Lorin Blodget (May 23, 1823 in Busti, Chautauqua County, New York – 1901) was an American physicist and writer.
In 1851, he became assistant professor at the Smithsonian Institution at Washington.
In 1855, he published a quarto volume of climatological observations, and in 1857 Climatology of the United States, a work extensively circulated and very favorably received in Europe.
Afterward, he worked for the Treasury Department, preparing statistical and financial reports, and later working in specialized positions in the Customs and Treasury Department.
Subsequently, he moved to Philadelphia to become the secretary of the Board of Trade and editor of the "North American Review."