Groundhog Day 2023: Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction - WTAE Pittsburgh

It's astir clip for Punxsutawney Phil to person his infinitesimal to shine.Watch the festivities from Gobbler's Knob unrecorded successful the video subordinate aboveThe beloved groundhog volition instrumentality his upwind presumption for the 137th clip successful Gobblers Knob Thursday morning. Shortly, Phil volition beryllium summoned him from his histrion stump to larn if helium saw his shadow. According to folklore, determination volition beryllium six much weeks of wintertime if helium sees his shadow. If helium doesn't, outpouring comes early.Thousands came retired precise aboriginal to spot Phil marque his upwind prediction. That means bully concern for the tiny municipality successful Jefferson County. “We person 6,000 radical that unrecorded present and it swells to 20 oregon 30,000,” said Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce President Katie Laska. “You tin conscionable ideate the interaction that it has connected our system here.”According to records dating backmost to 1887, Phil has predicted wintertime much than 100 times. Ten years were mislaid due to the fact that nary records were kept, organizers said.Click present for your Groundhog Day forecast from Pittsburgh's Actions Weather