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Groundhogs Around The World: Gertie the Groundhog

by Countdowntogroundhogday on January 15th, 2023

Learn more about Gertie the Groundhog, a Groundhog Day forecaster who lives at Wildlife Prairie Park in Illinois and has been predicting since 1993.[…]

Poppy the Groundhog could be named America’s Favorite Pet!

by Countdowntogroundhogday on October 14th, 2022

Poppy the Groundhog has made it to the semi-finals in the America’s Favorite Pet: Animal Kingdom online voting contest.[…]

Article claims “Groundhogs Do Not Make Good Meteorologists”

by Countdowntogroundhogday on February 3rd, 2022

An article from FiveThirtyEight, which uses data compiled by countdowntogroundhogday.com, claims that groundhogs are not great meteorologists. What do you think?[…]

Groundhogs Around The World: Dunkirk Dave

by Countdowntogroundhogday on January 20th, 2022

Dunkirk Dave has been predicting the weather since the mid-1960s. Learn more about this New York based groundhog.[…]

Groundhogs Around The World: Susquehanna Sherman

by Countdowntogroundhogday on November 6th, 2020

Since the mid 2000s, a stuffed groundhog named Susquehanna Sherman has been predicting the weather on Groundhog Day to an audience of two people in Pennsylvania.[…]

Winnipeg Wyn passes away

by Countdowntogroundhogday on September 1st, 2020

Sadly Winnipeg Wyn, the groundhog prognosticator who has predicted the weather at the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre for the last few years, passed away at the end of August. The news was shared via a post by the centre’s Facebook page.[…]

Groundhog Day cupcakes 2019

by Countdowntogroundhogday on February 3rd, 2019

We made Groundhog cupcakes yesterday for Groundhog Day again using this recipe. I think they came out a little better than last year.[…]

Groundhog cupcakes

by Countdowntogroundhogday on January 12th, 2019

For last Groundhog Day we made groundhog cupcakes using this recipe.[…]

Groundhogs Around The World: Raleigh’s Sir Walter Wally

by Countdowntogroundhogday on December 31st, 2018

Since 1998, the groundhog known as Sir Walter Wally has been forecasting the weather at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina. Every Groundhog Day there is a Shadow Ceremony on the Museum’s front steps with the mayor of Raleigh presiding as the “Groundhog Whisperer.”[…]

How old is Punxsutawney Phil? Pretty old.

by Countdowntogroundhogday on November 17th, 2018

Did you know that there has only ever been one Punxsutawney Phil? It’s true.[…]