Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - January 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 17.2 19.7 1320 16.1 210 3.6 1.5 2320 3.9 0 187 905 1150 2 17.3 19.8 1220 16.1 530 15.0 3.0 2350 3.7 0 174 811 1220 3 16.5 18.2 1400 15.0 640 29.2 4.6 1640 4.0 0 148 777 1320 4 16.2 18.1 930 14.3 1800 24.6 4.6 1250 3.2 0 167 717 1340 5 16.1 19.0 1510 14.4 400 2.0 1.5 320 4.0 0 245 892 1200 6 16.7 19.4 1300 14.8 100 0.3 1.5 750 3.8 0 194 878 1210 7 16.8 19.3 1500 15.6 400 2.0 1.5 2200 3.8 0 191 858 1220 8 17.0 19.5 1400 16.0 2020 12.2 4.6 1950 3.7 0 156 776 1340 9 16.5 18.2 1320 15.6 2350 38.1 10.7 200 3.4 0 171 904 1320 10 16.0 17.9 1040 15.1 510 9.1 4.6 10 3.5 0 146 784 1100 11 17.3 19.9 1510 15.9 40 2.0 1.5 2140 3.4 0 207 876 1210 12 18.3 22.0 1330 16.6 330 0.3 1.5 40 2.6 0 207 1027 1010 13 18.7 23.3 850 15.1 610 0.0 0.0 2350 1.4 0 135 838 1150 14 18.8 22.1 1250 16.9 210 0.8 1.5 2340 3.2 0 223 1097 1150 15 17.2 18.8 1520 16.3 630 27.4 7.6 430 3.4 0 190 861 1100 16 16.3 18.2 1430 14.4 2350 18.3 7.6 510 3.5 0 145 824 1030 17 14.0 16.6 1410 12.3 2340 30.5 4.6 540 3.9 0 204 895 1140 18 13.5 15.9 1500 10.9 2350 13.2 3.0 1150 4.0 0 186 813 1140 19 12.9 15.4 1240 10.7 510 11.4 3.0 1440 4.0 0 220 843 1210 20 13.4 16.3 1320 11.2 650 1.3 1.5 540 3.9 0 248 867 1210 21 14.5 17.5 1130 11.8 210 0.0 0.0 2350 3.3 0 249 871 1130 22 15.6 18.8 1340 13.9 10 0.3 1.5 840 2.8 0 248 890 1150 23 16.9 21.3 1440 14.4 50 0.0 0.0 2350 2.8 0 257 891 1140 24 14.8 17.2 1330 13.0 730 2.8 1.5 2340 3.5 0 240 895 1150 25 14.8 17.9 1350 12.5 130 0.8 1.5 350 3.6 0 229 886 1130 26 15.4 17.9 1320 13.7 330 2.3 1.5 2320 3.4 0 181 785 1310 27 16.6 19.5 1150 14.6 630 1.0 1.5 440 3.0 0 254 876 1210 28 17.7 20.4 1440 16.4 40 2.0 1.5 2350 3.6 0 222 906 1200 29 17.3 19.9 1230 16.0 650 0.0 0.0 2350 4.1 0 239 916 1250 30 17.1 20.6 1240 15.2 2350 0.3 1.5 600 3.9 0 253 914 1150 31 16.0 18.5 1000 14.4 640 4.1 3.0 2340 3.6 0 222 885 1130 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 16.3 23.3 10.7 254.8 10.7 3.5 0 204 1097