1. The driest date will be June 26 in Cologne, where it has rained only twice in the last 11 years on that date.
2. The Antarctic peninsula - the British sector of the world's coldest and driest continent - was formerly known as the Falkland Island Dependencies.
3. Australia is the driest continent after Antarctica and was recently in the grip of the worst drought in more than a century.
4. As the driest continent after Antarctica, it is also considered one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change.
5. By that time, the driest places could be out of water.
6. Britain had one of its hottest and driest summers on record last year.
7. My dad has the driest sense of humour of anyone I know.