northerly

Example Sentences

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With northerly winds across the UK, the temperature has been around 4-7C below average this week.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

If Brora Rangers win the play-off, they would become the most northerly team in UK professional football.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

And it was the site of the UK's most northerly deep coal mine, before the last shafts closed in the 1970s.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Next week could bring even chillier weather as winds from a general northerly direction start to dominate.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Because we’re on the south edge of the wilderness area we try to wait until there is a northerly breeze before we burn so the food smell will carry south, but it doesn’t always help.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen