Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - August 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 Max Min Mean Time Mean Max Mean Max Time Min Time Daily Rain Time Rel. Rel. Time Rel. Time Wind w/ No Solar Solar Time Day Temp Temp Max Temp Min Rain Rate Max Humid Humid Max Humid Min Speed Wind Rad Rad Max Deg.C Deg.C Temp Deg.C Temp (mm) (mm/hr) Rain (%) (%) Humid (%) Humid (m/s) (%) (W/m2) (W/m2) Rad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 18.8 21.0 1000 17.4 240 1.0 1.5 1250 86.9 93.9 240 71.5 0 2.4 0 139 715 950 2 19.0 22.2 1230 17.5 50 5.3 13.7 1400 85.7 94.1 1540 74.9 1330 2.3 0 168 914 1140 3 18.5 21.1 1050 17.0 2340 3.8 7.6 1310 88.0 93.9 350 79.1 1050 2.6 5 127 726 1020 4 19.1 22.6 1230 17.5 410 0.0 0.0 2350 84.8 95.6 350 72.1 1230 2.4 0 189 868 1200 5 18.7 21.4 1130 17.4 2340 2.0 3.0 1820 86.7 92.0 1820 77.5 1120 2.8 0 106 631 1120 6 18.9 22.9 1300 17.2 150 0.5 1.5 2150 82.9 93.0 1950 67.7 130 2.1 0 113 678 1300 7 17.8 19.5 940 16.3 1550 2.8 4.6 1000 85.3 91.7 820 74.5 1810 3.5 0 144 695 1320 8 18.7 21.5 1310 17.3 30 0.0 0.0 2350 80.0 88.3 2350 65.3 1300 3.6 0 215 867 1240 9 18.5 20.9 1330 17.4 310 5.1 12.2 1130 87.6 93.8 640 69.8 1500 2.6 0 130 715 1300 10 19.1 23.6 1310 17.3 1930 3.8 6.1 1820 85.7 96.1 1850 68.3 1310 1.9 0 202 896 1130 11 19.2 23.2 1350 16.6 1820 9.7 13.7 1540 87.5 97.5 1630 73.4 1330 1.7 2 186 845 1140 12 18.6 20.6 1100 16.9 1840 0.8 3.0 640 87.3 93.6 1840 72.2 1400 1.6 8 97 519 1030 13 17.8 21.5 1050 16.1 2350 12.7 18.3 640 90.2 97.1 750 77.1 1050 1.8 2 91 854 1050 14 17.4 21.3 1400 14.8 420 19.1 18.3 1530 91.7 98.2 2140 75.6 1300 1.3 40 101 655 910 15 18.6 23.2 1230 16.7 50 2.5 7.6 2300 86.8 96.8 0 67.7 1220 1.3 9 150 1051 1220 16 18.3 22.8 1330 16.4 2350 19.1 18.3 1900 91.3 98.1 2340 69.9 1330 1.1 18 129 832 1320 17 17.9 22.9 1150 16.3 350 5.6 3.0 1700 92.2 98.0 1510 71.2 1140 1.2 14 134 783 940 18 17.5 21.8 950 15.3 450 38.9 68.6 1700 94.4 98.5 2350 74.2 930 0.9 36 126 792 940 19 18.5 23.1 1120 14.8 520 2.3 12.2 1820 88.8 98.5 10 68.8 1230 1.3 16 185 911 1200 20 18.8 22.8 1220 17.2 150 0.3 1.5 2000 86.8 94.5 2030 71.2 1220 2.0 0 158 966 1210 21 18.7 22.3 1210 16.9 2350 0.3 1.5 500 87.3 96.7 920 72.0 1210 1.2 23 134 931 1200 22 18.0 22.6 1040 15.5 230 7.9 7.6 1930 93.6 98.4 2350 68.1 1040 1.0 47 110 841 1030 23 17.4 22.3 1040 15.6 1530 50.3 57.9 1430 96.5 98.5 2350 75.9 1040 0.8 42 79 682 1050 24 17.7 21.9 830 15.6 110 12.2 13.7 1410 93.0 98.6 140 71.3 830 1.2 11 103 803 1140 25 18.3 23.6 1330 15.6 100 13.0 32.0 1900 86.7 97.4 2230 67.1 1330 1.6 2 154 936 1250 26 17.8 20.9 940 16.3 540 49.3 38.1 1620 93.2 98.3 2350 77.4 740 1.2 19 97 897 1010 27 17.5 21.1 930 15.1 550 3.3 4.6 1640 95.1 98.6 620 78.8 930 0.9 26 134 771 1110 28 16.4 20.4 930 14.0 2350 47.2 36.6 1340 96.7 98.7 2350 85.6 800 0.9 42 75 601 840 29 18.1 24.0 1330 13.2 400 0.0 0.0 2350 86.0 98.9 530 65.3 1320 1.3 38 214 973 1150 30 20.3 24.7 1210 17.5 300 0.0 0.0 2350 79.3 93.3 1410 58.9 1110 1.2 7 228 979 1200 31 19.8 23.9 1340 17.8 2350 0.3 1.5 1520 81.2 89.6 610 66.1 1240 1.8 0 181 862 1250 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.4 24.7 13.2 318.8 68.6 88.3 98.9 58.9 1.8 13 142 1051