One more year, the traditional marmot day, which Starts on Saturday night and concludes at dawn on Sunday, moment in which those responsible for the Marmota Club arrive to talk to the animal and know its prediction.
In general, the PHIL Marmota prediction is not very successfulsince only 40% of the time since this tradition began, According to the web Weather Pedrictor Extraordinaire. The protocol is as follows: if the marmot leaves its den and sees its shadow, there will be six more winter in the country, otherwise spring will arrive earlier.
This year the famous Punxsutawney Phil (Pennsylvania), the most popular in the country, has predicted that Winter will be longer than expected, because the rodent saw his shadow as soon as he left the burrow.
The first year that this tradition was held, according to the records, was in 1887. However, it is believed that the holiday began much earlier, When Dutch immigrants arrived in the area.
