How big of a geographic area does Punxsutawney Phil cover, anyway? There can be some pretty significant swings as you go towards either the Great Lakes or especially towards the Atlantic, so I imagine his reach isn't too far.  Pittsburgh is probably similar, weather-wise. But what about Cleveland? Should they have their own gopher? Or what about Philadelphia - very different weather, should they get a local woodchuck to predict the weather?

Or maybe there's a whole secret whistlepig weather network (we never hear about it because they would keep it underground, amiright?) and the prediction is a general average of the whole Northeast? but then it becomes rather irrelevant.

I'm starting to think this might be some marmot moneymaking scam - they're just flipping a coin before popping out to give some bullshiat answer to keep the tourists happy while selling cheap merchandise or pushing lousy insurance policies...