空梅雨からつゆ

noun

dry rainy season; unusually dry tsuyu

Refers to the rainy season (tsuyu) when there is very little rain, often causing water shortages. A seasonal weather term.

• 今年ことしは空梅雨からつゆで、ダムの水みずが少すくない。

  This year the rainy season is dry, and the dam's water level is low.

• 空梅雨からつゆの年としは、夏なつの水みず不ぶ足そくが心しん配ぱいだ。

  In a year with a dry rainy season, we worry about summer water shortages.