Lifestyle | groundhog day Groundhog: Get Ready for 6 More Weeks Groundhog Day is here again...and winter is here for a bit longer By Evann Gastaldo Posted Feb 2, 2010 6:50 AM CST Copied John Griffiths, a handler of the weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, holds Phil after removing him from his stump at Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day 2009, in Punxsutawney, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) PETA may be calling for his replacement-by-robot, but that didn't stop Punxsutawney Phil from doing his job today. The most famous weather forecaster on four legs saw his shadow this morning in Gobbler's Knob, and you know what that means: six more weeks of winter. Conveniently enough, the official end of winter is March 20—six weeks and four days away, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Read These Next It started with failure to say 'thank you,' ended with murder. Freak accident kills a woman as she cleans her car. Mike Johnson is taking heat over a Democrat's delayed swearing-in. It landed on the 4th try. There wasn't enough fuel for a 5th. Report an error