Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - January 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 17.4 20.9 1300 14.8 610 0.3 1.5 2010 79.0 92.4 1940 58.9 30 141 762 1250 2 17.4 21.3 1400 15.2 600 0.3 1.5 430 79.2 93.5 420 62.4 1350 201 845 1130 3 17.2 20.7 1220 15.1 300 0.3 1.5 40 80.7 90.7 1820 69.0 1210 132 762 1100 4 17.6 21.0 1400 14.9 330 0.0 0.0 2350 78.2 88.9 2230 66.5 1510 225 833 1140 5 16.7 20.2 950 15.2 2130 0.8 1.5 2030 85.5 94.4 2200 69.5 1040 148 910 1030 6 14.8 17.1 1420 13.3 210 1.3 1.5 2330 76.4 92.1 0 53.1 1850 75 338 1410 7 13.5 15.4 1500 12.2 820 1.0 1.5 2340 92.5 95.9 1810 85.3 40 129 671 1220 8 14.5 17.1 1320 12.6 330 1.5 1.5 2340 92.7 95.4 50 87.8 1330 190 868 1140 9 16.6 19.8 1350 14.9 300 2.3 1.5 2250 83.4 95.4 10 68.7 1350 186 939 1340 10 17.3 21.3 1410 15.1 510 4.1 1.5 2340 76.8 88.9 2300 60.9 1150 212 808 1200 11 17.5 20.8 1420 15.6 30 2.8 1.5 2320 84.7 92.3 420 68.9 1420 210 823 1150 12 17.6 21.3 1420 15.3 420 3.6 1.5 2220 82.1 92.1 40 68.7 1330 231 831 1240 13 18.0 21.5 1430 16.3 320 0.5 1.5 200 79.9 89.1 510 66.8 1430 228 830 1210 14 17.1 19.7 1040 15.8 240 1.5 1.5 2340 87.0 93.5 2000 76.0 1000 125 751 1010 15 16.0 18.1 1310 14.0 2350 69.3 6.1 2340 92.3 94.9 2350 89.9 1140 107 727 1020 16 15.5 18.1 1440 13.4 150 21.6 6.1 230 90.9 96.4 110 80.4 1440 159 961 1120 17 17.6 21.5 1040 13.9 500 0.0 0.0 2350 85.4 95.8 520 68.7 900 168 884 1040 18 16.8 19.5 1130 15.5 2120 15.7 4.6 1920 85.9 91.8 30 72.3 1130 190 847 1100 19 16.0 18.7 1350 14.8 1800 5.3 3.0 420 84.6 92.2 1940 69.1 1300 189 858 1210 20 16.7 19.6 1330 15.3 2350 1.5 1.5 1230 82.8 94.5 600 70.0 1350 183 800 1310 21 17.2 21.1 1450 14.7 200 0.0 0.0 2350 74.6 91.7 2350 62.2 1230 244 848 1200 22 18.0 22.2 1450 16.0 10 0.0 0.0 2350 79.6 92.5 10 60.4 1340 237 854 1150 23 18.3 21.9 1400 16.3 610 0.0 0.0 2350 83.7 92.7 610 69.4 1410 206 831 1250 24 18.3 21.0 1220 16.8 2310 0.8 1.5 2320 84.7 91.2 2240 74.4 1200 207 860 1230 25 17.6 20.2 1430 15.8 450 1.5 3.0 230 80.2 89.8 10 68.4 1130 235 867 1140 26 17.4 19.7 1430 15.7 2330 1.0 1.5 2140 88.6 92.7 2230 79.7 0 173 807 1200 27 16.2 18.1 1510 14.8 610 2.0 1.5 2150 90.4 93.2 240 84.0 1400 182 790 1210 28 17.2 19.5 1310 16.2 530 3.3 1.5 2320 90.6 94.6 2210 85.1 1340 147 819 1310 29 17.8 21.2 1220 15.7 410 8.6 1.5 2330 81.4 94.5 0 70.5 1220 209 898 1210 30 18.3 21.6 1220 16.4 520 3.8 1.5 2350 81.0 90.1 2230 65.7 1220 211 898 1210 31 17.8 20.6 1320 16.2 2350 2.3 1.5 2050 89.5 93.1 2330 80.2 1320 188 932 1300 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 17.0 22.2 12.2 157.0 6.1 84.0 96.4 53.1 183 961