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Texas weather prediction from Bee Cave Bob

By and FOX 7 Austin Digital Team
Published  February 2, 2024 3:36pm CST
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Bee Cave Bob weather prediction

Instead of a groundhog, Texas has an armadillo. Bee Cave Bob made his prediction on whether we will have a prolonged winter or an early spring.

BEE CAVE, Texas - Spring may be coming early this year. Bee Cave Bob the armadillo did not see his shadow Friday.

"I'm just here to see the armadillo," Teddy Stewart, who attended the Armadillo Day event, said.

Many others showed up at the West Pole in Bee Cave, too.

FULL VIDEO: Bee Cave Bob makes prediction on weather

Instead of a groundhog, Texas has an armadillo. Bee Cave Bob made his prediction on whether we will have a prolonged winter or an early spring.

"We all know what the armadillo is and the respect we have for them, it's amazing how much we get together at least once a year and celebrate this occasion," Animal trainer and rehabilitator Ralph Fisher said.

It was Armadillo Day.

"How about most unique Texas day ever, that's what we're going to call it," Armadillo Day organizer Mike Burke said.

It’s the day Bee Cave Bob makes his predictions on whether it’s going to be a long winter or if spring is around the corner. On Friday, it was cloudy.

"Folks, he ain’t seeing no shadow, so by the power invested in me, we're going to have our spring, it's going to start March 11," the announcer said.

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It's Groundhog Day, but here in Austin it's really more like Armadillo Day. Instead of Punxsutawney Phil, armadillos are predicting when the season will change. Casey Claiborne has more on the history of Bee Cave Bob.

The armadillo’s owner said he’s been 100 percent accurate in his predictions in years past.

"I don't know if that's a Texas tale or not, but that's what someone just told me," Fisher said.

Bee Cave Bob’s predictions mirrors Punxutawney Phil’s prediction of an early spring, too.

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And according to Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, it’ll be an early start to spring.

Punxsutawney Phil left his burrow on Friday morning and did not see his shadow – predicting an early spring.