Ben Hughes, handler of the weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, holds Phil in the air today after removing him from his stump at Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney.

PUNXSUTAWNEY — The world's most famous groundhog saw his shadow which, legend has it, means we can expect six more weeks of winter.

Punxsutawney Phil's forecast was announced in front of thousands of revelers gathered at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney. They gathered under overcast skies with temperatures hovering around the freezing mark Monday morning, with many revelers buoyed by the Super Bowl victory by the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday night.

German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal cast a shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter would last another six weeks. If no shadow was seen, legend said spring would come early.

Since 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, hasn't seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.