tim, and Snohomish’s Snohomish Slew/Tad and Lil. However, since Groundhog Day falls on a Sunday this year, Buffalo Bert and Tinicum Tim are offering their predictions the day before, on February 1st, and Snohomish has seemingly ended their long-running GroundFrog Day celebration.
As always, we’re keeping track of the predictions for this Groundhog Day. If you want to see when all of the other prognostications will take place, check out our list of Groundhog Day 2025 events.