Tag: United States

ScienceDaily (Feb. 8, 2012) — During January, warmer-than-average conditions enveloped most of the contiguous United States, with widespread below-average precipitation.

The overall weather pattern for the month was reflected in the lack of snow for much of the Northern Plains, Midwest, and Northeast. This scenario was in stark contrast to Alaska where several towns had their coldest January on record.

More than 4 million babies are born in the United States each year, and the details of how, when, and where they arrive are always shifting.

The news from the final 2005 report and preliminary 2006 report on births from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is that America continues to boast climbing birth rates, following the baby decline of the 1990s. In fact, we're experiencing a little baby boom of sorts, with an increase of 3 percent from 2005 to 2006 the largest single-year increase in the number of births since 1989 and the largest total number of births (4.27 million) since 1961.