PUNXSUTAWNEY (KDKA) - Happy Groundhog Day!

Punxsutawney Phil says 6 more weeks of winter!

Punxsutawney Phil made his annual weather prediction just a little later this morning.

He's emerged from his home on Gobbler's Knob just before 7:30 a.m. and deliver his forecast on the prospects for an early spring.

Security wass stepped up for this year's festivities because Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is there for the annual event.

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History of Punxsutawney Phil (Wikipedia)

Year	Prediction
1887-1888	Long winter
1889	No record
1890	Early spring
1891-1897	No record
1898	Long winter
1899	No record
1900-1901	Long winter
1902	Early spring
1903-1933	Long winter
1934	Early spring
1935-1941	Long winter
1942	"War clouds have blacked out parts of the shadow."[8]
1943	No appearance (World War II)
1944-1949	Long winter
1950	Early spring
1951-1969	Long winter
1970	Early spring
1971-1974	Long winter
1975	Early spring
1976-1982	Long winter
1983	Early spring
1984-1985	Long winter
1986	Early spring
1987	Long winter
1988	Early spring
1989	Long winter
1990	Early spring
1991-1994	Long winter
1995	Early spring
1996	Long winter
1997	Early spring
1998	Long winter
1999	Early spring
2000-2006	Long winter
2007	Early spring
2008-2010	Long winter
2011	Early spring
2012	Long winter

Of these 115 predictions on record so far, Punxsutawney Phil has predicted an early spring 15 times (13%). As to his accuracy, according to the StormFax Weather Almanac and records kept since 1887, Phil's predictions have been correct 39% of the time