Punxsutawney Phil’s team of top-hatted associates will issue the woodchuck’s weather verdict as the sun rises.

Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2.

The annual pops concert brings holiday cheer for their 79th season

The spotlight returns to Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania this week, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce his verdict — six more weeks of winter or an early spring.

Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby by a length, making it seven in all and casting a shadow over the 149th edition of the world's most famous race.

He gets most of the PR, at least nationally, but Punxsutawney Phil isn't the only groundhog to purport to predict the weather.

Phil Mickelson’s tee shot on No. 3 in the second round of the U.S. Open landed in the rough to the right.

Phil Mickelson is giving a thumbs-up at the U.S. Open, just like always.

Phil Mickelson has signed up for the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open.

Punxsutawney Phil has made his Groundhog Day 2022 prediction: Six more weeks of winter.

Will Punxsutawney Phil predict an early spring? We’ll find out for Groundhog Day 2022 in Pennsylvania.

Don Everly, one-half of the pioneering rock ‘n’ roll Everly Brothers, has died.

Ovechkin matched Phil Esposito for sixth on the NHL list with his 717th goal and the Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-0 on Monday night. Vitek Vanecek stopped 23 shots for his first NHL shutout and improved to 4-0-1 against the Sabres. Backstrom’s 11th goal of the season came in his 984th game with the Capitals, passing Calle Johansson for second-most games in franchise history. Hutton made 24 saves for Buffalo, which is 0-9-2 in its past 11 games, the third-longest skid in team history. AdThe Sabres recalled center Rasmus Asplund from the taxi squad and sent defenseman Brandon Davidson to the taxi squad.

Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow on this Groundhog Day 2021. However, the tradition of Groundhog Day lived on as Americans watched from home. Punxsutawney Phil makes Groundhog Day 2021 prediction (NBC News)Punxsutawney Phil makes Groundhog Day 2021 prediction (NBC News)Punxsutawney Phil makes Groundhog Day 2021 prediction (NBC News)Not snow nor pandemic keeps Punxsutawney Phil from his job (AP):Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor pandemic stays Punxsutawney Phil from emerging from his burrow to forecast whether there will be six more weeks of winter or an early spring. There are two other high-profile “imposters,” as the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club calls them, in the region. Also without fanfare, Chuckles, Connecticut’s official state groundhog, will make a prediction from home: the Lutz Children’s Museum in Manchester.