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Show HN: Groundhog-day.com – structured groundhog data

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Post by pcraig3 » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

Over the last year, I've worked on aggregating Groundhog data, including predictions, location, and a cute photo.

Welcome to GROUNDHOG-DAY.com: The clean and breathable, machine-readable, all-regional data source for Groundhog Day forecasts. Find your fave groundhog, peruse past predictions, or trek the continent-wide Groundhog Map.

Includes enterprise-grade API for corporate use cases.

Show HN: Groundhog-day.com – structured groundhog data
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Post by jay-barronville » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 6:39 PM UTC

This topic isn’t something I care about, but I did want to say, great work on the design — I have a thing for minimalist designs like this.

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#3

Post by beardog » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 6:48 PM UTC

Seems long winters being the norm died in the 80s

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Post by w-ll » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 7:04 PM UTC

I didn't know there were multiple groundhogs. Very eclectic idea.

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Post by leipert » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 7:18 PM UTC

Great work: I think this is missing some data crunching on past predictions. Were the predictions correct or not?

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Post by pcraig3 » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 7:22 PM UTC

beardog wrote: post #3

Seems long winters being the norm died in the 80s

I have a pet theory on this.

I think, as a local councillor/politician, you show up to a Groundhog Day event and there are like 50 people there hoping you say it's gonna be spring soon, and so you just tell them that it will be.

However, it doesn't seem to be holding for this year, where most have said longer winter so far: https://groundhog-day.com/predictions/2023

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Post by pcraig3 » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 7:22 PM UTC

w-ll wrote: post #4

I didn't know there were multiple groundhogs. Very eclectic idea.

I didn't know there were so many, and I also didn't know that so many of them aren't real groundhogs.

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Post by pcraig3 » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 7:22 PM UTC

jay-barronville wrote: post #2

This topic isn’t something I care about, but I did want to say, great work on the design — I have a thing for minimalist designs like this.

Thanks! It was a fun project for sure: no ads and nobody trying to get me to make it look more conventional.

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Post by pcraig3 » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 7:23 PM UTC

leipert wrote: post #5

Great work: I think this is missing some data crunching on past predictions. Were the predictions correct or not?

Accuracy data is basically impossible to get. You have to get weather data year by year for different regions of the country and then compare them to historical ranges. It will basically mean 10x the work I've done already. It's open-source though, so it could be that someone wants to collaborate with me in future :D

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Post by johnfn » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 7:25 PM UTC

Remarkable how in the 1910s and 1920s we had uninterrupted stretches of extra winters decades in a row, but now early spring dominates. Clear evidence of global warming.