In 1723, the Delaware Indians settled Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania as a campsite halfway between the Allegheny and the Susquehanna
Rivers. The town is 90 miles northeast
of Pittsburgh, at the intersection of Route 36 and Route 119. The Delawares considered groundhogs honorable
ancestors. According to the original
creation beliefs of the Delaware Indians, their forebears began life as animals
in "Mother Earth" and emerged centuries later to hunt and live as men.
The name Punxsutawney comes from the Indian name for the location "ponksad-uteney"
which means "the town of the sandflies. “The name woodchuck comes from the
Indian legend of Wojak. The groundhog" considered by them to be their
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When German settlers arrived in the 1700s, they brought a
tradition known as Candlemas Day, which has an early origin in the pagan
celebration of Imbolc. It came at the
mid-point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Superstition held that if the weather was
fair, the second half of Winter would be stormy and cold. For the early Christians in Europe, it was
the custom on Candlemas Day for clergy to bless candles and distribute them to
the people in the dark of Winter. A
lighted candle was placed in each window of the home. The day's weather continued to be
important. If the sun came out February
2, halfway between Winter and Spring, it meant six more weeks of wintry
weather.
February 4, 1841 - from Morgantown, Berks County
(Pennsylvania) storekeeper James Morris' diary..."Last Tuesday, the 2nd,
was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog
peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for
another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather
is to be moderate."
SAYINGS ON GROUNDHOGDAY 2016
If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Winter has another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Winter will not come again.
SAYINGS FOR SCOTLAND
If Candlemas Day is bright and clear,
There'll be two winters in the year.
SAYINGS FOR GERMANY
For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day,
So far will the snow swirl until May.
For as the snow blows on Candlemas Day,
So far will the sun shine before May.
If the sun shines on Groundhog Day;
Half the fuel and half the hay.
If the sun made an appearance on Candlemas Day,
an animal
would cast a shadow, thus predicting six more weeks of Winter.
SHADOW OR NO SHADOW ON GROUNDHOG DAY 2016
Germans watched a badger for the shadow. In Pennsylvania, the groundhog, upon waking
from mid-Winter hibernation, was selected as the replacement. Pennsylvania’s
official celebration of Groundhog Day began on February 2nd, 1886 with a
proclamation in The Punxsutawney Spirit by the newspaper's editor, Clymer Frees:
"Today is groundhog day and up to the time of going to press the beast has
not seen its shadow." The groundhog
was given the name "Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages,
Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather Prophet Extraordinary'' and his
hometown thus called the "Weather Capital of the World.'' His debut performance: no shadow - early Spring.
The legendary first trip to Gobbler's Knob was made the following year.
Since the 1993 release of the film Groundhog Day, starring
Bill Murray as a TV weatherman (who wakes up and it's Groundhog Day over and
over again!) and Andie MacDowell as his puzzled producer, attendance at the
real event has expanded. In 1997, there
were 35,000 visitors in Punxsutawney, five times the Jefferson County town's
6,700 population.The Groundhog Day festivities on February 2, 1992 were joined
by Bill Murray studying for his role in the movie. Then, Columbia Pictures set out to recreate
the Punxsutawney Groundhog Day down to the smallest detail. There were, however, many changes made.
WOODSTOCK DAY OR GROUNDHOG DAY 2016
Columbia Pictures decided to film the movie in a location
more accessible to a major metropolitan center.
The highways in and around Punxsutawney were few, so Woodstock, Illinois
was chosen as the site. Unfortunately,
Woodstock's landscape doesn't have Pennsylvania's scenic rolling hills. Nevertheless, adjustments were made for the
production. The actual Gobbler's Knob is
a wooded hill with a beautiful view; the Gobbler's Knob in the movie is moved
to the town square. The Punxsutawney
Gobbler's Knob was recreated to scale in Woodstock's town square based on detailed
notes and videos the crew made on it's visit to Punxsutawney. The movie's
script was changed to include the elaborate ceremony of the Inner Circle on
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The original groundhog
cast for the movie was considered to be too small.Some of the store names in
Punxsutawney were used in the movie, such as The Smart Shop and Stewart's Drug
Store. Punxsutawney's police cars were
also recreated for the movie. The
groundhog-head trash cans and Groundhog Festival flags that line the streets of
Punxsutawney were displayed. Folks
traveling to Punxsutawney to see the "Punxsutawney" they saw in the
movie wonder why it looks "so different, yet seems so similar."
