1.   Here, low winter rainfall and dry summers for two successive years have caused record low water levels in wells.

2.   It was a very dry summer.

3.   Its native climate combines cold winters, with the winds blowing off the North Sea, and very dry summers.

4.   Parts of Britain are suffering water shortages after the unusually dry summer.

5.   The dry summer has further increased the strain on water resources.

6.   The lamb crop has been somewhat lighter this year, due to the dry summer.

7.   There were frequent brush fires during the hot dry summers.

8.   Indeed, epidemics of Type II ostertagiasis are typically preceded by dry summers.

9.   An unusually dry summer in Oregon and Washington has reduced generating capacity at hydroelectric dams in the two states.

10.   Because of an unusually dry summer, the trees in some Southern states may experience earlier-than-normal color change, according to the U.S. Forest Service.