I have 66 at the moment but I think there are a few that I am missing. Basically, I am adding groundhogs based on a couple years of predictions (some of them just do it once and then bail), and after this year I think there will be a few more.

Thanks!

Do you mean average predictions for the year or do you mean the average weather?

Vous êtes au Québec ? J'ai lu ça ce matin, c'est vraiment dommage.

I realized while making this that these are exactly the groundhogs that need your support. All the prestige superstar groundhogs are sucking up all the media attention, while all the folksy groundhog startups are struggling to be noticed.

This Groundhog Day, support your local guy in a suit who makes everyone pancakes.

Some of the real groundhogs will do that, but often there is just someone holding the groundhog or it's in a plastic box or something. Most of the time, the announcers take their cue from the weather: if there's sun out, it can see its shadow — if not, early spring!

It basically works the same way as it does for a real groundhog (who is also not able to communicate to humans — except through Groundhogese, of course).

The mayor or whoever just reads a prediction out to the crowd and they either cheer (if spring is coming) or they cheer less loudly (if winter is staying). Here's a 1 min video of Poor Richard's prediction, a taxidermied groundhog in Pennsylvania: https://www.therecordherald.com/videos/news/2023/02/02/hear-york-groundhogs-prediction-spring-and-eagles-vs-kansas-city-chiefs/11169342002/

Map can be found at https://groundhog-day.com/map

I'm the creator of the site: over the last year, I've spent many hours on this side project, finding North America's predicting groundhogs and plotting them on a map. I've also included a link to a 'profile' page with a photo and their latest prediction. The sources for the individual groundhogs can be found on their profile pages (under "Source"). It's super fun to browse, and it works reasonably well on a phone.

I'll be updating them during the day — the predictions come in at different times, so I'm still halfway through getting them up to speed.

I've used Leaflet.js to build the map with a monochrome tileset and custom pins. It's an open-source repo, so you can find the code here used to implement the map: https://github.com/pcraig3/ghog-day/blob/main/public/javascripts/map.js

It's my first time ever building a map, but I am pretty happy with it so far.

Also happy to take feedback if you have any!