Get to know Staten Island's beloved groundhog, Chuck, and learn about his role in predicting the weather on Groundhog Day.

Before a huge crowd filled with excitement and anticipation, and bundled up against temperatures in the 20s, the groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday morning in central Pennsylvania. That means we could see six more weeks of winter , at least according to Groundhog Day lore.

It's always on Feb. 2, which in 2025 lands on a Sunday. Punxsutawney Phil - as well as other groundhog predictors around the nation - will predict the forecast early in the morning. (Typically around 7:30 a.m.)

Punxsutawney Phil may get skewered for his iffy weather predictions, but his parties don't miss. Driving the news: More than 40,000 visitors gathered at Gobbler's Knob on Sunday to celebrate western Pennsylvania's prophetic groundhog — and I was one of them.

Groundhog Day is all about getting a weather report from a groundhog (or something else). Here's how accurate those prognosticators are according to NOAA.

Last year's Groundhog Day prediction. Last year, both Staten Island Chuck and Punxsutawney Phil predicted spring would come early. It also marked 10 years since former New York Ci