Thursday, February 2, 2012

Groundhog Predictions

Punxsutawney Phil is not the only weather-predicting Groundhog out there. Wikipedia compiled a list of other predictions in 2012 on their Groundhog Day page.

According to that site, the following Groundhogs predicted Six More Weeks of Winter in 2012:
Balzac Billy - Balzac, Alberta
Malverne Mel   - Malverne, New York
Punxsutawney Phil - Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Fred - Val d'Espoir, Quebec
Mount Joy Minnie - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Uni - Myerstown, Pennsylvania
Sir Walter Wally - Raleigh, North Carolina
Queen Charlotte - Charlotte, North Carolina
Grady the Groundhog - Chimney Rock, North Carolina
Western Maryland Murray - Cumberland, Maryland

The following Groundhogs predicted an Early Spring in 2012:
Woody the Woodchuck - Howell, Michigan
French Creek Freddie - French Creek, West VirginiaMortimer - Garner, North Carolina
Patty Pagoda - Reading, Pennsylvania
Nibbles - Asheville, North Carolina
Chattanooga Chuck Chattanooga, Tennessee
Woodstock Willie - Woodstock, Illinois
Sir Thomas Hastings  - Hastings, Nebraska
Lawrenceville Lucy - Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania
Stormy Marmot - Aurora, Colorado
Smith Lake Jake - Graysville, Alabama
Sutton Sammy - Sutton, Ontario
Gus - Athens, Georgia
Octoraro Orphie - Quarryville, Pennsylvania
Dunkirk Dave - Dunkirk, New York
Chuckles - Manchester, Connecticut
Wynter the Groundhog - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dover Doug - Dover, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Sherman - Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania
Poor Richard - York, Pennsylvania
Jimmy the Groundhog   - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Wiarton Willie -Wiarton, Ontario
General Beauregard Lee -Lilburn, Georgia
Holtsville Hal - Holtsville, New York
Buckeye Chuck -Marion, Ohio
Staten Island Chuck - Staten Island (New York City)
Shubenacadie Sam - Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia

That's 10 Groundhogs predicting Six More Weeks of Winter, and 27 predicting an Early Spring. Only time will tell which Groundhogs were correct.

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