U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for March 20

THURSDAY, MARCH 20: SPRING ARRIVES

Profile America -- Thursday, March 20th. Spring finally arrived at 1:48 a.m., Eastern time. That means the sun rises due east and sets due west everywhere on Earth and the day is equally divided between daylight and nighttime hours. A time of renewal and flowers, it's the favorite season of poets. It's also a time for rain. That's why March is National Umbrella Month a device people in many parts of the country hope they will have to use, following last year's widespread drought. Because of its reputation, you might thinkSeattle would have the most annual rainfall but its 37 inches are dwarfed by Mobile, Alabama's 66. The driest city is Reno, Nevada with just 7 inches annually. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov.

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments ready to air on a monthly CD or on Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button). For further information, contact Rick Reed at +1-301-763-2812, fax at +1-301-457-3670, or e-mail at rreed(At)census.gov.

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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