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Michigan's Official Groundhog Issues Apology

As spring officially began in Michigan, the forecast calls for snow, snow and more snow.

 
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Woody, Michigan's Official Groundhog, makes her 2013 Groundhogs Day prediction.
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Woody, Michigan's Official Groundhog, makes her 2013 Groundhogs Day prediction.

Spring is officially here and Woody, Michigan's Official Groundhog, has faced the fact that this year's prediction for an early spring was incorrect, according to a press release.

According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for Thursday shows a 60 percent chance of snow showers, breezy, with a high near 30 degrees. This Sunday and Monday? You guessed it, more snow. Not your average spring weather.

Some observers recalled Woody's hesitation that morning, when she exited her house at the Howell Conference & Nature Center, went back in, then came out again just in time to indicate an early spring. One witness to the prediction noted, "Some female woodchucks exhibit indecisiveness, and it was clearly on display that morning." 

Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania also predicted an early spring this year.

Like all female woodchuck prognosticators, Woody is not afraid to admit when she's wrong. And although she correctly picked the Baltimore Ravens to win the Super Bowl, she is avoiding March Madness in it's entirety.

However, even if she may have been wrong this year, Woody's predictions have been correct more often than not. 

Year Prediction Right/Wrong
1999 Shadow/Late Spring Right
2000 No Shadow/Early Spring Right
2001 No Shadow/Early Spring
Wrong
2002 Shadow/Late Spring Right
2003 Shadow/Late Spring Right
2004 No Shadow/Early Spring Right
2005 No Shadow/Early Spring Wrong
2006 Shadow/Late Spring Right
2007 No Shadow/Early Spring Right
2008 No Shadow/Early Spring Wrong
2009 Shadow/Late Spring Right
2010 Shadow/Late Spring Right
2011 Shadow/Late Spring Right
2012 No Shadow/Early Spring Right
2013 No Shadow/Early Spring Wrong

Was Woody on the fence in her prediction this year? You be the judge. Watch the video above and tell us what you think in the comments. 

Related Topics: Groundhog's Day, Snow, and Weather

Marsha

3:22 pm on Sunday, March 24, 2013

She definitely wasn't quite sure this year - give the girl a break!

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