Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
DROUGHT. From the end of April to September in the land of Judaea is "the drought of summer." The grass is sometimes completely withered, Ps 102:4, and all the land and the creatures upon it suffer, and nothing but the copious dew of the night preserves the life of any living thing. Hag 1:11. The heat is at times excessive. Near Cana, in Galilee, in July, the thermometer, in a gloomy recess under ground, perfectly shaded, stood at 100°
Fahrenheit at noon. For a more full account of the climate, see Palestine.