Winter starts here on Thursday night, ending on Sunday morning. That’s when autumn returns.
La Nina strikes again.
Six more weeks of winter: Sun Prairie Jimmy sees his shadow (Wisconsin)
SUN PRAIRIE, WI — Sun Prairie’s Jimmy the Groundhog saw his shadow on a sunny Thursday morning, meaning six more weeks of winter.
Mayor Paul Esser helped translate the prognostication from Jimmy, who stayed in his cage on stage.*
Jimmy predicted an early start to spring the past two years, last predicting six more weeks of winter in 2020.
As always, officials in Sun Prairie say Jimmy is never wrong, and will take the blame for losing his message in translation if the prognostication does not come to pass.
Jimmy’s cousin in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil, made the same prediction on Thursday.
Note: *Jimmy BIT the Mayor a few years back, so he stays in his cage now, LOL!
That’s been our winter in SW Wisconsin, too! We had 7” of snow last week, then into the Deep Freeze for a few days, and then close to 40 again, next week.
I’m really concerned about my trees, shrubs and hardy roses!