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2007-02-02 11:59:38 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Weather

24 answers

He didn't see his shadow, early spring. Celebrate!

2007-02-02 12:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 0 3

Groundhog Day may seem like a newfangled ceremony — what with Punxsutawney Phil living in a climate-controlled environment in the town library (where he is fed dog food and ice cream) and being transported once a year to Gobbler's Knob where tuxedo-clad gentlemen await his exit from a heated burrow at 7:25 a.m. on February 2 and bend down respectfully to receive his meteorological prognostications and convey them to a breathless media and an attentive world...

But, in truth, the roots of Groundhog Day go way back. Consider this entry from the diary of a shopkeeper named James Morris.
Go back further, and you'll come across Imbolc, midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox (one of the year's cross-quarter days). It is celebrated nowadays on February 1 or 2, and it is a festival of light reflecting the lengthening days and the coming of spring. In fact, in the Irish calendar, Imbolc is the first day of spring. This correlates nicely with the belief that the lack of a shadow on that day indicates the end of winter (cloudy, overcast skies often come together with milder temperatures).

2007-02-02 14:17:52 · answer #2 · answered by cruel 3 · 0 0

He did not see his shadow. Some people believe that this means we will have an early spring but I do not believe this for a fact I think it is much more of a myth. One simple groundhog does not have anything to do with mother nature and what she can do to our planet.

2007-02-02 14:22:32 · answer #3 · answered by leged56 5 · 0 0

From Wikipedia:
* 6 more weeks of winter — Jimmy the Groundhog, Holtsville Hal, Dunkirk Dave
* Early Spring — Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck, Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and General Beauregard Lee of Georgia, Malverne Mel

2007-02-02 12:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

An Early Spring

2007-02-02 12:03:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Shadow - 0; Groundhogs - 1. Phil did not see his shadow.

2007-02-02 12:02:19 · answer #6 · answered by Mangy Coyote 5 · 1 1

I'm not sure whether he saw his shadow or not, but the results are always the same. Here's what they say: If he sees it, it's 1 and a half more months of winter, as opposed to if he doesn't see it, they say 6 more weeks till spring. Same things worded differently.

2007-02-02 12:02:49 · answer #7 · answered by al5645al 2 · 1 1

The groundhog had no shadow and spring is expected to come earlier than expected before.

...if you believe in that stuff anyway >.<

2007-02-02 12:01:53 · answer #8 · answered by Steph [♥] 4 · 2 1

Early spring

2007-02-02 12:07:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

the groundhog did not see his shadow, that means early spring

2007-02-02 12:02:12 · answer #10 · answered by guitarman 2 · 1 2

in the usa phile didn,t see his shadow and in canada sam and all the groundhogs didn,t see the sadows so it,s early spring to day even if it,s still snowing in ontairo, sam said to day is spring.yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

2007-02-02 12:05:26 · answer #11 · answered by i,m here if you need to talk. 6 · 1 1

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