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Definition of Chinook wind
1. Noun. A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinook Wind
Literary usage of Chinook wind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Northern Pacific Railroad by Eugene Virgil Smalley (1883)
"... Towns—Montana's Climate—Influence of the "chinook wind"—Some Peculiarities of
Climate—Beautiful and Varied Scenery —A Land of Wonders and Surprises. ..."
2. Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society: June 1925, Volume Xxvi, Number 2 by Oregon Historical Society (1901)
"By request, I herewith give my version of the origin of the name " chinook wind,"
as applied to the warm wind East of the Cascade Mountains. ..."
3. Handbook of Climatology by Julius von Hann (1903)
"With a change of wind tit temperature falls rapidly, and winter weather once more
sets in. "The chinook wind possesses to a remarkable degree ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1899)
"It announces the advent of the chinook wind. ... Three things are essential to
the formation of a chinook wind, viz, a mountain range, an area of high ..."
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