Essex Ed
Essex Ed was a groundhog at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey, who predicted the weather on Groundhog Day from 1997 until his retirement in 2021.
A small ceremony was usually held involving Ed's prognostication, which was attended by a few hundred people and the local media. If Ed saw his shadow during the ceremony, that meant there would be a long winter. If not, there would be an early spring.
Ed would occasionally predict the winner of the Super Bowl if Groundhog Day fell before it.
Ed was superseded by his niece Lady Edwina of Essex.
Essex Ed's Past Predictions
Long Winter : 58.82% (10 predictions)
Early Spring : 41.18% (7 predictions)
2021 Prediction: Early Spring
2020 Prediction: Long Winter
2019 Prediction: Early Spring
2018 Prediction: Early Spring
2017 Prediction: Long Winter
2016 Prediction: No Prediction
2015 Prediction: Long Winter
2014 Prediction: Long Winter
2013 Prediction: Early Spring
2012 Prediction: Early Spring
2011 Prediction: Long Winter
2010 Prediction: Long Winter
2009 Prediction: Early Spring
2005 Prediction: Long Winter
2004 Prediction: Long Winter
2003 Prediction: Early Spring
1998 Prediction: Long Winter
1997 Prediction: Long Winter
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