Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - February 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 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 15.9 19.7 1320 14.7 2250 3.3 1.5 420 3.6 0 215 900 1120 2 16.3 20.3 1100 14.2 140 0.3 1.5 2140 4.1 0 262 915 1150 3 15.6 18.3 1440 13.9 2010 0.5 1.5 2300 4.4 0 239 953 1140 4 15.1 17.5 1210 13.6 2340 0.5 1.5 2250 4.5 0 201 915 1150 5 14.3 16.4 1400 12.5 2210 1.5 1.5 2150 4.5 0 204 875 1140 6 15.3 18.6 1340 13.5 0 0.5 1.5 500 4.6 0 235 931 1150 7 16.5 20.2 1310 14.4 2350 0.5 1.5 2320 3.3 0 261 927 1150 8 15.5 18.5 1420 13.3 300 0.3 1.5 200 2.5 0 268 931 1200 9 16.2 19.3 1440 14.6 2050 1.3 1.5 850 2.8 0 250 997 1200 10 15.6 18.1 1410 14.1 2100 0.8 1.5 2340 3.1 0 182 806 1120 11 14.8 17.8 1330 12.8 400 3.8 1.5 1840 3.8 0 237 908 1220 12 15.4 19.1 1140 13.7 240 0.8 1.5 2250 4.2 0 241 914 1150 13 15.9 19.0 1500 14.4 710 0.3 1.5 2230 3.3 0 234 850 1240 14 16.9 20.6 1450 15.2 820 0.5 1.5 2110 2.8 0 236 926 1210 15 16.5 20.2 1420 14.7 2300 2.3 1.5 950 2.8 0 222 942 1140 16 16.8 20.4 1330 14.3 320 0.5 1.5 2240 3.0 0 247 942 1130 17 17.1 19.7 1410 15.7 500 2.3 1.5 2320 3.4 0 247 950 1140 18 16.6 18.2 1410 15.6 2040 11.2 3.0 950 3.8 0 195 796 1320 19 15.4 17.8 1350 13.7 650 5.6 1.5 2300 4.1 0 180 823 1340 20 15.7 18.8 1450 13.8 220 1.0 1.5 2250 4.0 0 233 937 1130 21 16.7 19.7 1300 14.8 250 2.0 1.5 2340 3.8 0 252 938 1130 22 17.1 20.3 1410 15.6 0 3.0 1.5 1000 3.6 0 232 946 1110 23 15.7 17.2 1210 14.5 1800 2.3 1.5 1040 3.5 0 197 864 1210 24 17.2 21.7 1110 13.6 220 0.0 0.0 2350 2.2 0 279 932 1140 25 18.4 24.2 1430 15.1 540 0.0 0.0 2350 1.6 0 220 1035 1230 26 17.6 22.9 1140 12.3 330 0.0 0.0 2350 0.9 15 191 976 1120 27 19.7 25.5 1210 13.6 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 0.9 12 283 938 1310 28 18.3 23.8 1320 12.7 510 0.8 1.5 2020 1.0 24 174 1031 1310 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 16.4 25.5 12.3 45.7 3.0 3.3 2 229 1035