Groundhog Day: Phil predicts 6 more weeks of intense winter cold

Phil the groundhog announces that winter will remain in the arms of his caretaker AP Photo/Barry Reege Groundhog Day, celebrated every February 2 in the United States and Canada, is a popular tradition that uses a groundhog to find out whether winter will remain intense or whether spring weather will begin earlier. According to the legend, which became known around the world thanks to the film “Groundhog”, starring Bill Murray, if the groundhog sees its shadow when leaving its hole, winter will last another six weeks. If not, spring will come early. The most famous Groundhog Day festival takes place in Gobbler’s Knob, in western Pennsylvania, and brings together thousands of people. This Monday (2), during the city’s 140th year of celebration, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and predicted that the winter weather will remain. Crowd waiting for Phil’s forecast AP Photo/Barry Reeger The groundhog’s forecast is not surprising amid the very strong cold wave that is dominating the entire Northern Hemisphere. In Niagara Falls, on the border between Canada and the USA, for example, thermometers register -14ºC this Monday. The Hudson River, in New York, and Lake Müritz, the second largest in Germany, are frozen (see the video below). Extreme cold wave takes over the Northern Hemisphere Super warm, women await Phil’s forecast with accessories in honor of the groundhog AP Photo/Barry Reeger

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