Remember the week before last, when our high temperatures barely cracked 50 and we went nearly a week without seeing the sun?
If Punxsutawney Phil's annual weather forecast from his Pennsylvania hamlet is correct ... there may be more of that on the way.
Sunday morning at 7:25 a.m., the infamous, treasured and traditional groundhog weather predictor came out of his burrow and (reportedly) saw his shadow, foretelling six more weeks of winter.
As he does every Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil made his prediction, with thousands of locals on hand for festivities that began well before sunrise -- at like 3 a.m., when temperatures were still below freezing. According to local legend, if Phil does NOT see his shadow, an early spring arrives.
But, in reality, despite the opinion of a local groundhog, spring will arrive on the vernal equinox on March 20. And, according to historical weather information from AccuWeather and NOAA, Punxsutawney Phil has been right about the late winter-early spring weather about 35 to 40% of the time. You'd be about right flipping a coin.
So, should we put any of the winter weather clothes we have away yet? Maybe keep one handy, and listen to official, local weather reports.