The groundhog, also known as a woodchuck (Marmota Monax), is a member of the squirrel family. Groundhogs in the wild eat succulent green
plants, such as dandelion, clover, and grasses. According to handlers John
Griffiths and Ben Hughes, Phil weighs 15 pounds and thrives on dog food and ice
cream in his climate-controlled home at the Punxsutawney Library.
Up on Gobbler's Knob, Phil is placed in a heated burrow
underneath a simulated tree stump on stage before being pulled out at 7:25 a.m.
to make his predictionThe groundhog's seasonal forecasting accuracy is somewhat
low.Phil's Winter prognostications have been correct only 39% of the time.
HERE IS A LIST OF ANCIENT GROUNDHOG DAY CELEBRATIONS
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1887 Shadow;
first official trip to Gobbler's Knob.
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1888 Shadow
(Six more weeks of Winter!)
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1889 no record
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1890 NO Shadow
(early Spring!)
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[Birthdate: Charles Correll ("Andy" on radio's
Amos & Andy)]
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1891 no record
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1892 no record
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1893 no record
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1894 no record
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1895 no record
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1896 no record
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1897 no record
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1898 Shadow
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1899 no record
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1900 Shadow
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1901 Shadow [Birthdate: Jascha Heifetz, violinist]
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1902 NO Shadow
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1903 Shadow
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1904 Shadow
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1905 Shadow [Birthdate: Ayn Rand, novelist-philosopher]
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1906 Shadow [Birthdate: Gale Gordon, actor]
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1907 Shadow
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1908 Shadow [Birthdate: Clarence "Buster"
Crabbe, Olympic swimmer/actor
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1909 Shadow
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1910 Shadow
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1911 Shadow
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1912 Shadow [Birthdate: Burton Lane, Broadway composer]
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1913 Shadow at
8:08 AM; first newspaper photo of Groundhog Day by John Frampton.
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1914 Shadow at
9:34 AM
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1915 Shadow at
11:45 AM; named Wiley William Woodchuck!
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1916 Shadow at
9:07 AM; first movie film of Groundhog Day ceremony (17.5mm Birtac).
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1917 Shadow
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1918 Shadow;
18 degrees below zero.
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1919 Shadow [Birthdate: Forrest Tucker, actor]
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1920 Shadow
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1921 Shadow at
7:17 AM
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1922 Shadow at
7:11 AM; Groundhog Holiday Dance.
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1923 Shadow [Birthdate: Liz Smith, gossip columnist]
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1924 Shadow at
7:13 AM
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1925 Shadow at
8:13 AM; [Birthdate: Elaine Stritch,
actress]
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1926 Shadow at
9:17 AM
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1927 Shadow at
8:35 AM; [Birthdate: Stan Getz, jazz
saxophonist]
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1928 Shadow at
10:00 AM; program with Punx'y Rotary Club on KDKA Radio.
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1929 Shadow
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1930 Shadow at
7:11 AM
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1931 Shadow at
12:27 PM
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1932 Shadow at
9:11 AM
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1933 Shadow
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1934 NO
Shadow.
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1935 Shadow at
9:11 AM
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1936 Shadow at
10:27 AM
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1937 Shadow at
9:09 AM; early morning encounter with a skunk!
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[Birthdate: Tom Smothers, comedian]
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1938 Shadow at
9:05 AM; "darkest shadow in history"
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(The Spirit, Feb. 2, 1938)
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1939 Shadow at
9:10 AM
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1940 Shadow at
9:00 AM
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1941 Shadow at
4:25 PM
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1942 Partial
Shadow at 7:40 AM; "War clouds have blacked out parts of the
shadow."
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(The Spirit, Feb. 2, 1942) [Birthdate: Graham Nash, guitarist, singer]
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1943 Groundhog
did not appear; relied on Quarryville's prediction - NO Shadow
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1944 Shadow at
9:10 AM
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1945 Shadow at
9:00 AM
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1946 Shadow at
7:52 AM
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1947 Shadow at
7:37 AM; first newspaper photo of Groundhog Club at Gobbler's Knob
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[Birthdate: Farrah Fawcett, actress, model]
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1948 Shadow at
8:46 AM; [Birthdate: Jessica Savitch,
NBC news anchor]
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1949 Shadow at
7:32 AM; [Birthdate: Brent Spiner,
actor]
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1950 NO Shadow
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1951 Shadow at
8:41 AM
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1952 Shadow at
7:52 AM; on NBC's Today Show on Monday, February 4
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1953 Shadow at
7:38 AM; [Birthdate: Penny Pulz, LPGA
golfer]
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1954 Shadow at
8:03 AM; [Birthdate: Christie
Brinkley, Cover Girl model]
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1955 Shadow at
8:51 AM; 4" of snow on Groundhog Day;
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[Birthdate: Kim Zimmer, soap opera actress]
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1956 Shadow at
8:33 AM
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1957 Shadow at
7:47 AM
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1958 Shadow at
8:27 AM; [Birthdate: Holly Hunter,
actress]
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1959 Shadow at
8:23 AM
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1960 Shadow at
7:33 AM; forecasts extremely bad weather on the Today show.
