How Accurate Are Groundhogs And 8 Other Animals At Predicting Weather?

Forget meteorology, it’s animals who can best tell us what weather to expect! Sometimes

That is how the article,”9 Animals That Can Predict The Weather” begins. I was immediately bothered because it is yet another example in which I see meteorology and climatology simplified and trivialized. We also see this with jokes about accuracy of meteorologists, media citing almanacs over science, and assumptions that weather App forecasts are produced by the cell phone fairy. My past commentary with noted meteorologist Chuck Doswell discusses the complexity of meteorology.

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