On Sunday morning at 7:41 AM in Marion Ohio, Buckeye Chuck, Ohio’s Official Weather Forecasting Groundhog emerged from his burrow to a cloudy sky, which folklore says means, “Spring Is Just Around the Corner!”
The hundreds of Marion residents and several visitors who made the trek to witness the annual event for parts near and far, were pleased by Buckeye Chuck’s announcement, even though we just got past the least snowiest January on record.
Buckeye Chuck was proclaimed “Ohio’s Official Weather Predicting Groundhog” in 1979 by the Ohio Legislature and since then AM-1490 WMRN Radio has held an annual celebration for Buckeye Chuck’s historic announcement. Buckeye Chuck has correctly predicted the second half of Ohio’s weather about 71% of the time.