The ranges of solvent effects on the nitrogen shielding are reported for pyridine, 1,2-1,3-, and 1,4-diazine, and 1,3,5-triazine. These ranges are both significant and variable from about 48 ppm for 1,2-diazine to about 1 I ppm for the triazine. The former is the largest solvent-induced range so far observed in nitrogen NMR. Contributions to the nitrogen shielding ranges from hydrogen bonding and solvent polarity effects are estimated. The former effect usually provides a dominant contribution and can be associated with the strength of the hydrogen bond formed from the solvent to the solute. The contribution to the change in nitrogen shielding from a change in solvent polarity is also significant but usually less than that due to hydrogen bonding. Both effects operate to produce changes in the nitrogen shielding in the same direction. The polarity effects are unusually large in the case of 1,2-diazine and this is corroborated by INDO/S-SOS shielding calculations using the solvaton model.