What a Farmers' Almanac Membership Includes and When It's Worth It

A Farmers' Almanac membership is a paid annual subscription shown on the site at $13.99 per year, and the page describes it as giving access to the next 12 months of any calendar plus "all the Farmer's Almanac 1818 information." The page also states the subscription can be canceled at any time. It is worth considering if you regularly use the site's best-days calendars and want a full year of them in one place; if you only check an occasional full Moon date or forecast, the free pages may be enough.

What the membership offers, based on the site

The subscription prompt on the page lists these benefits:

• A full year of calendar access — "Check the next 12 months of any calendar," rather than viewing a single day.
• Access to the "1818 information" — the site frames this as the full Farmers' Almanac archive, named for its founding year.
• Cancel any time — stated directly in the subscription box.

The price is displayed as "$13.99 Per Year." The page does not describe a free trial, a monthly plan, or any discount tiers, so treat the annual price as the only confirmed option.

What you can already see without subscribing

The same page shows a free daily snapshot, which is useful for judging whether the paid calendar adds anything you need. For the displayed date (Sunday, October 25, 2026), the free view includes:

So the free page answers "what should I do today?" The membership is aimed at "what does the whole year look like?"

How to decide whether to subscribe

Use the same three questions for either choice:

1. How often will you open the calendar? If you plan gardening, cutting firewood, or fishing around the almanac's best days more than a few times a month, a 12-month view saves repeated visits. If you check once a season, the daily free view covers it.
2. Do you need past data or the archive? The membership is the stated route to the "1818 information." If your interest is historical weather or long-term patterns rather than upcoming dates, that access is the main reason to pay.
3. Is $13.99 a year reasonable for you? That works out to a little over a dollar a month. The page gives no indication of ads being removed or extra tools beyond calendars and archive access, so base the decision on calendar and archive use alone.

A practical example

Suppose you keep a vegetable garden and want to time planting, pest control, and mowing across a whole season. The free page tells you today is a "barren day, do no planting" — helpful once, but you would need to return daily to plan ahead. A 12-month calendar view lets you sit down once and map the season. That is the clearest case for subscribing. By contrast, if you only want the next full Moon date or a holiday like Halloween, the free "Upcoming Dates" section already lists them.

Before you subscribe

• Confirm the current price and terms on the subscription box itself, since the page shows a single annual figure and a cancel-any-time note.
• Check that the calendar type you care about (gardening, fishing, or general best days) is included in the 12-month view; the page groups these as separate calendars.
• Remember the membership is a subscription, not a one-time purchase — the cancel-any-time line is your exit if the year-round view turns out to be more than you use.