26 January and 1 February 2025
2 February 2025
Today is the celestial midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Halfway to Spring! In just six days Pittsburgh went from snow cover on 26 January to soggy grass on 1 February. And shadows on both days.
Speaking of shadows, today is Groundhog Day. The “largest crowd ever” gathered before dawn at the annual Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
At sunrise Punxsutawney Phil was roused from his burrow to predict the rest of winter. The legend is that if he sees his shadow we’ll have six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow we’ll have an Early Spring.
OK, so was it cloudy enough for an Early Spring? Here’s today’s sunrise in Pittsburgh, 100 miles away from Punxsutawney. Moments later the sun was quite bright.
Up in Punxsutawney, Phil saw his shadow and predicted Six More Weeks of Winter.
Groundhog Day was quite sunny until 9:00am.
The Live Stream at visitpa.com is over but you’ll want to bookmark this link for next year.