Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - December 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 17.0 20.5 1330 15.4 330 0.3 1.5 1700 3.6 0 197 882 1130 2 16.1 18.6 1410 15.1 2350 2.3 1.5 1030 4.0 0 121 659 1040 3 17.3 20.6 1240 14.8 400 0.0 0.0 2350 4.2 0 253 877 1120 4 16.8 19.9 1420 15.0 2150 0.0 0.0 2350 4.0 0 237 874 1210 5 17.2 20.6 1410 15.0 350 0.0 0.0 2350 3.8 0 250 862 1130 6 18.3 21.4 950 16.8 40 5.3 4.6 2230 2.8 0 122 882 1110 7 18.2 20.7 1130 16.9 2350 10.4 6.1 240 3.0 0 115 852 1120 8 17.8 21.5 1230 16.4 130 0.0 0.0 2350 3.2 0 160 1029 1230 9 17.2 19.0 910 16.0 2240 2.5 1.5 1200 3.3 0 152 738 1350 10 18.0 21.8 1330 15.8 450 0.0 0.0 2350 3.2 0 216 847 1120 11 17.3 20.9 1320 15.6 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 3.3 0 201 862 1140 12 17.2 21.2 1330 14.6 510 0.0 0.0 2350 3.1 0 236 906 1140 13 17.6 20.3 1340 16.2 20 1.3 1.5 2340 3.2 0 215 867 1130 14 17.2 19.4 900 16.0 2350 21.6 4.6 2300 2.9 0 105 767 930 15 15.4 17.7 1140 13.4 2350 25.1 4.6 110 4.0 0 194 793 1220 16 15.5 18.3 1410 12.2 30 10.9 1.5 2350 3.6 0 167 757 1220 17 17.3 20.3 1420 15.6 320 6.6 3.0 2110 2.5 0 161 927 1050 18 16.8 18.7 1150 14.6 2210 19.6 4.6 240 2.1 0 137 831 1140 19 16.1 18.4 1430 14.6 230 19.6 4.6 1650 3.2 0 128 796 1220 20 15.7 18.4 1400 13.8 810 18.0 4.6 410 3.3 0 211 909 1200 21 16.6 18.9 1250 15.3 2320 4.6 1.5 1540 3.8 0 171 880 1150 22 18.3 23.0 1300 15.1 230 0.0 0.0 2350 3.3 0 211 845 1140 23 18.2 21.6 1240 16.7 520 0.0 0.0 2350 2.7 0 168 868 1200 24 18.0 21.4 1410 16.0 430 0.3 1.5 140 3.1 0 225 929 1230 25 18.5 23.3 1220 15.0 440 0.0 0.0 2350 2.0 0 252 871 1140 26 16.9 19.3 1140 15.4 2250 6.6 3.0 2230 3.9 0 208 880 1130 27 15.2 16.9 1140 14.0 520 26.4 4.6 2120 3.7 0 199 808 1140 28 14.8 17.1 1520 13.5 1130 33.0 6.1 150 3.8 0 185 771 1210 29 15.9 18.5 1310 14.8 2330 8.4 3.0 540 3.5 0 208 868 1220 30 16.3 19.8 1320 14.0 640 2.3 3.0 40 3.9 0 235 888 1150 31 17.0 20.0 1340 15.0 220 1.5 1.5 2210 3.8 0 219 913 1140 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 17.0 23.3 12.2 226.6 6.1 3.3 0 189 1029