Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - April 2005 The Monteverde Institute, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica Elev: 1420m Lat: 10 deg. 18 min. 20 sec. N Long: 84 deg. 48 min. 34 sec. W Max Mean Time Mean Max Mean Max Time Min Time Daily Rain Time Wind w/ No Solar Solar Time Day Temp Temp Max Temp Min Rain Rate Max Speed Wind Rad Rad Max Deg.C Deg.C Temp Deg.C Temp (mm) (mm/hr) Rain (m/s) (%) (W/m2) (W/m2) Rad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 18.9 24.6 1320 16.8 350 0.0 0.0 2350 1.7 0 217 1038 1220 2 20.2 24.2 1350 16.9 30 0.0 0.0 2350 2.0 1 291 982 1120 3 18.5 22.4 1410 16.3 2230 0.0 0.0 2350 3.5 0 266 1022 1230 4 17.8 21.4 1410 15.8 620 0.0 0.0 2350 3.5 0 274 990 1230 5 17.5 19.9 1330 15.5 630 6.6 9.1 340 3.4 0 116 619 1300 6 18.2 21.6 1330 16.3 530 1.0 1.5 640 3.4 0 248 953 1210 7 18.8 22.0 1510 17.3 340 0.0 0.0 2350 3.1 0 206 923 1040 8 18.6 20.8 1010 17.5 1920 0.0 0.0 2350 2.6 0 131 676 1010 9 18.9 23.0 1400 17.0 2120 0.0 0.0 2350 2.5 0 220 903 1250 10 19.7 24.5 1230 16.3 600 0.0 0.0 2350 1.4 0 220 930 1210 11 19.7 23.8 1310 16.9 2310 0.0 0.0 2350 1.4 13 196 812 1130 12 20.1 24.1 1100 17.1 50 0.0 0.0 2350 1.6 15 212 1048 1050 13 20.2 24.1 1350 18.1 600 0.0 0.0 2350 2.2 0 270 969 1120 14 19.1 22.4 1410 17.4 610 0.0 0.0 2350 2.9 0 224 952 1110 15 19.5 22.8 1340 17.9 2240 0.0 0.0 2350 3.4 0 265 980 1050 16 17.9 20.6 1140 16.0 2350 9.9 3.0 2050 3.6 0 193 1033 1200 17 16.2 18.3 1120 14.3 40 9.4 1.5 2350 3.5 0 177 905 1030 18 17.4 20.7 1410 15.6 620 9.1 1.5 2320 3.0 0 183 766 1400 19 17.6 20.5 1430 15.9 20 2.0 1.5 630 3.1 0 184 838 1320 20 18.6 22.3 1350 16.0 540 0.3 1.5 50 2.6 0 260 1042 1200 21 19.6 24.0 1030 15.4 2340 0.0 0.0 2350 1.2 9 172 1007 1140 22 18.4 24.5 1100 14.1 500 0.0 0.0 2350 1.0 46 171 950 1050 23 19.1 24.4 1220 14.6 300 0.0 0.0 2350 1.0 23 175 1095 1100 24 19.6 25.9 1150 16.5 2120 0.0 0.0 2350 1.0 10 204 946 1200 25 19.1 24.4 1230 14.2 250 0.0 0.0 2350 1.1 16 200 972 1140 26 18.3 21.5 1020 14.8 210 2.8 4.6 2130 0.9 55 108 717 1010 27 19.2 24.5 1120 15.1 2230 0.3 1.5 0 0.9 17 198 896 1020 28 20.3 25.5 1400 16.0 120 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 3 278 921 1120 29 19.0 22.5 1450 17.2 420 0.8 3.0 940 2.4 10 192 1047 1110 30 19.7 23.8 1310 16.5 450 0.0 0.0 2350 1.5 12 278 987 1220 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 18.9 25.9 14.1 42.2 9.1 2.3 8 211 1095