Nation Can a fuzzy rodent predict the weather better than a meteorologist? Groundhog Day explained January 28, 2022 Janet Loehrke and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Comments Off on Can a fuzzy rodent predict the weather better than a meteorologist? Groundhog Day explained Punxsutawney Phil, the world's most famous groundhog, will be coaxed from his burrow in western Pennsylvania early Wednesday Feb. 2.