Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - August 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 19.3 23.6 1410 17.2 450 3.6 4.6 1940 86.5 97.7 1940 69.9 1400 236 951 1330 2 18.2 20.9 1230 16.8 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 82.1 92.6 0 68.1 1220 192 949 1140 3 18.5 22.0 1310 16.3 1930 11.9 16.8 1850 86.3 99.8 2010 70.9 1310 208 908 1150 4 18.0 22.5 1130 15.8 2320 23.4 25.9 1630 92.2 101.0 2330 70.8 1110 112 930 1130 5 17.7 23.2 1110 15.7 30 19.8 36.6 1600 97.2 100.9 2100 71.6 1110 114 990 1110 6 18.3 22.8 1330 15.9 2220 1.8 7.6 1450 89.8 99.5 2230 73.4 1200 199 1071 1320 7 18.3 22.8 1320 15.4 530 0.3 1.5 1820 84.8 99.7 540 69.2 1320 206 1051 1310 8 18.6 23.0 1100 16.2 2210 1.8 6.1 1940 87.2 100.5 2350 66.5 1100 207 924 1050 9 18.7 23.5 1420 16.1 150 4.6 12.2 2330 91.4 100.8 2350 67.1 1300 182 892 1250 10 18.5 23.1 1050 15.8 530 22.6 30.5 2040 92.9 100.9 2350 68.5 1100 192 1079 1100 11 16.9 19.4 1020 15.4 530 63.2 39.6 1300 100.5 101.4 2310 93.7 1030 68 852 1010 12 16.3 21.8 1100 14.8 1930 40.9 56.4 1210 99.7 101.6 510 81.3 1100 90 1020 1100 13 17.0 21.2 1110 14.3 340 35.3 36.6 1540 99.0 101.6 630 85.3 830 96 745 1100 14 17.9 23.1 1420 14.5 310 5.6 13.7 1840 93.9 101.5 650 71.5 1420 165 834 1200 15 17.6 23.1 1120 15.3 440 35.3 38.1 1710 96.5 101.4 2350 65.5 1120 117 966 1210 16 18.7 22.6 1110 15.0 30 0.3 1.5 240 85.4 101.3 0 68.9 1040 214 938 1030 17 18.5 23.6 1440 15.2 520 9.1 38.1 1640 86.7 98.8 520 67.4 1440 197 920 1050 18 17.3 23.5 1220 14.7 500 24.1 33.5 1830 92.1 100.3 1750 69.6 1220 149 906 1050 19 17.4 21.5 1030 15.6 2050 9.1 10.7 1520 93.5 100.6 1650 74.8 1030 108 850 1010 20 17.2 21.1 920 13.0 620 16.8 19.8 2040 92.8 101.2 2350 67.0 850 150 1013 1120 21 17.1 21.1 1200 15.5 600 29.7 21.3 1320 99.2 101.5 650 82.9 1050 107 767 1110 22 17.5 22.8 1200 14.4 550 9.7 3.0 2020 93.6 101.5 650 66.3 1200 177 969 1120 23 17.2 21.5 1020 14.5 220 40.4 54.9 1300 98.5 101.3 650 82.8 1020 129 899 1150 24 19.0 23.0 1340 15.9 320 1.5 3.0 1840 87.9 101.3 630 69.6 1540 228 956 1210 25 17.2 21.4 1220 14.8 2300 49.8 21.3 1730 94.9 101.1 2110 75.8 1200 121 732 1210 26 17.3 21.8 1320 15.1 230 17.3 22.9 2250 98.3 101.2 430 77.9 1310 103 956 1310 27 16.4 20.5 1040 14.3 2350 91.2 45.7 1420 99.9 101.4 2350 85.0 820 75 702 1000 28 16.2 19.6 840 13.4 230 7.1 16.8 1510 100.2 101.7 610 87.7 840 87 592 930 29 17.9 23.1 1100 15.1 520 2.8 6.1 2000 97.7 101.5 640 72.1 1110 158 990 1030 30 17.8 22.2 1320 14.6 2350 22.9 41.1 1600 96.9 100.8 2140 80.4 1320 126 902 1300 31 17.2 22.4 1110 13.3 520 3.8 3.0 1840 94.1 101.1 440 73.7 1110 169 934 1110 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 17.7 23.6 13.0 605.5 56.4 93.3 101.7 65.5 151 1079