Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - December 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 16.3 19.0 1440 14.9 40 N/A N/A N/A 82.1 89.4 640 70.4 1440 214 809 1140 2 16.5 20.0 1150 14.7 400 N/A N/A N/A 78.8 88.6 1830 63.3 1150 187 825 1120 3 17.2 21.2 1330 15.3 620 N/A N/A N/A 74.6 91.6 2100 57.8 220 225 804 1130 4 16.9 21.3 1150 14.9 330 N/A N/A N/A 84.0 96.8 2120 65.8 1130 210 808 1120 5 16.7 20.9 1120 14.8 220 N/A N/A N/A 91.5 100.2 2320 69.0 1120 151 783 1020 6 17.2 20.5 1230 15.0 130 N/A N/A N/A 85.6 98.5 0 62.2 2350 139 701 1320 7 16.4 18.8 1310 15.2 2350 N/A N/A N/A 85.7 95.2 1520 44.4 50 104 530 1300 8 16.9 20.0 1430 15.0 300 N/A N/A N/A 88.4 98.8 2110 75.2 1430 181 923 1100 9 16.8 19.4 1400 15.2 730 N/A N/A N/A 94.1 99.5 150 77.6 1320 169 760 1050 10 17.0 20.3 1300 15.4 220 N/A N/A N/A 91.0 98.9 1900 78.1 1310 159 794 1020 11 16.4 18.7 1050 15.0 540 N/A N/A N/A 89.6 98.7 40 79.4 1020 162 764 950 12 15.8 18.1 1440 14.8 2350 N/A N/A N/A 88.8 95.0 700 75.2 1450 147 744 1400 13 16.2 19.9 1140 13.4 210 N/A N/A N/A 85.0 97.7 240 72.5 2230 208 874 1140 14 16.4 19.9 1320 14.1 0 N/A N/A N/A 74.8 87.5 2320 53.2 130 209 816 1140 15 17.1 21.0 1050 14.7 510 N/A N/A N/A 81.8 98.6 2200 60.1 300 134 961 1040 16 17.4 21.0 1220 14.4 500 N/A N/A N/A 89.2 99.6 2000 72.6 1250 126 716 1210 17 16.6 18.4 1050 15.6 2240 N/A N/A N/A 95.9 99.6 2320 87.5 1530 104 683 1250 18 16.2 19.8 1340 13.3 2330 N/A N/A N/A 91.4 99.6 310 73.6 1250 175 946 1140 19 15.9 19.9 1320 13.5 0 N/A N/A N/A 84.1 98.5 640 67.0 1450 238 905 1210 20 15.6 19.4 1150 14.0 540 N/A N/A N/A 92.9 99.5 2000 73.0 1150 152 870 1110 21 15.8 19.2 1340 14.8 440 N/A N/A N/A 92.7 99.9 1800 79.5 1340 126 766 1250 22 15.1 18.2 1240 13.7 630 N/A N/A N/A 95.1 99.3 10 81.2 1220 133 941 1120 23 14.7 17.5 1220 13.7 710 N/A N/A N/A 93.0 98.0 740 84.9 1930 123 890 1210 24 14.7 16.1 1330 13.9 930 N/A N/A N/A 94.2 98.3 1940 80.2 1230 133 750 1020 25 15.4 16.8 1110 14.2 1640 N/A N/A N/A 97.0 98.6 1620 95.3 1130 148 763 1130 26 15.3 18.2 1320 13.6 640 N/A N/A N/A 87.7 97.5 350 72.8 1410 219 802 1130 27 15.3 18.1 1450 13.4 540 N/A N/A N/A 79.7 92.0 2050 61.2 210 164 835 1050 28 16.0 18.9 1040 14.0 0 N/A N/A N/A 91.1 97.4 1640 80.3 110 121 747 1040 29 15.4 17.7 1130 14.2 820 N/A N/A N/A 93.2 97.4 710 82.1 1120 138 914 1120 30 16.7 20.1 1330 14.9 500 N/A N/A N/A 83.0 91.6 120 68.2 1340 215 826 1130 31 16.3 19.4 1220 14.8 2350 N/A N/A N/A 83.1 92.5 1730 68.2 1330 181 876 1110 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 16.2 21.3 13.3 N/A N/A 87.7 100.2 44.4 164 961