Here's the main takeaways from the ranking. Even though Punxsutawney Phil is the most famous weather-predicting groundhog, he is not the most accurate. The "Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages ...

"Although he is not the most accurate seasonal prognosticator, we would be remiss not to honor the longest-running weather-forecasting groundhog in the United States, Punxsutawney Phil," NOAA wrote.

But how accurate are Phil’s predictions? Groundhog Day, celebrated in the U.S. and Canada, traces its origins to the German Candlemas tradition, where a badger’s emergence was believed to ...

Some well-meaning efforts have sought to determine Phil’s accuracy, but what “six weeks of winter” means is debatable. Claims that a groundhog has or has not seen its shadow — and that it’s able to ...

The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club declared the famous rodent ... and one effort to track his accuracy concluded he was right less than half the time. The Inner Circle and @GovernorShapiro walk ...