Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - April 2007 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 Max Min Mean Max Mean Max Time Min Time Daily Rain Time Rel. Rel. Time Rel. Time Solar Solar Time Day Temp Temp Max Temp Min Rain Rate Max Humid Humid Max Humid Min Rad Rad Max Deg.C Deg.C Temp Deg.C Temp (mm) (mm/hr) Rain (%) (%) Humid (%) Humid (W/m2) (W/m2) Rad --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 18.6 22.5 1330 16.0 450 N/A N/A N/A 81.3 90.8 510 64.7 1240 277 957 1250 2 18.7 23.2 1330 16.6 400 N/A N/A N/A 81.6 93.7 1840 66.0 1230 250 971 1100 3 18.1 22.1 1140 17.0 520 N/A N/A N/A 86.7 94.0 1430 69.8 1140 138 1263 1120 4 18.5 22.9 1330 17.2 410 N/A N/A N/A 87.7 95.3 1910 63.3 1330 137 747 1020 5 18.4 22.2 1300 16.8 2350 N/A N/A N/A 83.0 93.9 330 68.0 1300 201 958 1250 6 18.5 22.3 1420 16.5 300 N/A N/A N/A 78.8 91.5 1750 63.8 1420 200 946 1410 7 17.5 20.1 1400 16.4 430 N/A N/A N/A 82.6 92.2 2110 74.4 1300 155 690 1400 8 18.0 22.4 1410 16.0 550 N/A N/A N/A 81.6 91.9 250 63.1 1330 220 987 1200 9 19.2 22.6 1430 16.8 320 N/A N/A N/A 81.0 93.1 2150 67.9 1540 240 904 940 10 18.0 22.4 950 15.2 540 N/A N/A N/A 90.1 97.4 2350 66.7 1200 122 949 930 11 17.6 21.4 1040 15.3 520 N/A N/A N/A 95.9 97.7 630 82.3 1040 70 702 1030 12 18.8 23.5 1300 15.4 540 N/A N/A N/A 90.1 97.9 640 68.7 1300 158 928 1210 13 19.7 23.3 1550 16.9 20 N/A N/A N/A 80.4 96.4 10 67.9 1550 229 931 1020 14 18.5 22.3 1420 16.3 2200 N/A N/A N/A 85.3 96.2 420 69.4 1410 238 1070 1110 15 19.0 24.5 1340 15.1 440 N/A N/A N/A 83.1 96.9 600 54.3 1340 168 1038 1210 16 18.4 21.6 1330 16.5 600 N/A N/A N/A 73.0 84.1 510 59.9 1300 279 959 1150 17 18.0 22.1 1310 14.4 2350 N/A N/A N/A 75.5 85.7 2200 60.9 1140 250 990 1240 18 18.4 24.4 1110 13.7 10 N/A N/A N/A 70.7 94.7 2240 37.0 1110 261 1070 1300 19 18.0 25.4 1240 12.7 220 N/A N/A N/A 79.7 96.6 650 35.1 1300 241 1017 1200 20 18.9 25.5 1130 13.1 320 N/A N/A N/A 66.2 87.4 300 32.2 1120 218 973 1130 21 19.9 24.7 1240 15.3 310 N/A N/A N/A 65.4 90.3 300 44.4 1210 234 989 1110 22 2N/A 24.6 1230 17.7 2300 N/A N/A N/A 64.5 81.6 1910 45.8 1220 266 927 1130 23 19.1 23.7 1400 16.4 550 N/A N/A N/A 71.2 84.8 2340 50.1 1300 289 949 1130 24 18.9 23.7 1510 16.5 230 N/A N/A N/A 78.5 89.0 540 60.5 1500 260 940 1210 25 18.9 23.5 1400 15.7 140 N/A N/A N/A 79.1 95.0 2250 60.0 1400 245 950 1130 26 18.6 23.7 1400 16.6 10 N/A N/A N/A 82.0 96.5 2000 63.1 1350 155 826 1350 27 18.6 22.0 1230 16.7 350 N/A N/A N/A 80.9 91.5 200 69.5 1830 227 1082 1200 28 17.5 19.6 1210 15.7 1940 N/A N/A N/A 87.8 95.8 1900 75.7 1040 149 908 1010 29 18.5 22.9 1330 15.7 520 N/A N/A N/A 75.7 85.6 2250 59.6 1220 291 961 850 30 18.1 22.4 1340 16.8 250 N/A N/A N/A 84.3 93.0 910 72.1 1340 107 868 1340 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.6 25.5 12.7 N/A N/A 80.1 97.9 32.2 209 1263