Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow, Handlers Say, Predicting 6 More Weeks of Wintry Weather

Groundhog handler AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil after he saw his shadow predicting 6 more weeks of winter during the 139th annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Feb. 2, 2025. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.—Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania.

Phil was welcomed with chants of “Phil, Phil, Phil,” and pulled from a hatch on his tree stump shortly after sunrise before a member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club read from a scroll in which he boasted: “Only I know — you can’t trust A.I.”