Groundhog Day 2024: Here’s Punxsutawney Phil’s weather prediction, watch live

Latest update:

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow this morning meaning an early spring.

Earlier:

All eyes are on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania this morning as Punxsutawney Phil makes his annual weather prediction. According to legend, if Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow, you can expect an early spring.

Phil will make his 2024 prediction around sunrise, roughly 7:28 am. ET (6:28 a.m. CT).

We’ll be updating live as soon as Phil pokes his fuzzy head out of the ground and whispers his prediction to members of the Ground Hog Day Inner Circle.

The Weather Channel forecasts a cloudy sky for Pennsylvania, which lends itself to no shadow sighting and an early start to spring.

Phil’s accuracy, however, is about as iffy as you might guess for a meteorological furry critter.

According to Stormfax.com, Phil has seen his shadow 108 times compared to 20 times with no shadow. There’s no record of nine of his predictions. Based on those numbers, Phil has only been correct about 39% of the time. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration puts that number only slightly higher at 40% over the last decade.

Per USA Today, here are Phil’s most recent predictions: