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Did He or Didn’t He??
Woodstock Willie has a long history of Prognostication, but how successful has he been?
This table is based on Willie’s prognostication and the actual weather at Chicago O’Hare airport during the first week of March.
| YEAR | DID HE SEE HIS SHADOW? | WAS SPRING EARLY? |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No | |
| 2025 | No | Yes |
| 2024 | No | Yes |
| 2023 | Yes | Yes |
| 2022 | No | Yes |
| 2021 | No | Yes |
| 2020 | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | No | No |
| 2018 | Yes | Yes |
| 2017 | Yes | Yes |
| 2016 | No | Yes |
| 2015 | Yes | Yes |
| 2014 | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | No | No |
| 2012 | No | Yes |
| 2011 | Festivities Cancelled because of That Blizzard Thing | |
| 2010 | No | Yes |
| 2009 | Yes | Yes |
| 2008 | No | No |
| 2007 | No | Yes |
| 2006 | No | Yes |
| 2005 | No | No |
| 2004 | No | No |
| 2003 | No | Yes |
| 2002 | No | No |
| 2001 | Yes | Yes |
| 2000 | Yes | Yes |
| 1999 | No | No |
| 1998 | No | No |
| 1997 | No | Yes |