Happy Groundhog’s Day from the Staten Island Zoo!
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Staten Island Zoo Groundhog’s Day celebration 2025
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The Groundhog’s Day sign at the Staten Island Zoo in 2025
I went to see Staten Island Chuck predict an early Spring. Check out my blog on the Staten Island Zoo on VisitingaMuseum.com.
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Staten Island Chuck makes his prediction every February 2nd.
Staten Island Chuck stuffed toy is the best thing to buy in the gift shop
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The politicians and Zoo Management on stage in 2025
Spring was coming early 2025
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Was it Winter or Spring at the Staten Island Zoo in 2025
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The costumed Chuck during the ceremony
I had planned to go out to Punxsutawney, PA again for Groundhog’s Day but the weather really turned this year. There was an Arctic Vortex (or whatever they are calling it this week) and the weather plunged in Pennsylvania. It was going to be 20 degrees on Groundhog’s Day (that meant 0 degrees that night) and raining when I would drive home on Sunday and I thought that would be over doing it for me.
I later saw that it did go up to 38 degrees that day in Punxsutawney, higher than expected but the overnight Friday night into Saturday was 4 degrees and sorry but the thought of standing in Gobbler’s Knob for five and a half hours in that weather was too much. I did that in 2016 in 30 degrees and that was bad enough. I will wait until next year.
I then remembered that we have…
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Don’t miss this fun little ceremony every February 2nd.
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The Staten Island Zoo does a nice job with promoting Staten Island Chuck and his predictions. He says we are going to have a early Spring in 2025. I hope!!
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