Uni

Forecaster Type: Taxidermy mount Groundhog

Location: Myerstown, Pennsylvania, United States

Description: Uni, a taxidermy mounted groundhog, has been predicting the weather since 1981 in a celebration organized by Union Kanaal Grundsau Lodsch No. 17 of Eastern Lebanon County (Nummer Siwwezeh am Union Kanaal). Early on Groundhog Day, Uni is placed on a boat in the Tulpehocken Creek, once part of the Union Canal, and is pulled down the water by members of the Groundhog Lodge. After his voyage on the creek, one of the members of the Lodge interprets Uni's prediction in Pennsylvania Dutch, and another member translates the Pennsylvania Dutch into English, letting the crowd know whether Uni saw his shadow or not. If Groundhog Day falls on a Sunday, Uni gives his prediction on the day before, since he is a church-going groundhog.

First forecast: 1981

Events:2022

Uni's Past Predictions

2025 Prediction: Long Winter
2024 Prediction: Early Spring
2023 Prediction: Long Winter
2022 Prediction: Early Spring
2021 Prediction: No Prediction
2020 Prediction: Long Winter
2019 Prediction: Long Winter
2018 Prediction: Long Winter
2017 Prediction: Early Spring
2016 Prediction: Long Winter
2015 Prediction: Long Winter
2014 Prediction: Long Winter
2013 Prediction: Long Winter
2012 Prediction: Long Winter
2011 Prediction: Long Winter
2010 Prediction: Early Spring
2009 Prediction: Long Winter
2008 Prediction: Early Spring
2007 Prediction: Long Winter
2006 Prediction: Long Winter
2005 Prediction: Long Winter
2004 Prediction: Long Winter
2003 Prediction: Long Winter
2002 Prediction: Long Winter
2001 Prediction: Long Winter
2000 Prediction: Long Winter
1999 Prediction: Early Spring
1998 Prediction: Long Winter
1997 Prediction: Long Winter
1996 Prediction: Early Spring
1995 Prediction: Long Winter
1994 Prediction: Long Winter
1992 Prediction: Long Winter
1991 Prediction: Early Spring
1990 Prediction: Early Spring
1985 Prediction: Long Winter

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