In front of thousands at Woodstock Square, Feb., 2, 2024, groundhog Woodstock Willie is said to have not seen his shadow, predicting an early spring for the area. The annual celebration and ceremony takes place in the same town where the movie “Groundhog Day” was filmed.
Leilana Watson, 7, wears a groundhog hat while waiting in Woodstock Square for groundhog Woodstock Willie’s prognostication about whether or not the region will have six weeks more of winter at the Groundhog Day celebration on Feb. 2, 2024, in Woodstock. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Thousands of people gather in Woodstock Square waiting for WGN weatherman Tom Skilling and groundhog Woodstock Willie’s prognostication about whether or not we’ll have six weeks more of winter at the Groundhog Day celebration on Feb. 2, 2024, in Woodstock. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
WGN weatherman Tom Skilling lets the crowd know that groundhog Woodstock Willie did not see his shadow this morning during the Groundhog Day celebration in Woodstock Square on Feb. 2, 2024, in Woodstock. This signifies that it will be an early spring. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)Handler Mark Szafran displays Woodstock Willie for the crowd gathered in Woodstock Square at the Groundhog Day celebration on Feb. 2, 2024, in Woodstock. Woodstock Willie did not see his shadow signifying an early spring. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)WGN weatherman Tom Skilling high-fives Rick Bellairs, left, as he introduced to the crowd in Woodstock Square at the Groundhog Day celebration on Feb. 2, 2024, in Woodstock. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
