of warm weather "looks set to continue''.

According to Dave Forbes at the Weather Service, eight inches of rain have been recorded since November and the temperatures will remain in the mid 70s.

During the first few days of January last year Bermuda underwent a similar period of low rainfall. The pattern has continued this month.

The rainfall levels are unusual compared to standard climatological statistics using average numbers over the last 50 years, but not unusual if compared to the variation in the numbers over the last half-century, he said.

The dry spell has not affected the Island's water truckers, who said they were coping with the demand for water and there have been no major delays in meeting the demand for water.