Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - January 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 17.5 20.4 1320 15.6 2320 2.3 1.5 2240 88.3 94.7 1820 77.1 950 218 910 1200 2 17.4 20.4 1330 15.8 410 2.3 1.5 2350 83.5 94.8 2150 69.5 1330 219 840 1140 3 17.3 20.0 1240 15.8 620 4.3 1.5 2340 85.9 94.0 2340 70.7 1310 203 828 1150 4 16.8 19.0 1350 15.9 750 6.6 1.5 2210 91.2 95.2 110 81.4 1350 162 794 1250 5 17.8 20.7 1320 16.3 2350 6.3 1.5 2330 92.2 97.2 2320 81.1 1320 190 815 1150 6 17.2 19.8 1350 15.7 120 3.6 1.5 2330 91.3 96.9 30 81.2 1350 166 774 1320 7 16.5 19.1 1450 15.0 2350 0.3 1.5 50 82.5 91.5 110 71.7 1430 220 802 1240 8 16.8 20.0 1320 14.8 330 1.0 1.5 2230 80.3 91.3 2140 57.9 1220 233 816 1200 9 16.3 18.9 1450 14.8 2340 4.3 3.0 2320 84.9 94.1 2340 72.1 1400 218 815 1140 10 16.2 19.3 1410 14.3 530 3.6 3.0 300 84.1 95.7 220 72.5 1130 225 827 1220 11 16.1 18.9 1400 14.9 540 0.0 0.0 2350 80.7 90.9 100 64.6 1400 199 827 1150 12 16.5 18.7 1500 14.9 0 4.8 12.2 1240 87.2 94.6 1140 77.3 1510 162 757 1350 13 16.7 19.1 1440 15.6 2330 5.8 4.6 1900 88.0 94.7 2350 74.3 1300 194 855 1130 14 16.9 19.3 1210 15.4 600 5.3 1.5 2340 88.3 95.0 0 76.0 1410 195 791 1110 15 17.0 20.0 1340 15.7 710 2.5 1.5 1610 86.7 94.2 820 73.9 1340 185 798 1300 16 16.3 18.6 1450 14.8 1910 3.8 1.5 2310 89.6 94.9 920 78.2 1450 173 766 1240 17 16.0 17.9 1130 14.9 430 18.8 3.0 300 91.6 94.5 1950 86.9 240 187 791 1220 18 15.3 18.1 1330 13.2 730 13.7 4.6 330 85.1 95.5 420 68.9 1310 228 844 1200 19 15.8 18.9 1320 14.0 40 0.5 1.5 810 83.2 95.3 2310 64.3 1440 210 855 1130 20 16.2 18.9 1430 14.1 420 1.3 1.5 1250 85.4 94.5 30 73.4 1630 212 834 1210 21 17.1 20.6 1140 14.6 500 0.3 1.5 10 74.4 88.5 2320 49.1 1050 243 849 1140 22 16.8 19.9 1450 14.2 340 0.0 0.0 2350 84.1 90.4 2220 72.5 530 222 866 1210 23 17.4 20.6 1210 15.8 2050 0.3 1.5 2120 89.0 95.5 430 76.4 1210 205 851 1150 24 17.1 20.9 1400 14.6 210 0.5 1.5 940 84.0 97.6 2210 66.2 830 244 857 1200 25 16.6 20.3 1300 14.5 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 89.5 97.0 230 73.6 1300 197 877 1250 26 16.2 19.2 1320 14.4 0 0.3 1.5 230 84.1 94.1 1940 70.0 1140 209 836 1140 27 16.1 19.9 1340 14.6 2250 0.0 0.0 2350 86.7 95.8 2150 70.3 1340 172 943 1250 28 15.9 18.9 1120 14.5 1920 0.0 0.0 2350 87.7 96.1 2200 76.4 1120 211 858 1200 29 16.1 18.6 1200 14.3 340 0.5 1.5 2150 90.8 96.8 750 80.9 1200 214 828 1140 30 16.4 18.7 1420 15.2 440 2.0 1.5 1940 88.0 95.3 510 77.4 1620 179 811 1240 31 16.8 20.4 1430 14.7 340 0.0 0.0 2350 84.1 93.7 300 70.3 1430 224 924 1230 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 16.6 20.9 13.2 95.0 12.2 86.2 97.6 49.1 204 943