After asking the large crowd in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, if it craved winter or summer, the groundhog made his prediction on Tuesday morning.
Speaking through a member of the Groundhog Club, Punxsutawney Phil remarked on the frigid morning at Gobbler’s Knob.
A YEAR AGO: Did Phil see his shadow?
And then he said he definitely saw his shadow.
Six more weeks of winter.
Six More Weeks of Winter!! #punxsutawneyphil #ghd2017 https://t.co/dMphvFRy4V
— Punxsutawney Phil (@GroundhogClub) February 2, 2017
Or, in the Lehigh Valley, where it’s been warmer than normal and only about 3 inches of snow have fallen, winter starts now.
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