meme spread across social media say america accept weather predictions rodent deny climate change evidence scientists sadly meme accurate punxsutawney phil could ever hope conservatives continue deny climate science outright flock see groundhog see shadow predict early spring winter.of course groundhogs scientifically accurate complete myth forecast weather explain particularly well national oceanic atmospheric administration put together nice chart compare phil predictions actual temperatures occur follow 1988-2015 noaa find table show predictive skill groundhog recent years analysis groundhog day way little fun mid-winter climate record statistics tell us winter probably climatologically speak three cold months year december january february winter typically still bite go groundhog come search shadow february 2. bill maher field day friday mock conservative climate science deniers hilarious attack ad aim particularly ted cruz.maher note groundhog day fell day iowa caucus vote say punxsutawney phil predict warm weather naturally conservatives think punxsutawney phil tank liberals global warm crazy issue maher say introduce ad mock climate science deniers conservatives attack phil another scientist prop liberal media ad also take masterful shoot iowa winner ted cruz.here video via youtube conservatives probably crazy enough believe groundhog predict weather certainly crazy enough attack groundhog predict warm weather believe actual science truly crazy kind crazy dangerous republicans continue ignore many coastal cities go water act feature image via screenshot bill maher slay ted cruz gop science deniers amazingly hilarious groundhog day ad video