Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - March 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 18.8 24.0 1230 14.8 410 0.5 1.5 730 2.0 10 283 958 1150 2 18.2 23.2 1120 14.5 600 0.0 0.0 2350 1.5 0 177 988 1110 3 18.6 22.0 1010 15.8 430 0.3 1.5 2100 1.0 5 128 889 1010 4 19.8 25.2 1320 14.8 620 0.0 0.0 2350 1.2 1 277 1003 1300 5 18.6 23.1 1230 16.0 550 0.0 0.0 2350 3.0 0 282 973 1240 6 18.0 22.2 1430 16.0 2220 0.0 0.0 2350 2.9 0 237 992 1110 7 18.0 23.5 1300 15.4 510 0.0 0.0 2350 2.2 0 204 1012 1130 8 18.4 22.9 1430 15.1 2210 0.3 1.5 1520 1.1 6 149 1024 1040 9 17.6 21.3 1350 15.1 200 2.8 3.0 1830 0.9 5 96 554 1300 10 19.0 23.6 1330 14.3 510 0.8 1.5 1840 1.3 1 181 1009 1210 11 18.4 21.9 1300 16.4 2300 2.3 1.5 2310 2.5 0 195 1017 1310 12 16.7 20.2 1050 14.4 540 2.5 1.5 720 3.3 0 191 1026 1040 13 17.8 21.9 1240 15.5 240 0.0 0.0 2350 2.7 0 253 977 1320 14 18.5 22.9 1410 15.8 120 0.0 0.0 2350 2.3 0 262 952 1220 15 18.9 23.1 1410 16.2 620 0.0 0.0 2350 2.1 0 280 1031 1220 16 18.9 24.2 1150 16.3 40 0.0 0.0 2350 1.4 0 195 1077 1140 17 19.3 24.2 1020 15.7 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 1.0 4 169 898 1010 18 19.5 24.0 1410 15.1 110 0.0 0.0 2350 2.3 0 276 945 1210 19 18.9 23.0 1220 16.7 540 0.0 0.0 2350 2.5 0 252 973 1200 20 18.7 22.6 1410 16.4 100 0.0 0.0 2350 2.1 0 211 971 1320 21 19.0 23.6 1000 15.7 540 0.0 0.0 2350 1.4 0 160 1080 1120 22 18.9 23.1 1330 16.4 530 0.3 1.5 2350 1.9 0 249 978 1130 23 19.0 24.6 1210 15.6 440 0.0 0.0 2350 1.6 0 214 997 1210 24 19.5 24.5 1340 17.0 530 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 0 229 980 1140 25 20.0 24.3 1340 16.3 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 3 277 974 1150 26 18.8 23.2 1300 15.6 230 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 0 279 1014 1130 27 19.0 24.1 1440 15.9 2350 8.1 24.4 1750 1.3 3 235 1052 1040 28 17.9 22.8 1200 15.6 130 3.0 4.6 1600 1.6 1 113 765 1150 29 18.2 20.9 1210 17.0 2350 0.3 1.5 1250 2.1 0 148 714 1210 30 18.5 22.5 1310 15.8 2330 0.0 0.0 2350 2.4 0 295 1039 1310 31 18.7 23.2 1210 15.6 430 0.0 0.0 2350 1.6 0 273 1002 1210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 18.6 25.2 14.3 21.1 24.4 1.9 1 218 1080