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The long-standing tradition supposedly tells us if a further six weeks of winter are to be expected

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The news was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos from the tens of thousands who braved temperatures in the single-digits Fahrenheit to await the annual prognostication

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The spotlight returns to Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania every Feb. 2, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil announce whether there will be six more weeks of winter or an early spring

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Punxsutawney Phil's handlers will be announcing if the weather-predicting groundhog sees his shadow

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