This winter has been the driest for seventy years according to the State Meteorological Agency with only sixty litres per square metre of rain since December.
The past three months surpasses the previous record, set in 1981, of 81 litres per square metre and the quarter so far is the driest since 1940.
Most reservoirs are at around 60% capacity, however, due to the rains of the past couple of years but odd ones are already in trouble, down to 40% in some cases. The dry weather, though, does not bode well for the spring grain harvest