--- title: Punxsutawney Phil 2018 Results Inspires Groundhog Day Memes description: Punxsutawney Phil made his prediction today about what's to come this season, and the internet responded in kind. canonical: https://time.com/5130610/groundhog-day-2018-memes/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-02T16:31:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:19.243Z og:title: Groundhog Day Has Come Again and the Internet Has Feelings og:description: Punxsutawney Phil predicted a long winter og:url: https://time.com/5130610/groundhog-day-2018-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteacf27a53fd3a3ef/6988fa59096a94cf776a1543/punxsutawney-phil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4787 og:image:height: 2693 og:image:alt: "Punxsutawney Phil" Makes Annual Winter Prediction On Groundhog Day og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Groundhog Day Has Come Again and the Internet Has Feelings twitter:description: Punxsutawney Phil predicted a long winter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteacf27a53fd3a3ef/6988fa59096a94cf776a1543/punxsutawney-phil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Has the Most Forward-Thinking Memes About Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day Prediction > Sponsored content. 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Punxsutawney Phil is held up by his handler for the crowd to see during the ceremonies for Groundhog day on February 2, 2018 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Brett Carlsen—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 2, 2018 4:31 PM UTC Another Groundhog Day [has come again](http://time.com/5123837/groundhog-day-results-2018-2/), and the legendary Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter after he saw his shadow upon exiting his den just after sunrise Friday morning. The tradition of Groundhog Day is centuries-strong, and as it turns out Phil’s decision to see his shadow (or not) has very little connection with the realities of our changing weather patterns; some sites suggest he has only been correct less than 40% of the time over his ongoing tenure as a prognosticator. But that hasn’t stopped the Groundhog Day ritual [from going strong](http://time.com/5127939/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-accuracy/). And of course the internet had plenty of thoughts and feelings about this year’s prediction of more cold weather to come. > [](https://twitter.com/mrjafri/status/959399234373070848) > [](https://twitter.com/oureric/status/959405157065940998) > [](https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/959442535184728064) > [](https://twitter.com/MidwestNPS/status/959436091370754048) > [](https://twitter.com/arturaskerelis/status/959428206058266624) > [](https://twitter.com/nerdist/status/959453371131248645) > [](https://twitter.com/PerezHilton/status/959439159852089345) > [](https://twitter.com/tigers/status/959433043940401152) And one helpful account even provided some fun facts. Did you know groundhogs are sometimes called “whistlepigs?” > [](https://twitter.com/USFWS/status/959437475809808384) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5130610/groundhog-day-2018-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5130610/groundhog-day-2018-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Has the Most Forward-Thinking Memes About Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day Prediction","datePublished":"2018-02-02T16:31:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:19.243Z","description":"Punxsutawney Phil made his prediction today about what's to come this season, and the internet responded in kind.","url":"https://time.com/5130610/groundhog-day-2018-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Groundhog Day","Holidays"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteacf27a53fd3a3ef/6988fa59096a94cf776a1543/punxsutawney-phil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteacf27a53fd3a3ef/6988fa59096a94cf776a1543/punxsutawney-phil.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Punxsutawney Phil\" Makes Annual Winter Prediction On Groundhog Day","caption":"\"Punxsutawney Phil\" Makes Annual Winter Prediction On Groundhog Day","creditText":"Brett Carlsen—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5130610/groundhog-day-2018-memes/","name":"The Internet Has the Most Forward-Thinking Memes About Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day Prediction"}}]}] ```