It is now 7:36 am on February 2, 2021. As the old tale goes, if a groundhog sees his (or her) shadow at sunrise, there will be six more weeks of mean old winter.
Sunrise here in Spring Grove, Illinois, was at 7:06. I am looking at the window here deep in the basement of Key North and, there can be no shadows for Woodstock Willie if they have the same clouds we have (and Woodstock, where the famous movie was filmed) is just 18 miles away.
So, it is going to be an easy winter from here on out, or so they say.
And, it needs to be. After a fairly easy November and December, January was a real bear. We received a lot of snow on several different occasions and very little of it has melted because of cold temperatures and a lack of sunlight. That snow is really piled up. Just this past week, we received about 5 inches on Tuesday and another 9 inches Saturday-Sunday.
And, starting this Friday and going through to Thursday, Feb. 11 our forecasts call for cold, real cold. Highs for those days: 15, 12, 3, 8, 10, 12, 14. Lows for those days: 1, -5, -6, -1, -4, -2 and 1.
It is time for those Canadians to quit sending us their weather!!!!! Build that northern border wall!!!
By the way, that "other" original groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, did see his shadow. But that's Pennsylvania.
Are You Sure Woodstock Willie Didn't See His Shadow? --RoadCold
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