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It’s a tradition that’s been done for generations with many groundhogs, or one immortal groundhog, depending on who you talk to. It’s Groundhog Day, a day when a groundhog will predict if there will be six more weeks of winter or an early spring.

Jimmy the Groundhog makes his annual Groundhog Day prediction in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, on Feb. 2, 2026.

While Punxsutawney Phil says there’s six more weeks of winter — Jimmy The Groundhog says Wisconsinites have had enough. Residents gathered in Sun Prairie this morning to see what Jimmy would predict.

Across the U.S. and Canada, where Groundhog Day is primarily celebrated, there are 88 weather-forecasting groundhogs in total, according to groundhog-day.com, which bills itself as the leading data source for the holiday that falls on Feb. 2.

Without a resident groundhog, the Milwaukee County Zoo had an eastern black rhino handle its Groundhog Day prediction this year.