Beyond The Forecast: Diving into the history of Groundhog Day and the rodent’s weather predictions
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Happy Monday! We here at Your Local Weather Authority hope everyone enjoyed our late-January snowstorm. It’s officially a new month and we’re looking ahead to one of the more bizarre “holidays” we recognize each year: Groundhog Day.
We can trace Groundhog Day back to the German holiday “Candlemas”, which was celebrated on February 2 each year. Revelers used a badger, bear or fox to predict the start of spring, based on whether it was a sunny day or not.
The Pennsylvania Dutch were immigrants from Germanic-speaking areas of Europe and created the tradition of Groundhog Day. While the first mention of the holiday in the United States was noted in 1840, the celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania did not begin until 1887.
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Happy Tuesday! It’s the start of a shortened workweek for many of you and if you were up early this morning, you were rewarded with a beautiful sunrise!