{"id":1527,"date":"2016-02-05T14:45:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T19:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.100.1.143\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2019-06-03T14:46:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:46:36","slug":"groundhog-day-forecasts-and-climate-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/05\/groundhog-day-forecasts-and-climate-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundhog Day Forecasts and Climate History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"521\" src=\"http:\/\/10.100.1.143\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/groundhog2015-infographic-2016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imsg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/groundhog2015-infographic-2016.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.imsg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/groundhog2015-infographic-2016-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.imsg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/groundhog2015-infographic-2016-700x509.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every February 2, a crowd of thousands gathers at Gobbler\u2019s Knob in \nPunxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to await a special forecast from a groundhog\n named Phil. If the 20-pound groundhog emerges and sees his shadow, the \nUnited States can expect six more weeks of winter weather according to \nlegend. But, if Phil doesn\u2019t see his shadow, we can expect warmer \ntemperatures and the arrival of an early spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though he\u2019s been forecasting since 1887, Phil\u2019s track record for\n the entire country isn\u2019t perfect. To determine just how accurate he is,\n we\u2019ve compared <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/temp-and-precip\/climatological-rankings\/\">U.S. national temperatures<\/a> with Phil\u2019s forecasts. On average, Phil has gotten it right 40% of the time over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full Article:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/news\/groundhog-day-forecasts-and-climate-history\">http:\/\/www.ncdc.noaa.gov\/news\/groundhog-day-forecasts-and-climate-history<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every February 2, a crowd of thousands gathers at Gobbler\u2019s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to await a special forecast from a groundhog named Phil. If the 20-pound groundhog emerges and sees his shadow, the United States can expect six more weeks of winter weather according&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-1527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1530,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions\/1530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}