Farmers' Almanac Weather
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Recent Weather Articles
Quiz: How Much Do You Know … About Snow?
Test your knowledge with our winter weather quiz!
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The Children’s Blizzard
More than 120 years ago this week, an unexpected blizzard swept across the prairies and claimed 235 lives, most of them children. Learn more.
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This Week: We’re Closest to the Sun
While you’re shivering and scraping the ice off of your car’s windshield this winter, try to remember that the Sun is actually three million miles closer than it was in July.
Read More »Weather History for the United States
back to 1945!
If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.