North Pacific high

[ nawrth puh-sif-ik hahy ]

noun

, Meteorology.

1. a semipermanent subtropical high in the North Pacific Ocean, centered about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) northeast of Hawaii, where it is strongest during the summer: As the North Pacific high becomes weakened and displaced toward the equator with the onset of winter, the Aleutian low becomes more dominant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of North Pacific high¹

First recorded in 1920–25