northeaster

[ nawrth-ee-ster; Nautical nawr-ee-ster ]

/ ˌnɔrθˈi stər; Nautical ˌnɔrˈi stər /

New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.

Meteorology. northeast storm.

Also nor'easter.

Origin of northeaster

First recorded in 1765–75; northeast + -er¹

It was a cold and inclement spring, a blast of Kingsley's much belauded "north-easter," to which he succumbed.

Highways and Byways in London |Mrs. E. T. Cook.
The weather-wise predicted a north-easter, and I went to bed with the old sea "moaning all round about the island."

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast |Samuel Adams Drake
When the winter frost has gone, when the spring north-easter is still, when the summer sun is high, it is indeed a sleepy land.

The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast |Various
The bitter 'north-easter' loses much of its sting before it reaches the plants in this garden.

Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens |Ernest Thomas Cook

The north-easter, that blew out freshly from the Seacombe valley, chilled us to the bone.

A Poor Man's House |Stephen Sydney Reynolds

northeaster

/ (ˌnɔːθˈiːstə, nautical ˌnɔːrˈiːstə) /

a strong wind or storm from the northeast