Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - December 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 18.3 20.4 1230 17.7 20 1.3 1.5 2310 90.1 94.8 2350 82.5 1230 137 749 1410 2 17.1 18.2 1110 16.1 1450 11.2 3.0 1010 92.3 96.8 320 82.4 1830 44 280 1100 3 17.8 20.7 1450 16.1 510 0.8 1.5 2350 81.5 94.0 2350 66.3 1300 228 825 1130 4 16.3 17.6 1100 14.8 2350 30.2 4.6 2040 93.4 96.8 640 84.5 1340 140 752 1140 5 15.9 18.2 1210 14.1 40 8.6 3.0 20 91.2 96.8 2030 83.4 430 203 786 1110 6 16.7 19.5 1240 15.4 640 9.7 3.0 820 94.7 99.2 710 84.3 1240 125 1003 1230 7 17.1 18.6 950 15.8 530 3.0 1.5 1030 91.2 96.5 530 84.1 1410 80 496 950 8 17.6 20.3 1220 15.7 530 2.5 3.0 40 90.2 98.2 50 77.1 1230 147 699 1200 9 17.8 20.5 1510 16.4 500 8.9 9.1 220 93.2 98.6 2220 81.3 1010 129 649 1200 10 17.7 19.4 1220 16.4 30 0.3 1.5 1820 90.6 99.3 120 80.3 1440 93 442 1150 11 17.2 18.1 1320 16.5 1910 4.3 1.5 1420 93.7 97.3 2140 88.3 1700 67 312 1230 12 17.4 20.4 1330 15.9 450 5.1 10.7 240 90.2 98.8 330 63.8 1340 162 848 1220 13 17.7 22.6 1150 15.6 340 0.3 1.5 130 90.3 98.3 2240 65.5 1150 152 852 1140 14 18.1 22.0 1250 15.5 330 31.5 70.1 1850 90.2 98.6 1910 74.5 1350 146 869 1230 15 17.3 20.4 1330 14.2 2350 0.8 1.5 1830 89.0 97.8 2320 70.4 1110 149 771 1320 16 17.5 21.5 1240 13.7 50 0.0 0.0 2350 78.8 96.2 0 63.6 1350 221 811 1200 17 17.7 21.0 1320 15.7 50 0.0 0.0 2350 81.8 89.9 520 70.3 1420 213 857 1130 18 17.8 21.5 1350 15.8 2350 0.3 1.5 2340 79.1 92.6 2340 60.0 1320 228 816 1150 19 17.3 20.4 1340 15.4 510 1.5 1.5 440 85.6 94.2 120 70.8 1340 184 838 1120 20 17.7 21.0 1220 16.0 630 0.0 0.0 2350 83.7 92.7 2230 71.6 1250 219 880 1030 21 18.0 22.5 1050 13.8 350 0.0 0.0 2350 82.6 97.6 2350 64.1 1050 217 953 1110 22 17.8 23.4 1210 15.2 150 17.0 33.5 2050 85.6 98.4 2100 63.1 1210 149 945 1210 23 18.4 21.6 1410 16.4 50 0.3 1.5 220 86.1 93.7 430 71.5 1410 198 831 1150 24 18.6 22.2 1150 17.4 620 0.0 0.0 2350 86.7 96.5 1820 70.7 1150 150 874 1100 25 18.4 20.9 1420 17.1 520 0.5 1.5 1040 85.8 96.8 1040 75.4 1420 177 785 1200 26 18.0 21.2 1220 14.2 2350 6.9 4.6 2120 83.9 96.5 2230 64.5 1200 215 791 1150 27 14.5 17.3 1240 11.8 640 6.6 1.5 2200 93.9 97.8 2050 83.6 1330 175 778 1130 28 16.6 19.4 1300 14.4 340 1.0 1.5 600 89.6 96.0 150 80.8 1600 189 813 1250 29 17.4 19.8 1150 15.2 620 0.0 0.0 2350 84.4 92.0 440 74.4 1410 206 805 1140 30 17.6 20.6 1150 15.9 520 0.0 0.0 2350 85.6 92.7 1820 70.8 1120 219 814 1150 31 17.1 19.9 1420 16.3 2340 1.3 1.5 1100 88.1 94.2 1120 74.7 1340 113 776 1330 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 17.4 23.4 11.8 153.7 70.1 87.8 99.3 60.0 164 1003