Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - August 2004 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 19.1 21.0 1510 17.9 450 0.0 0.0 2350 2.4 0 122 531 1340 2 19.2 22.3 1430 17.5 1750 3.8 6.1 1710 2.3 0 211 1096 1250 3 18.1 21.1 1340 16.1 2300 6.9 15.2 1430 2.0 0 211 930 1130 4 17.5 20.8 1220 15.9 2020 8.4 13.7 1730 1.7 0 140 924 1140 5 17.7 19.1 810 16.5 1700 9.7 6.1 950 2.4 0 97 582 1000 6 18.2 20.1 1600 17.1 2350 1.5 1.5 2300 1.8 0 88 421 1120 7 18.4 22.1 1220 17.0 400 1.8 1.5 2250 2.3 0 145 1475 1140 8 19.5 23.9 1400 17.4 310 0.0 0.0 2350 3.2 0 269 997 1130 9 19.0 22.6 1300 17.8 500 3.0 3.0 630 2.3 0 170 1024 1200 10 19.2 22.9 1340 17.5 200 0.0 0.0 2350 1.9 0 179 1036 1240 11 19.2 24.6 1240 17.6 2330 0.8 1.5 1020 2.1 0 173 1055 1210 12 19.1 23.6 1310 17.4 610 2.0 1.5 2000 2.4 0 209 1060 1230 13 19.6 23.8 1410 17.8 510 2.0 3.0 1650 2.6 0 263 1012 1220 14 18.3 21.8 1320 15.9 2230 13.5 16.8 1930 2.5 0 154 905 1310 15 17.8 22.8 1300 14.6 1930 29.2 18.3 1510 2.2 0 177 1028 1100 16 19.0 22.6 1330 16.4 110 5.1 7.6 2010 3.1 0 246 1058 1200 17 18.9 22.0 1430 17.2 2340 1.8 1.5 410 2.4 1 187 1041 1050 18 18.6 23.1 1300 15.9 430 2.3 3.0 1730 1.3 0 146 949 1000 19 18.3 21.0 1310 16.7 0 3.6 4.6 1630 2.2 0 153 701 1110 20 18.0 19.8 1610 16.1 2300 7.6 9.1 1110 2.0 0 92 314 1600 21 18.6 20.2 1650 17.2 540 0.0 0.0 2350 3.1 0 152 579 1200 22 18.9 23.4 1230 16.9 630 0.0 0.0 2350 2.3 0 195 1012 1220 23 18.1 23.4 1210 14.3 2350 41.9 94.5 1410 1.4 0 154 967 920 24 17.4 22.6 1300 14.2 30 13.5 29.0 1510 1.4 0 150 1206 1120 25 17.2 20.9 1300 14.8 1850 6.3 4.6 1600 1.9 0 137 834 1250 26 17.9 22.4 1400 15.4 300 0.5 1.5 2000 2.2 0 174 840 1400 27 18.2 21.9 1010 15.4 530 3.8 1.5 2130 1.9 0 198 925 1250 28 18.2 23.4 1400 15.7 2330 3.8 4.6 1710 2.2 0 210 1050 1400 29 18.2 23.3 1420 15.5 330 18.0 25.9 1850 1.6 0 252 1103 1130 30 18.1 22.0 1230 15.4 310 13.2 30.5 1620 2.0 0 216 969 1310 31 18.7 22.1 1350 15.9 110 17.5 38.1 1910 2.2 0 255 1001 1120 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 18.5 24.6 14.2 221.5 94.5 2.2 0 178 1475