Countdown to Groundhog Day in the Media

Countdown to Groundhog Day has been featured in the media over the years. Check out our ever growing list of apperances below.

Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People (Beautiful/Anonymous), Ep. 239 — Groundhog Day - (11/30/2020) - our founder called in to Chris Gethard's popular podcast and discussed Groundhog Day and groundhogs for almost an entire hour. This is widely considered an episode of the podcast!

Philadelphia Inquirer - Think Punxsutawney Phil is odd? These 16 Groundhog Day celebrations are even stranger - (2/1/2024) - This article focuses on several Groundhog Day forecasters who are not named Punxsutawney Phil. Countdown to Groundhog Day was used as a source for this article.

FiveThirtyEight - Groundhogs Do Not Make Good Meteorologists - (2/1/2022) - This article explores whether groundhogs are good at predicting the weather and uses data collected from Countdown to Groundhog Day to support their position.

Atlas Obscura - The Alternative Groundhogs Vying for Punxsutawney Phil's Weather Forecasting Job - (2/1/2023) - This article discusses the alternative Groundhog Day forecasters to Punxsutawney Phil. Countdown to Groundhog Day was used as a resource for this article.

InvestigateTV - Ducks, opossums and squirrels, oh my: Punxsutawney Phil isn’t alone making a 'wild guess' on Spring - (1/28/2025) - InvestigateTV used the data available on Countdown to Groundhog Day for prognosticators and their predictions, and determined how accurate these forecasters were over a 10-year period.

Philadelphia Inquirer - What happened to Punxsutawney Phil's Philly wife? - (2/1/2025) - We contacted friend of Countdown to Groundhog Day, Stephanie Farr, to let her know that one of Phil's previous wives, Philomena, had been provided by the Philadelphia Zoo back in the 1980s, and she did an investigation into what happened to this beloved groundhog.

WVIA - Pa. Dutch heritage celebrated on Groundhog Day in Schuylkill County - (2/3/2025) - We spoke to reporter Haley O'Brien prior to her visit to Grover the Groundhog and Sweet Arrow Sue's Groundhog Day 2025 ceremony.

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