Punxsutawney Phil has spoken: what's in store for the next six weeks?

  • Handler AJ Dereume ferries Phil to meetings with his faithful after issuing his prognostication of six more weeks of winter Wednesday morning. PHOTO/ALAN FREED, PUNXSUTAWNEY SPIRIT
    Handler AJ Dereume ferries Phil to meetings with his faithful after issuing his prognostication of six more weeks of winter Wednesday morning. PHOTO/ALAN FREED, PUNXSUTAWNEY SPIRIT

    If Groundhog Day was this past weekend, when we woke up to temperatures around 30 — or lower — you'd have believed this.

    But with highs back in the 70s — and expected in the 80s Thursday and Friday — this may be a stretch.

    Punxsutawney Phil says "six more weeks of winter."

    Pennsylvania’s prognosticating pet groundhog reportedly saw his shadow Wednesday morning — Groundhog Day — predicting a continuation of winter.

    Read more from the Punxsutawney Spirit here:

    https://www.punxsutawneyspirit.com/news/phil-has-spoken-six-more-weeks-of-winter/article_91f18dbe-8431-11ec-8b1a-b75fc742bed1.html