Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog weather icon, saw his shadow when he was plucked from his warm burrow and thrust out into the frigid air Monday morning. According to Phil, that means six more weeks of winter are ahead.
Every year on February 2 — Groundhog Day — rodents around the United States take a stab at long-range weather forecasting.
Phil is the most famous prognosticator of the bunch and lives in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Legend has it, if he sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter are on the way. If he doesn’t, an early spring arrives.
In reality, astronomical winter will end on the spring equinox, known also as the vernal equinox, on March 20 at 10:46 a.m. ET,…