Weather 101 with Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil

I don’t know about you, but by this time every year I’m ready for spring. I want to kick off my winter boots, get outside, and enjoy the fresh air and longer days. It should come as no surprise then that, as a kid, I loved Groundhog Day.  

There was something almost magical about Phil and his ability to predict when spring would suddenly … well … spring. Even though the weather didn’t always cooperate with Phil, the tradition still added a little bit of fun and anticipation to the last days of winter.

All that reminiscing got me thinking, what better way for a kid to celebrate Groundhog Day than to see if Phil’s prediction comes true? I created a chart where kids (or curious adults) can track the weather and see for themselves whether Phil was right or wrong. My template has two charts, one for Phil’s hometown of Punxsutawney, Pa., and another for mine. This way, I can track both locations and take comfort in the fact that even if it’s not warming up in Dallas, spring might have come early somewhere. I also laminated my chart so I can use dry erase markers to track this year’s data and reuse the chart next year. 

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