After 208 years of weather, wit, and wisdom, the Farmer's Almanac announced that its 2026 edition will be its last — a farewell to an American icon that began when David Young, a poet and astronomer, published the first edition in Morristown, New Jersey in 1818.

For generations, this little book with its secret "Caleb Weatherbee" forecasting formula was more than a collection of long-range weather predictions. It was Grandma consulting the Moon phases before planting tomatoes, Dad insisting on fishing during the "best days," and countless dinner table arguments over whether that red sky at night would deliver sailor's delight.

In their goodbye, editors Sandi Duncan and Peter Geiger thank the millions who "grew up hearing your parents or grandparents quote from the Almanac." Their final w

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