dry fog

American  

noun

Meteorology.

1. a fog that does not moisten exposed surfaces.

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Example Sentences

In the year 1782 the sun was for many weeks obscured by a dry fog, and appeared red as through a common mist.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

The heat is over by the middle of September, and after the autumnal equinox, there are a few days of what is best described as a dense dry fog.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

Another famous instance was in 1783, when a dry fog, lasting for a month, covered the northern parts of America, and Europe from Sweden to Africa.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

It was a light, dry fog, and for two or three hours the deck, and rigging, and the clothes of those on board remained quite dry.

From Lost in the Fog by De Mille, James

The first of these was in the year 526, when a dry fog covered the Roman Empire with a red haze.

From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Morris, Charles