This is a timeline of all the “official” Groundhog Day

observations. Look through the chart and answer the

questions on the worksheet that follows.
1887 Shadow; first official trip to Gobbler's Knob.

1888 Shadow

1889 no record

1890 NO Shadow (early spring!)

1891 No Shadow

1892 No Shadow

1893 No Shadow

1894 No Shadow

1895 No Shadow

1896 No Shadow

1897 No Shadow

1898 Shadow

1899 no record

1900 Shadow

1901 Shadow

1902 NO Shadow

1903 Shadow
1904 Shadow

1905 Shadow

1906 Shadow

1907 Shadow

1908 Shadow

1909 Shadow

1910 Shadow

1911 Shadow

1912 Shadow

1913 Shadow

1914 Shadow

1915 Shadow

1916 Shadow

1917 Shadow

1918 Shadow.

1919 Shadow

1920 Shadow

1921 Shadow

1922 Shadow

1923 Shadow

1924 Shadow

1925 Shadow

1926 Shadow

1927 Shadow

1928 Shadow

1929 Shadow

1930 Shadow

1931 Shadow

1932 Shadow
1933 Shadow

1934 NO Shadow.

1935 Shadow

1936 Shadow

1937 Shadow

1938 Shadow

1939 Shadow

1940 Shadow

1941 Shadow

1942 Partial Shadow

1943 Groundhog did not appear; relied on Quarryville's prediction - NO Shadow

1944 Shadow

1945 Shadow

1946 Shadow

1947 Shadow

1948 Shadow

1949 Shadow

1950 NO Shadow

1951 Shadow

1952 Shadow

1953 Shadow

1954 Shadow

1955 Shadow

1956 Shadow

1957 Shadow

1958 Shadow

1959 Shadow

1960 Shadow

1961 Shadow
1962 Shadow

1963 Shadow

1964 Shadow

1965 Shadow

1966 Shadow

1967 Shadow

1968 Shadow

1969 Shadow

1970 NO Shadow

1971 Shadow

1972 Shadow

1973 Shadow

1974 Shadow

1975 NO Shadow

1976 Shadow

1977 Shadow

1978 Shadow

1979 Shadow

1980 Shadow

1981 Shadow

1982 Shadow

1983 NO Shadow

1984 Shadow

1985 Shadow

1986 NO Shadow

1987 Shadow

1988 NO Shadow

1989 Shadow

1990 NO Shadow
1991 Shadow

1992 Shadow

1993 Shadow

1994 Shadow

1995 NO Shadow

1996 Shadow

1997 NO Shadow

1998 Shadow

1999 NO Shadow

2000 Shadow

2001 Shadow

2002 Shadow

2003 Shadow

2004 Shadow

2005 Shadow

2006 Shadow

2007 NO Shadow

2008 Shadow

2009 Shadow
 Help! This
shadow keeps
following me!

Questions

1. How many years are recorded in the timeline?

2. Has the groundhog seen his shadow more or less times

than he has not?

3. What fraction of the years recorded has he seen his

shadow?

4. What percent of the years recorded has he seen no

shadow?

5. Which year did the groundhog not appear at all? What

was the observation for that year?
6. What is the longest span of years that the groundhog
has consistently seen his shadow?

7. Did he see his shadow more between 1894-1904 or

1994-2004?

8. Did he see his shadow more on odd or even number

years?

9. Which year was there no record at all?

10. What kind of chart could you use to organize the

data in this timeline? Draw a chart to show the
information in the timeline on the blank sheet of
paper?
Draw your chart here.