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Buckeye Chuck is a groundhog
The groundhog (''Marmota monax''), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.
A lowland creature of North America, it is found through much of the Easte ...
at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in University Circle, a district of educational, cultural and medical institutions approximately five miles (8 km) east of Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The ...
in Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
who predicts arrive of spring on Groundhogs Day He is one of two groundhogs in Ohio known for predicting the arrival of spring. Chuck began predicting the arrival of spring in the 1970s. and the Ohio General Assembly
The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Both houses of the General Assembly meet at the Ohio Statehouse in Colu ...
declared Buckeye Chuck the official State Groundhog in 1979. He previously resided in Marion, Ohio
Marion is a city in Marion County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in north-central Ohio, approximately north of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. The population was 35,999 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down slig ...
, US, until June 2023 until being relocated. From 2006 to 2015, Chuck's forecast was correct only twice.
According to the legend of Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day (, , , ; Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia: Daks Day) is a tradition observed regionally in the United States and Canada on February 2 of every year. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if ...
, the groundhog's behavior is a way of forecasting the weather. If the groundhog pops out from its burrow, sees his shadow, and then disappears again, it will mean that winter is to continue for six more weeks. But if the groundhog does not see its shadow, then it will not be scared to come out of its burrow and winter will soon end.
Past predictions
See also
* Balzac Billy *Fred la marmotte
Fred la marmotte () is a groundhog located in Val-d'Espoir near Percé, Quebec, whose behaviour is used to predict weather on Groundhog Day. Fred is the official groundhog of Quebec for Groundhog Day predictions. The name "Fred la marmotte" is ...
*General Beauregard Lee
General Beauregard Lee is a groundhog in the US state of Georgia widely considered to be the Groundhog Day weather prognosticator for the Southern United States.
The previous forecaster before General Beauregard Lee was General Robert E. Lee, wh ...
*Punxsutawney Phil
Punxsutawney Phil () is a groundhog residing in Young Township near Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, United States, who is the central figure in Punxsutawney's annual Groundhog Day celebration.
Folklore
On February 2 each year, Punxsutawney holds ...
* Shubenacadie Sam
*Staten Island Chuck
Staten Island Chuck, also referred to more formally as Charles G. Hogg, is a groundhog who resided in the Staten Island Zoo in Staten Island, New York City. He serves as the official groundhog meteorologist of New York City, who predicts the d ...
* Stormy Marmot
* Wiarton Willie
References
External links
ohiohistorycentral.org
- Ohio History Central: Buckeye Chuck {{Groundhog Day Individual groundhogs Holiday characters Oracular animals Individual animals in the United States Marion, Ohio Museums in Cleveland Culture of Ohio Groundhog Day