State Groundhog News Today

Although he was replaced by a stuffed groundhog in 2023, a real Buckeye Chuck is making Ohio's 2024 Groundhog Day forecast on Friday morning.

Its not Groundhog Day yet but in Buffalo, New York, they checked in early with their local groundhog "Buffalo Bert" at the 10th annual Buffalo Groundhog Day celebration on Saturday and got some bad news: six more weeks of winter.

Feb 2, 2021 Ohios official weather-predicting groundhog, Buckeye Chuck, is set to make his annual announcement today if there will be an early spring. Buckeye Chuck began predicting springs arrival in the 1970s and was named after Charlie Evers, who helped create the Marion Groundhog Day Celebration. The Ohio General Assembly later declared Buckeye Chuck the official State Groundhog in 1979. Buckeye Chuck has recently predicted early springs in 2020 and 2019.  

Feb 2, 2021 Ohios official weather-predicting groundhog, Buckeye Chuck, is set to make his annual announcement today if there will be an early spring. Buckeye Chuck began predicting springs arrival in the 1970s and was named after Charlie Evers, who helped create the Marion Groundhog Day Celebration. The Ohio General Assembly later declared Buckeye Chuck the official State Groundhog in 1979. Buckeye Chuck has recently predicted early springs in 2020 and 2019.