This is Perth's 10th day-in-a-row without rain, equalling the longest dry spell in August in 17 years, according to weatherzone.com.au. The city had 26 millimetres of rain in the first two days of this month but virtually nothing since. This comes after a wet June and July when more than 320mm fell, about 32mm more than the long-term average for the first two months of winter. In August 1997 there were also 10 consecutive days without rain. The previous longest dry period in August was in 1991, 12 days. There is no rain forecast for Perth until at least mid-next week. The longest stretch without rain in August was back in 1902, and that was 20 days.