And, of course, there is the barbecue, always busy on any rainless day, its delicious summer smog drifting around the neighbourhood.

Due to the density of vegetation and frequent precipitation events, the forest floor often appears fresh and verdant even after several rainless days.

The sky was turning the heat-soaked dark gold of another rainless day.

On her own property, a "gorgeous old bay laurel" lost much of its top growth to the combination of rainless days and dry winds.

The region's woodlands, already tinderboxes, are becoming more brittle-dry as each rainless day passes.

Three consecutive rainless days between 3 and 5 November aided logistical preparations and reorganization of the troops for the next stage.

There is not a rainless day in sight for London's SW19 until Tuesday.

Money, of course, and rainless days and nights.

It would be another hot, rainless day.

Even if the water supply from the tap isn't threatened, it's difficult to keep up with irrigation chores when the rainless days stretch into weeks and months.