Groundhog Day (
Canadian French:
Jour de la Marmotte;
Pennsylvania German:
Grundsaudaag,
Murmeltiertag) is a traditional
holiday celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a
groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, then the
spring season will come early; if it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its den, and
winter weather will persist for six more weeks.