A north wind is a wind that originates in the north and blows south. The north wind has had historical and literal significance, since it often signals cold weather and seasonal change in the Northern hemisphere.

Quotes

• The north wind is a satisfying wind.
  • Sumerian proverb, Collection IV at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, 3rd millennium BCE.

• Loud wind, strong wind, sweeping o'er the mountains,
  Fresh wind, free wind, blowing from the sea,
  Pour forth thy vials like streams from airy mountains,
  Draughts of life to me.
  • Dinah Craik, North Wind.

See also

• Air
• Flight
• East wind
• Ninlil
• South wind
• Storm
• Tornado
• Weather
• West wind
• Wind waves
• Zephyr

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