Founded in 1818, the Farmers’ Almanac is North America’s most timeless, trusted, and treasured source for long-range weather predictions, humor, fun facts, and valuable advice on gardening, cooking, fishing, conservation, and much more.
The Farmers’ Almanac and Canadian Farmers’ Almanac, which feature our trademark orange and green cover, are sold in supermarkets, drugstores, bookstores, and retail outlets throughout North America, as well as online. The Farmers’ Almanac also publishes a 64-page branded version that businesses can customize and distribute to customers.
Always close to the earth, always dedicated to living in harmony with nature, and always astonishing readers with amazingly accurate weather predictions, the Farmers’ Almanac is more popular than ever. The reason is simple; smart living never goes out of style.
In fact, the definitive issue of our age is environmental conservation, and the Farmers’ Almanac was the authority on hacks, sustainable, and green long before those words became trendy. Now, thanks to our world-class multimedia Web site and our ever-expanding social media efforts, we’re able to bring the down-home wit and wisdom that made the Farmers’ Almanac a household name to millions.
In fact, Farmers’ Almanac reaches a growing national audience of over 18 million adults via print and digital media—including 1.2 million Facebook followers, 36,200 on Twitter, 84,000 on Instagram, and 13,000 on Pinterest … and growing.
Philom. is short for Philomath, a Greek word than means “lover of learning.” During America’s early days, publishers of almanacs were held in great esteem for their knowledge, and often carried the title “Philom.” after their names.
Both Ben Franklin (a.k.a. Poor Richard, Philom.) and David Young, Founding Editor of the Farmers’ Almanac, used the title, as did Ray Geiger, the longest-running Almanac editor in history. When the Almanac’s current editor, Peter Geiger, joined the editorial team, he renewed this almanac tradition, taking the title for himself and, later, conferring it to Managing Editor Sandi Duncan. Click here to meet the editors.
Our famous long-range weather predictions are made two years in advance. Farmers’ Almanac forecaster Caleb Weatherbee uses a top-secret mathematical and astronomical formula, taking sunspot activity, tidal action, the position of the planet, and many other factors into consideration.
Caleb Weatherbee is a pseudonym the Farmers’ Almanac uses for all of its weather forecasters, past and present. The true identity of our prognosticator is as secret as our nearly two centuries old formula for weather prediction.
Longtime fans of the Farmers’ Almanac who follow our weather predictions claim they are accurate approximately 80-85% of the time. See our On The Money page.
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