northerly vs southerly

northerly

noun
  • A wind blowing from the north. 

adv
  • In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north. 

  • From the north. 

adj
  • Coming from the north. 

  • Facing the north; directed towards the north. 

  • Located in a northern region. 

southerly

adv
  • From the south. 

  • In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south. 

adj
  • Located towards or in the south. 

  • Facing the south; directed towards the south. 

  • Coming from the south. 

noun
  • A wind blowing from the south. 

How often have the words northerly and southerly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )