ARCHIVES OF SCIENCE. 



Vol. I. JANUARY, 1S74. No. VII. 



Dircctio)i of the Wind i)i Local Tluindcr Storms, by 



Hiram A. Cuttings A. J/., M. D., State Geologist, 



Liiiioibiirgh, Vermont. 



After more than t\vent\'-tive years experience as a mete- 

 orological observer, havin^u; kept full notes of special in- 

 cidents that seemed in any ^vay peculiar, I present to you 

 here for consideration such observations as seem to me 

 of interest in ccnmection witli three local thunder storms. 

 I would preface these remarks with the statement that in 

 July, 1850. at Franconia. X. II.. I was exposed in a bug- 

 gy to the furv of one of those local showers that pour rain 

 in torrents, accompanied by some hail, and much thun- 

 der and lightnintr. 



As I was richng leisurely along I observed a small 

 black cloud almost directh' <A-er head. It increased with 

 great rapidilv. and in ten minutes the torrent came down. 



