noun
Refers to a prolonged period of dry weather, often with negative effects on agriculture. Can be used literally or figuratively.
今年の夏は日照りが続いて、農作物に被害が出た。
The dry weather continued this summer, causing damage to crops.
日照りのせいで川の水が減っている。
The river water is decreasing because of the drought.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; uncommon but occasionally seen.
Rare spelling using the kanji 旱 with okurigana; not widely used.
干ばつ is a more technical or formal term for drought, often used in news reports and scientific contexts. 日照り is more everyday and can also refer simply to a spell of sunny, dry weather.
水不足 means water shortage, which can result from drought but also from other causes like infrastructure problems. 日照り focuses on the weather condition itself.
Compound of 日 (hi, 'sun') and 照り (teri, 'shining'), from the verb 照る (teru, 'to shine'). The reading ひでり is a rendaku form of ひてり.