With the start of February, we turned to our favorite critters for an update. Here's what Punxsutawney Phil and Hope, Indiana's groundhog, predicted.

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 139th ...

The tradition of a groundhog predicting the weather has spanned centuries. Here is what you need to know about Punxsutawney ...

However, if the day is cloudy and shadowless, Phil takes it as a sign of spring and stays above ground! Pennsylvania's most famous groundhog will make his prediction in front of tens of thousands ...

Groundhog Day ...

Of course, even the organizers of the annual Groundhog Day event in western Pennsylvania acknowledge that turning to a large rodent for weather forecasting is mostly a way to break up winter monotony.

But the good news is January is almost over and in a just a few days, on Groundhog Day, we'll find out if the ongoing weather conditions will persist or if spring is on the horizon. On Sunday ...

CHICOPEE, Mass.(WWLP)– Groundhog Day is this weekend and on Sunday, Punxsutawney Phil will make his unofficial prediction on whether winter will continue or if spring will come early.