The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac: The Beloved and Bestselling Annual Collection of Weather Forecasts and Useful Information

by Old Farmer's Almanac

The Old Farmer’s Almanac has been making every day “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor” since 1792, and, with the 2026 edition, it continues this tradition in its inimitable fashion. Trusted by generations from all walks of life for its honesty and accuracy, the Almanac delivers fun facts, predictions, feature articles, and advice across many interest areas to readers who live—or aspire to live—close to the earth, with the intent of helping them to make informed decisions based on time-honored wisdom. As a calendar of the heavens, it provides detailed daily astronomical data (Sun/Moon rise/set times, length of day), tide times, and planet/star sightings for every sky watcher, from novice to expert. As a calendar of the year, it presents annual and seasonal events, holidays, anniversaries, and timely trivia, as well as astrological “Best Days” and cycles. As a time capsule of the year, it contains cultural trends; weather forecasts and conditions; articles on interesting topics such as gardening, home arts and remedies, amusements and contests, history, husbandry, nature, cooking and recipes, folklore, pets, and sports; and much more for the curious and the clever.

Long recognized as North America’s most beloved and best-selling annual, this versatile “little yellow book” is often imitated yet never equaled. It’s an American icon that instills in readers a feeling of connection to the history of North America and its people.

With this digital version of The 2026 Old Farmer’s Almanac, you can enjoy instant access to all of its many treasures!

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

288 pages, Hardcover

Published August 26, 2025

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America's best-selling annual publication, with facts, feature articles, and advice that are "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor."

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each year I get this publication to refer to during the year in question, and I try to purchase and read this book in the fall from cover to cover. I have done so, once again (thank you, Barnes and Noble), and once again I enjoyed my reading of this publication.

The Almanac does much more than give general weather predictions for the United States. It has articles about the moon, gardening, farming, and other items, contains tables for planting by the phases of the moon, gives the recipes for dishes that won the cooking contest announced in the previous year’s Almanac, contains non-vetted advertisements for Lucky oils and stoves, and lets one know where the visible planets will be during the upcoming year. And if you need to know when the cat will have her kittens, or what to use in the recipe if you do not have buttermilk, or if it is safe to eat the chicken that has been in the freezer for six months, this publication can answer these questions. Particular to this edition, there were articles about space junk, honey (with recipes), the best houseplants to grow for pleasant scents, and the best fishing knots.

I hesitate to say how many years I have been reading this publication, but I hope I can continue to do so for as many years as the good Lord sees fit to give me.

[Necy Jeffers]

Because of the nature of this book I can't really give it any stars. It was informative. I enjoyed the articles on farming and gardening as well as the miscellaneous articles on baseball and maple syrup. It reminded me of all those times i would sit down and read the Reader's Digest because I wanted to read but all my grandparents had was the Reader's Digest. It was what got me into reading. This book took me right back there to being a kid. If I was a farmer, I would find this book necessary but I am not. In fact, I only read it to fulfill a prompt in a reading challenge. However, I did find it informative.

[Stuart Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always helpful information on when to plant my pole beans, what time to fish, and what dates to get my hair cut. Plus interesting articles on space junk and how the heavens influence different parts of the body. Now I know when the moon is in the 7th house and Jupiter aligns with Mars (Nov. 14-15). Plus I know the weather for that day as well.

Good old fashioned reading with jokes and recipes and all the best advertisements for psychics and farm machinery. I get this every year.

[Bryan S · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little on the bronze age side, but applicable

This is exactly as you would expect from the good people at Farmers Almanac. I will enjoy reading it again throughout the year.

[Bookwormgyrl · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can never go wrong with Old Farmers Almanac 5.0 bookworms

[Josette · Rating 4 out of 5]

was a fun and educational read

[Aspen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting info and has many handy resources.

[Andrew Nagel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly skimmed and flipped through. Some interesting pieces of information. Most of everything that I thought was good to know was in the last dozen to two dozen pages or so.