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What’s Your Prediction for Ground Hog Day 2025?

It’s cold, and with ground hog day just around the corner we all have our fingers crossed spring will come early, which means summer can’t be too far behind… right?!

Most of us have all heard about Ground Hog day, but did you ever wonder about it’s origins?

Well, thousands of years ago when animalism and nature worship were prevalent, people in the part of Europe where Germany is today, believed that the badger had the power to predict the coming of spring. They watched the badger to know when to plant their crops.

This tradition was brought over to North America, predominantly to Pennsylvania in the United States, where it was the groundhog, not the badger, which made these “predictions”.

According to folklore, if the groundhog sees its shadow on February 2 it will return to its burrow, indicating that there will be six more weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow, then spring is on the way.

The Groundhog Day concept first became popular in Canada in 1956 when Wiarton Willie became a household name for his early February weather predictions. Wiarton’s Groundhog Day festival grew as Willie’s fame increased. It became one of the largest winter festivals in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.

There are also other groundhogs in different parts of Canada. For example, Shubenacadie Sam is reportedly the first groundhog in the country to stick its head out on Groundhog Day. Other groundhogs include: Gary the Groundhog in Ontario, Brandon Bob in Manitoba and Balzac Billy in Alberta.

On February 2, 2025, at 7:00 PM, The Roxy Theatre in Saskatoon will host a screening of the classic film “Groundhog Day,” presented by Colosseum Presents.

Here’s what the Farmer’s Almanac has to say about February’s weather:

1st – 3rd Light snow across the Plains.
4th – 7th Major storm brings heavy snow from Alberta area eastward. Accumulations of 30 cm or more.
8th – 11th Clearing, colder.
12th – 15th Fair Manitoba and points west, some snow Rockies and points east.
16th – 19th Tempestuous skies for Louis Riel, Family Day weekend: Windy for Prairie Provinces, then stormy thru Alberta.
20th – 23rd Snow and flurries for Saskatchewan, Alberta, progressing eastward.

Farmer’s Almanac Spring Weather Forecast 2025
Warm weather will take its time arriving in Canada in spring 2025. Storms are expected at the beginning of the season, bringing a combination of heavy rain and snow to many areas of the country.

Canadian Easter Forecast
Here’s what weather the Farmers’ Almanac is predicting for Canada’s Easter weekend, Sunday, April 20-Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

Zone 1
Newfoundland, Labrador
-A wet Easter with rainy skies; then turning fair.

Zone 2
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec
-Pleasant weather for Easter.

Zone 3
Ontario
-Fair for Easter, then unsettled.

Zone 4
Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
-Wet Easter Sunday with showers Rockies, Prairies.

Zone 5
British Columbia
-Fair for Easter Sunday, then unsettled, especially along Pacific Coast.

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