PUNXSUTANEY – Punxsutawney Phil, the nation's most famous groundhog, made his annual appearance on Tuesday morning during the annual Groundhog Day ceremony in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Phil did not see his shadow, thereby predicting an early spring in 2016.
According to American folklore tradition, the groundhog wakes up from his winter sleep on February 2 to search for his shadow. If he finds it, he understands it to mean six more weeks of winter and returns to his hole. If the weather is cloudy and offers no shadow, it is a sign of early spring, and the groundhog stays above ground.
