Sand Mountain Sam
Forecaster Type: Opossum
Location: Albertville, Alabama, United States
Description: Sand Mountain Sam is a possum who has predicted the weather every Groundhog Day since 1993 in Albertville, Alabama, for radio station 105.1 WGSB. Every year a new Sam is caught for the ceremony and then released back into the wild after they make their prediction. A small ceremony is held in the radio station parking lot and broadcast over the air, where the winner of the station's Possum Queen contest reads Sam's prediction.
Forecasting since: 1993
Location: Albertville, Alabama, United States
Description: Sand Mountain Sam is a possum who has predicted the weather every Groundhog Day since 1993 in Albertville, Alabama, for radio station 105.1 WGSB. Every year a new Sam is caught for the ceremony and then released back into the wild after they make their prediction. A small ceremony is held in the radio station parking lot and broadcast over the air, where the winner of the station's Possum Queen contest reads Sam's prediction.
Forecasting since: 1993
Groundhog Day 2025 Event information
| Date | Time | Location | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/02/25 | 7:45am CST | Old Mill Park | 10315 AL Hwy 168, Boaz, Alabama 35957 |
Sand Mountain Sam's Past Predictions
Early Spring : 84.62% (11 predictions)
Long Winter : 15.38% (2 predictions)
2024 Prediction: Early Spring
2023 Prediction: Early Spring
2022 Prediction: Early Spring
2021 Prediction: Early Spring
2020 Prediction: Early Spring
2019 Prediction: Early Spring
2018 Prediction: Early Spring
2017 Prediction: Early Spring
2016 Prediction: Early Spring
2015 Prediction: Early Spring
2014 Prediction: Long Winter
2013 Prediction: Long Winter
2012 Prediction: Early Spring
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