The first official Groundhog Day was celebrated in this country in 1887, but the tradition goes back many, many more years than that.

The following El Paso Times articles agree, the groundhog’s Feb. 2 predictions don’t pertain to El Paso weather.

The Massachusetts state groundhog made its prediction along with Punxsutawney Phil and Chuckles, Connecticut's state ...

Another Groundhog Day has come and gone. Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter this year may not have ...

Every year, on Feb. 2, millions of Americans ignore their local weather forecasters — with all their radar, satellite imagery and scientific data — and instead turn to a ...