On 2/2/2025 2:25 PM, JAB wrote:
Punxsutawney Phil's winter predictions are in
Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog weather watcher, was pulled
from his warm burrow this morning and saw his shadow, predicting six
more weeks of winter.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/weather/groundhog-day-shadow-winter-spring-climate/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc
The groundhog is as accurate a forecaster as any other source. In many cases, more so. The Staten Island groundhog has an 85% accuracy rate (he predicts an early spring). That's better than the MSC or NWS.
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