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1961 Shadow at
7:41 AM; 25 below zero.
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1962 Shadow at
7:29 AM; [Birthdate: Garth Brooks,
singer]
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1963 Shadow at
7:41 AM
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1964 Shadow at
7:35 AM
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1965 Shadow at
7:58 AM
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1966 Shadow at
7:21 AM
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1967 Shadow at
7:25 AM
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1968 Shadow at
7:29 AM
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1969 Shadow at
7:29 AM
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1970
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NO Shadow
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1971 Shadow at
7:29 AM; 14 below zero.
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1972 Shadow at
7:30 AM
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1973 Shadow at
7:29 AM
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1974 Shadow at
7:28 AM
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1975 NO Shadow
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1976 Shadow at
7:29 AM
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1977 Shadow at
7:27; in midst of the energy crisis.
[Birthdate: Shakira, singer]
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1978 Shadow at
7:28 AM
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1979 Shadow at
7:28 AM
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1980 Shadow at
7:29 AM
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1981 Shadow at
7:27 AM
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1982 Shadow at
7:26 AM; coldest January this Century.
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1983 NO
Shadow; predicted an early Spring after a mild El Nino Winter.
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1984 Shadow at
7:04 AM
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1985 Shadow at
7:28 AM
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1986 NO
Shadow; visited President Reagan at the White House in March.
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1987 Shadow at
7:29 AM
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1988 NO Shadow
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1989 Shadow
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1990 NO Shadow
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1991 Shadow
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1992 Shadow
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1993 Shadow;
the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray is released.
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1994 Shadow at
7:28 AM
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1995 NO
Shadow; afternoon guest on the "Oprah Winfrey" TV Show.
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1996 Shadow at
7:21 AM
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1997 NO
Shadow; 35,000 watched at Gobbler's Knob
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1998 Shadow at
7:20 AM; predicting six more weeks of a mild El Nino Winter!
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1999 NO Shadow
at 7:23 AM; 37º rain
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2000 Shadow at
7:28 AM; 12º overcast skies with flurries
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2001 Shadow at
7:27 AM; 28º cloudy skies with light snow
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2002 Shadow at
7:25 AM; 19º mist with a record 38,000 visitors driven to Gobbler's Knob by
bus for security.
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2003 Shadow at
7:27 AM; 30º overcast skies with PA Governor Ed Rendell attending the
ceremony.
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2004 Shadow at
7:27 AM; 17º clear skies with snow on the ground, crowd boos the forecast!
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2005 Shadow at
7:31 AM; 14º clear skies with a wind chill of 3ºF.
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2006 Shadow at
7:23 AM; 36º overcast skies with the crowd cheering the Steelers in Super
Bowl XL.
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2007 NO Shadow
at 7:28 AM; 26º overcast skies with light snow and mist under a Full Moon.
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2008 Shadow at
7:27 AM; 28º fog and mist with the crowd booing six more weeks of Winter.
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2009 Shadow at
7:30 AM; 29º overcast skies as the crowd cheers the Steelers' Super Bowl XLIII
victory.
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2010 Shadow at
7:23 AM; 15º hazy sun and a visit from actor Stephen Tobolowsky (Ned
Ryerson).
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Animal rights group PETA demands Punxsy Phil be replaced
by a robot. LOL!
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2011 NO Shadow
at 7:25 AM; 34º with rain, snow, and ice covering Gobbler's Knob.
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The crowd cheers for Spring and Super Bowl XLV with the
Steelers!
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2012 Shadow at
7:24 AM; 30º overcast skies with PA Governor Tom Corbett attending the
ceremony.
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2013 NO Shadow
at 7:28 AM; 8º overcast skies with a Saturday crowd of more than 30,000.
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2014 Shadow at
7:28 AM; 39º overcast skies with fog. It's Super Bowl XLVIII Sunday.
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2015
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Shadow at 7:23 AM; 34º Freezing rain and drizzle.
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