Driest May in 100 Years for Berlin & surrounding area

This is my best translation from German, please forgive me if it's not perfect since German is not my first language.   Please click the link to read the full article in German.

Translation:
May 2008 was the driest in 100 years for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg.  On average, the region gets 55 liters of rain per square meter.  As of May 31, only 7.8 Liters of rain fell said Meteorologist Joerg Riemann.  Previously, the driest May registered was in 1988 with only 9.6 lieters per square meter.   By comparison, May of 2007 was the wettest year on record since recording started in 1908 - 148.1 liters per square meter for both Berlin and Brandenburg.

They think that the apparent reason for extremely dry May is that there's a high in place since April 20.  Add to it the average of 15.6 degrees Celcius for both day and night, and the month of May was also higher than normal by 2.1 degrees. 

So, when is the dry period expected to end? According to Riemann, only after the second weekend in June.  This week, we're going to experience sun, sun and more sun, highs of 26 or 27 degrees celcius and lows about 21 or 22 degrees.  However, starting Wednesday (June 4) there is a possibility of clouds but small chance of thunderstorms.