PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- Here's a look at Groundhog Day, an American tradition that is meant to predict when spring will arrive. The groundhog emerges from its burrow on February 2. If the groundhog sees its shadow when it emerges, there will be six more weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow, spring will arrive soon.

Last year's Groundhog Day prediction. Last year, both Staten Island Chuck and Punxsutawney Phil predicted spring would come early. It also marked 10 years since former New York Ci

Chuckles XI delivered his prediction of an early spring on Groundhog Day via telephone at the Lutz Children's Museum in Manchester.

The Germans eventually began to believe that if the sun made an appearance on Candlemas Day, a hedgehog would cast a shadow — predicting six more weeks of harsh winter weather. And it was the Germans who brought this belief to the United States.

It is Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil has made his choice! Will spring come early or will there be 6 more weeks of winter?

Groundhog Day is all about getting a weather report from a groundhog (or something else). Here's how accurate those prognosticators are according to NOAA.