It was dark, like a cellar, in the basement, but unusually dry.

The wet weekend was a sharp contrast to the unusually dry September.

And because this has been an unusually dry winter, expectations for another bad summer run high.

Agricultural weather experts now say an unusually dry fall has set the stage for a possible return of some of last year's problems.

Just as November has seen record-breaking rain, this summer was unusually dry and hot.

The season had been an unusually dry one.

Because of its sheltered position between mountain ridges, the climate is unusually dry.

Once it was there, the theory goes, unusually dry conditions promoted its spectacular growth.

Officials stress that the war, combined with unusually dry conditions in the last several months, threatens millions of people.

There has been a substantial increase in the number of forest fires this year due to our unusually dry weather.