Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - August 2006 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 19.1 23.6 1500 16.9 450 5.1 7.6 1730 87.6 98.0 1750 70.3 1500 227 961 1210 2 19.2 22.7 1400 17.1 430 0.0 0.0 2350 86.6 97.8 2220 73.2 1400 195 904 1110 3 19.0 23.8 1210 16.4 2250 17.3 16.8 1910 89.4 100.3 2130 68.2 1210 200 1009 1200 4 18.7 21.6 1300 16.6 20 0.3 1.5 220 87.7 96.3 0 77.9 1450 149 902 1250 5 18.5 20.9 1330 17.3 700 2.5 6.1 540 88.0 96.8 710 77.0 1440 171 844 1100 6 18.6 21.8 1410 17.0 300 0.3 1.5 850 85.9 94.7 720 75.4 1410 188 1024 1250 7 18.5 21.8 1250 17.1 1900 2.0 3.0 1740 87.6 95.9 1810 75.1 1300 170 944 1240 8 18.5 21.1 1250 16.9 600 0.0 0.0 2350 82.5 92.3 2140 69.5 1530 255 1081 1250 9 17.8 21.4 1030 16.4 1420 14.2 18.3 1210 87.7 97.5 1510 74.9 1030 91 895 1030 10 18.9 23.1 1310 16.9 510 0.5 1.5 1940 85.4 94.8 50 70.2 1210 220 1093 1200 11 19.1 23.0 1440 17.3 2020 10.7 18.3 1830 86.9 97.8 1930 69.6 1440 218 1036 1020 12 18.9 22.8 1150 16.5 410 13.7 35.1 1800 89.5 98.5 2030 71.3 1120 187 991 1150 13 19.3 22.2 1230 18.1 100 0.0 0.0 2350 85.7 92.6 40 74.7 1230 171 899 1220 14 18.9 21.0 1130 17.5 2250 4.8 3.0 2030 90.0 96.7 1940 79.5 1140 155 717 1100 15 18.3 20.6 1600 16.7 530 5.6 3.0 410 90.2 96.6 500 77.2 1550 172 825 1030 16 18.1 20.6 1210 16.0 1850 4.8 6.1 230 86.1 97.4 250 69.3 2120 161 835 1240 17 18.3 22.4 1250 16.6 1800 9.4 15.2 1640 88.9 98.6 1900 73.2 1250 133 957 1240 18 18.4 22.5 1400 16.1 2340 3.0 7.6 2040 90.7 100.8 2350 74.4 1340 185 949 1350 19 18.1 23.3 1310 15.8 240 1.0 3.0 1450 92.7 100.9 20 70.6 1310 186 1001 1200 20 17.8 21.6 850 15.3 550 0.5 1.5 1800 94.8 99.5 1800 75.8 920 120 806 850 21 18.8 22.4 1410 15.5 540 0.0 0.0 2350 87.6 100.1 600 74.6 1110 190 946 1120 22 18.9 21.9 1400 17.5 320 0.5 1.5 1110 86.7 94.1 230 70.6 1350 161 1093 1300 23 19.1 23.6 1340 17.5 240 3.0 4.6 910 88.3 97.9 110 71.6 1340 185 922 1340 24 17.3 19.0 840 15.8 2150 11.7 18.3 910 92.5 99.1 2350 85.0 1550 69 335 1240 25 17.8 22.7 1040 15.1 600 5.3 4.6 1950 95.8 100.6 650 70.8 1040 133 810 1030 26 17.0 21.3 1310 15.7 1940 17.5 22.9 1420 96.0 100.6 340 76.4 1310 112 785 1310 27 17.8 23.0 1150 15.3 400 2.0 1.5 2030 91.8 100.5 130 67.8 1150 185 985 1130 28 18.3 23.2 1110 15.4 300 2.5 4.6 2110 90.2 100.5 120 65.9 1130 181 1069 1130 29 19.0 24.0 1140 15.8 300 1.0 3.0 2140 92.5 100.5 320 67.9 1240 205 1070 1130 30 18.8 23.8 1410 16.9 2350 14.2 24.4 1500 92.1 100.1 120 70.8 1300 171 941 1140 31 18.5 23.4 1140 16.4 740 2.0 4.6 1610 87.6 98.8 1740 66.9 1140 142 973 1130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.5 24.0 15.1 155.7 35.1 89.2 100.9 65.9 171 1093