After surveying his surroundings and finding no shadow on an early Groundhog Day morning, Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-prognosticating rodent (yes, groundhogs are rodents!), predicted the arrival of an early spring. According to American folklore, if the weather is sunny when Phil emerges from his temporary burrow erected at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., he will see his shadow and go back into his burrow, indicating that winter will continue for six more weeks. But if it is cloudy, the groundhog will leave the burrow, signifying an early spring.
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