New Jersey – Think Phil Got It Wrong This Year? You Might Be Right

Maybe you've been feeling bad about Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of 6 more weeks of New Jersey winter. This will make you feel better.

Did Punxsutawney Phil Break Your Heart This Year?

We all watched as that adorable groundhog emerged, looked around, saw his shadow, and broke all of our hearts in the Garden State.

After battling the worst first half of winter in recent memory in New Jersey, we were all hoping for a morsel of good weather news, and we didn't get it.

It's hard to look at that adorable little face and get mad, but every New Jersey resident who dreams of warm summer days was disappointed.

What Is Punxsutawney Phil's Track Record?

In an effort to make ourselves feel better, we dug into the groundhog's past. Sounds like politics to me.

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What we uncovered is very interesting, and may help alleviate the pain you felt after Phil's latest prediction for our New Jersey winter, and maybe it won't.

The folks at News Nation ran a story documenting Phil's accuracy over the years, and here's what they found.

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They say the NOAA has revealed that the cute groundhog is only right about 35% of the time, meaning his prediction this year is exactly what New Jersey residents wanted to hear.

With Phil being wrong two-thirds of the time, his prediction of six more weeks of winter mostlikely means we'll get an early spring. We knew we loved that groundhog after all.