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About Richard

Poor Richard is a taxidermied groundhog who prognosticates for the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge, in York, Pennsylvania. The York Slumbering Groundhog Lodge prides itself on carrying on the tradition of recognizing the importance of the groundhog in predicting the weather for the remaining 6 weeks of winter. Very rarely has York’s “Poor Richard” been wrong.

Poor Richard
Poor Richard
Richard is a Taxidermied groundhog
Resides in
York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Past predictions
Year Saw shadow? Prediction
2024 Nope, no shadow Early spring
2023 Nope, no shadow Early spring
2022 Nope, no shadow Early spring
2021 Yes, saw shadow More winter
2020 Nope, no shadow Early spring

All 22 predictions