Flamingos do not believe that a Yankee Ground Hog is correct

Ground Hog Day my frozen butt!  It may be 6 more weeks of winter in Pennsylvania but I don't think that fat ground living rodent that is poked awake each year is a good weather prognosticator.  Sure its about 6 weeks before the Vernal Equinox arrives on March 20th at 5:45 pm Central Time.  So yes.....we actually have 7 more weeks until the Season called Winter is over.  But that damn yankee of a ground hog doesn't know anything about winters in South and we can be frozen one day and in flip flops and shorts the next.  I figure statistically old Pux Phil is wrong about 30 to 40 percent of the time.  So anytime his handlers say speak for him I just reverse what they say.  The northern part of the US is probably going to be colder but we are going to be seeing some rainy weather .

I copied and pasted this from the Farmers Almanac.  I trust them more than the fat rodent.

FEBRUARY 2015: temperature 46° (1° below avg.); precipitation 4" (1" below avg.); Feb 1-6: Rain to snow, then sunny, cold; Feb 7-14: Rain, then sunny, cold; Feb 15-19: Showers, then sunny, cold; Feb 20-25: Rainy periods, mild;Feb 26-28: Sunny, seasonable.

MARCH 2015: temperature 53° (3° below avg.); precipitation 5" (1" below avg.); Mar 1-3: Sunny, mild; Mar 4-9: Rain, then sunny, cool; Mar 10-14: Rainy, cool; Mar 15-23: Showers, cool; Mar 24-31: T-storms, then sunny, cool.

Annual Weather Summary: November 2014 to October 2015

Winter will be much colder than normal, with below-normal precipitation. Snowfall will be near or slightly above normal in the north, but significant snowfall is unlikely in central or southern areas. The coldest periods will occur in late December and January, with the snowiest periods across the north in mid- and late December and early January.

April and May will be warmer than normal, with rainfall above normal in all but easternmost areas.

Summer will be hotter than normal, with near-normal rainfall despite hurricane threats in mid- and late July. The hottest periods will occur in early to mid-June, mid- to late June, mid- to late July, and late August.

September and October will be warmer than normal, with a hurricane threat in mid-September.