Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - February 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 17.1 20.4 1340 14.8 640 5.1 1.5 2300 80.2 94.0 20 61.2 1230 236 922 1040 2 17.6 21.8 1130 15.4 610 2.8 1.5 730 88.6 95.3 2330 71.2 1130 145 882 1130 3 17.3 21.5 1110 15.6 140 0.3 1.5 1500 92.3 96.3 2350 68.4 1110 78 939 1040 4 17.4 22.4 1230 15.6 1810 0.8 1.5 2150 91.3 96.6 710 70.0 1240 77 695 1230 5 17.5 20.2 1520 15.7 2210 1.8 1.5 2310 82.0 92.3 2320 69.1 1430 221 886 1130 6 17.1 19.9 1230 15.7 1930 1.0 1.5 2300 90.9 95.1 1450 82.0 1210 124 797 1210 7 17.1 21.7 1440 14.5 640 19.6 12.2 440 79.0 88.8 2240 60.5 1210 240 887 1200 8 16.4 19.1 1500 14.3 450 1.3 1.5 1810 78.6 91.8 420 67.4 1000 248 888 1110 9 17.0 20.5 1400 14.8 430 0.0 0.0 2350 67.3 78.9 440 56.5 1700 261 891 1200 10 17.4 21.7 1310 14.4 2200 0.0 0.0 2350 67.0 88.4 2320 47.6 1250 266 898 1150 11 17.2 21.5 1050 14.3 430 0.0 0.0 2350 75.1 87.4 40 60.1 1440 264 889 1140 12 17.5 21.0 1410 15.3 2230 0.0 0.0 2350 72.2 83.0 620 62.5 1240 266 892 1150 13 15.4 17.8 1400 12.4 2330 2.5 1.5 2320 89.0 94.6 2340 67.1 0 216 824 1210 14 14.9 17.6 1350 12.7 250 4.3 1.5 2330 89.9 93.9 150 81.8 1400 234 886 1200 15 16.5 19.1 1440 14.6 0 4.1 1.5 2040 86.9 93.8 1930 73.0 1430 246 869 1250 16 17.1 20.4 1230 15.0 620 0.5 1.5 1430 81.4 92.3 540 66.7 1200 262 909 1140 17 16.4 19.3 1210 14.8 630 0.5 1.5 620 87.1 93.4 410 75.5 1210 200 904 1200 18 16.4 19.3 1400 15.0 840 0.5 1.5 1630 85.7 93.7 2350 71.4 1240 208 903 1120 19 15.9 19.1 1330 14.0 2340 0.5 1.5 1820 77.6 94.6 20 63.7 1350 256 939 1230 20 16.2 20.1 1400 14.1 430 0.3 1.5 350 70.0 83.0 2350 44.9 1530 270 919 1150 21 15.9 18.4 1410 14.0 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 77.4 87.6 550 60.6 1250 241 916 1220 22 17.0 20.7 1400 14.1 30 0.5 1.5 2350 78.5 92.8 940 54.7 250 212 923 1110 23 17.3 21.1 1340 15.2 640 0.3 1.5 600 84.4 93.0 50 67.7 1250 242 907 1230 24 16.7 18.6 1320 15.2 2350 0.3 1.5 620 89.0 92.4 1820 83.5 1320 118 459 1500 25 15.6 18.3 1420 13.6 2350 1.0 1.5 2210 84.3 91.1 230 72.7 1530 218 825 1100 26 17.0 21.1 1230 13.6 0 0.8 1.5 2150 73.9 93.1 1900 57.5 320 271 905 1150 27 15.6 18.7 1240 13.9 420 1.0 1.5 1940 82.3 92.1 0 70.4 1240 228 941 1130 28 16.1 19.0 1110 14.6 500 0.3 1.5 20 81.6 91.6 2310 66.7 1050 256 936 1150 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 16.7 22.4 12.4 49.8 12.2 81.6 96.6 44.9 218 941