dry spell

noun3

1. •
   A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.

   • Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell / Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high — 1989
2. •
   (figurative) A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc.

   • The first type is of course the dry spell when you can't think of any ideas. The second type is when kids just have a dry spell in writing. — 1970
3. •
   (figurative) A period of time without sexual intercourse.