The Ĺwistak Day is celebrated this Sunday. On the occasion of this holiday, the American National Ocean and Atmospheric Agency (Noaa) published a ranking of the best “prognostics”. The famous marmot Phil from Pennsylvania was low in the ranking.
Wistak Day (in English Groundhog Day) is an annual holiday, which is celebrated on February 2 in the United States and Canada. His hero is an American marmot (Marmota Monax), which, according to tradition, heralds the arrival of spring or the next weeks of winter. This tradition was initiated in the city of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania by the famous marmot Phil. According to beliefs, if the weather is cloudy and the animal does not see its shadow after leaving the burrow, you should expect a quick arrival of spring. Otherwise, when the rodent sees its shadow and hides in the hole, winter will last six weeks.
This holiday is celebrated all over the world, but now “forecasts” are not only marmots, but also other animals such as ducks, alligators, fish and even statues.
Noaa ranking
The American National Ocean and Atmospheric Agency (Noaa) has published a ranking of the best “prognostics”. The first place was taken by a marmot named Charles G. Hogg, commonly called Staten Island Chuck. He lives at the ZOO at Staten Island, New York. He acts as an official meteorologist in New York. According to Noaa, the verification of its forecasts is as much as 85 percent. Despite the fact that he is so reliable in predicting the weather, his behavior can be a bit unpredictable. Once he bit the mayor of New York in the hand.
General Beaureregard Lee from Georgia came second. Its predictions work 80 percent.
The third place belongs not to the marmot, but to the statue of a bronze prym dog. It is in the state of Wyoming. His forecasts work 70 percent.
Famous Phil Nisko in the ranking
The famous Phil marmot from the city of Punxsutawney in Pennsylvania was only in 17th place. His forecasts work only in 35 percent.
The ranking closes the turtle named Mojave Max. It comes from the state of Nevada. The verification of its forecasts is only 25 percent.
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