{"id":119972,"date":"2026-02-02T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/119972\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:54:09","slug":"staten-island-chucks-groundhog-day-2026-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/119972\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island Chuck&#8217;s Groundhog Day 2026 prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cold front will continue! <\/p>\n<p>New York City\u2019s resident groundhog, Staten Island Chuck saw his shadow early Monday \u2014 meaning six more weeks of dreaded wintry weather.<\/p>\n<p>The famed prognosticating rodent agreed with the prediction of his rival from Pennsylvania, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/02\/us-news\/punxsutawney-phil-makes-his-groundhog-day-winter-prediction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Punxsutawney\u00a0Phil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8028169;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38360335\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-02-at-8.28.24\u202fAM.jpg\" alt=\"A groundhog sits on wood chips inside a transparent enclosure.\" class=\"wp-image-38360335\"  \/>New York City\u2019s resident groundhog, Staten Island Chuck saw his shadow early Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The annual ceremony at the Staten Island Zoo was closed to the public this year due to the freezing weather conditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2026\/02\/groundhog-day-2026-guide-how-to-watch-the-prediction-what-time-is-the-ceremony-what-does-it-mean-if-the-groundhog-sees-its-shadow.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Staten Island woodchuck has been historically more accurate than his Keystone State counterpart, reigning supreme among his fellow groundhogs with an 85% accuracy rate in predicting the six-week weather forecast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/heritage\/stories\/grading-groundhogs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Punxsutawney Phil, however, is only correct 35% of the time, data collected by NOAA showed. Last year, the famous Pennsylvania rodent predicted six more weeks of winter, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/02\/us-news\/staten-island-chucks-groundhog-day-prediction-may-mean-punxsutawney-phil-is-full-of-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disagreeing with his Big Apple counterpart. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the groundhog in question emerges from his den and sees his own shadow, the country is in for another month-and-a-half of winter.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.57781202;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38360401\" width=\"931\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/video-grabs-staten-island-chuck-120270507.jpg\" alt=\"People displaying a banner that reads &quot;S.I. Chuck Says More Winter&quot;.\" class=\"wp-image-38360401\"  \/>Chuck\u2019s prediction sadly means six more weeks of winter. Fox 5<\/p>\n<p>Groundhog Day was first celebrated on Feb. 2, 1887, at Gobbler\u2019s Knob in Punxsutawney, Penn., for a holiday stemming from German folklore that took root in western Pennsylvania more than a century ago.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday originates in the ancient Christian tradition called \u201cCandlemas,\u201d where clergy blessed and distributed candles for the winter and predicted how long and cold the season would be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cold front will continue! 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