You have no idea on dry. Seriously. This month, by this time, we should have seen 8 inches here in the Metro. We haven't even gotten an INCH. All Month. Now, in the mountains? They're measuring it up there in the feet per day. One town (Crested Butte) had gotten like 56" in the past week.. that's over 4' in 7 days.
Must be nice.
Christmas Day I'm planning on watering everything again. Makes the birdies happy because they can take bathes. I'm not going to lose all my roses & trees to the dryness.. not gonna!! Just checked the almanac.. we've received 0.01" of precipitation this month. BLEH!