Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - December 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 17.2 20.4 1250 15.6 340 0.8 1.5 2300 82.9 92.4 2230 61.3 50 1.4 1 122 764 1200 2 17.6 21.2 1350 15.3 2350 0.5 1.5 740 81.8 93.0 2330 67.7 1250 2.2 0 187 800 1200 3 17.4 20.5 1330 15.2 10 0.0 0.0 2350 81.7 92.9 10 68.8 1130 2.4 0 164 716 1210 4 17.3 20.2 1140 15.8 500 0.8 1.5 2030 85.9 97.1 2020 71.1 1000 1.7 13 148 859 1110 5 17.7 21.6 1450 15.2 430 0.3 1.5 20 80.3 92.5 40 64.0 1320 1.4 8 219 825 1110 6 17.6 21.5 1350 15.5 550 0.8 1.5 1800 79.9 91.2 2140 61.2 1240 1.6 1 205 836 1150 7 17.0 20.5 1240 15.8 120 3.0 1.5 2240 85.9 94.2 710 71.8 1240 2.6 0 174 891 1020 8 17.2 20.2 1250 15.4 610 0.3 1.5 120 81.3 91.4 330 67.3 1500 3.3 0 205 805 1150 9 17.4 20.4 1330 16.0 120 0.5 1.5 2310 81.9 94.2 2320 68.3 1350 2.7 0 188 823 1150 10 18.2 22.2 1220 15.5 500 1.5 1.5 2310 84.0 95.0 120 69.0 1220 1.4 3 167 850 1200 11 18.7 22.4 1250 17.0 250 2.3 1.5 2350 89.0 96.4 300 73.1 1250 0.9 19 117 777 1240 12 17.9 19.5 1130 17.0 2250 21.1 3.0 750 92.8 96.4 120 85.5 1540 1.5 2 110 775 1100 13 17.0 18.7 1310 15.4 640 19.3 1.5 2350 89.3 94.9 620 80.8 1310 2.9 0 165 711 1250 14 16.8 18.4 1430 15.3 2130 10.4 1.5 2320 87.5 94.3 1310 71.4 2210 2.4 2 77 581 1150 15 18.1 23.0 1200 14.1 40 3.8 1.5 1210 80.8 95.3 640 62.9 1200 1.5 28 224 793 1130 16 17.5 21.5 1210 14.7 2320 0.0 0.0 2350 74.6 86.4 1940 53.7 1140 2.4 2 211 833 1110 17 17.2 21.2 1010 15.0 0 0.0 0.0 2350 77.6 88.1 640 59.7 1010 2.0 2 175 893 1150 18 17.4 21.1 1230 15.4 630 0.0 0.0 2350 78.5 90.1 340 62.2 1230 1.7 2 195 811 1150 19 16.8 20.5 1440 15.0 310 0.5 1.5 1010 78.7 91.5 940 60.2 1350 3.2 0 177 898 1110 20 16.9 20.8 1320 15.1 510 0.0 0.0 2350 76.7 84.8 550 57.6 1810 3.1 0 189 871 1310 21 17.0 19.4 1300 15.3 2240 0.0 0.0 2350 73.3 84.2 2300 60.8 520 3.4 0 215 845 1110 22 17.0 20.2 1310 15.0 300 0.5 1.5 2000 80.1 88.6 2340 69.8 1300 2.6 6 161 887 1210 23 17.2 20.8 1340 15.6 0 1.0 1.5 1000 83.9 92.2 2040 69.3 1330 2.4 0 187 816 1200 24 17.7 21.7 1400 15.3 140 0.0 0.0 2350 83.0 95.7 2010 66.5 1400 1.6 31 197 800 1100 25 18.3 22.1 1350 15.4 520 0.0 0.0 2350 79.0 95.4 120 61.3 1320 1.0 28 198 912 1030 26 17.1 19.6 1340 15.9 600 2.5 1.5 2330 86.0 95.8 2140 74.8 1410 1.4 8 113 745 1330 27 17.2 19.5 1140 15.9 510 2.3 1.5 2140 90.1 94.3 530 80.7 1140 1.5 0 123 674 1130 28 18.0 22.6 1250 15.2 2310 0.3 1.5 930 86.7 96.0 2350 63.9 1240 0.6 46 154 801 1210 29 17.8 22.2 1230 14.6 350 0.5 1.5 2200 87.6 96.5 510 68.1 1420 0.5 63 147 910 1200 30 17.9 21.6 1230 15.2 2340 0.0 0.0 2350 82.4 93.9 130 66.5 1410 1.1 2 174 828 1050 31 17.2 20.7 1110 14.2 240 0.3 1.5 450 71.0 86.3 220 39.3 620 2.0 2 234 813 1150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 17.5 23.0 14.1 73.2 3.0 82.4 97.1 39.3 2.0 9 172 912