Will there be six more weeks of winter or is spring around the corner? Here's what to know about Groundhog Day 2025.

Early spring or six more weeks of winter? See Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day predictions through the years.

The day eventually evolved into what we know it today. In 1886, Groundhog Day was acknowledged for the first time in Punxsutawney by a local newspaper, Weathers Wags, according to the club. In 1887, the first official pilgrimage to see Phil on Gobbler’s Knob while he made his predictions were made.

Punxsutawney Phil made his annual prediction in Pennsylvania on Sunday as the world's most famous groundhog saw a shadow, meaning the U.S. and Canada are set for six more weeks of winter. What Is Groundhog Day?

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- Here's a look at Groundhog Day, an American tradition that is meant to predict when spring will arrive. The groundhog emerges from its burrow on February 2. If the groundhog sees its shadow when it emerges, there will be six more weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow, spring will arrive soon.

On Feb. 2, Ms. G saw her shadow, predicting over a month of additional snow and ice in 2025. The groundhog’s enthusiasm for prognostication was evident Sunday as she ran energetically around an outdoor enclosure at her home at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln.

We are now just hours away from the awaited verdict decided by the rodent himself, Punxsutawney Phil. First, let’s review what the shadow versus no shadow means in terms of an early spring or extended winter.

To many, Punxsutawney Phil is the official groundhog for Groundhog Day. And crowds of revelers will be waiting for his prediction.