Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - March 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 16.6 20.6 1310 14.9 330 0.3 1.5 2200 87.0 93.0 1720 73.5 1340 199 938 1210 2 17.8 21.2 1410 15.4 600 0.3 1.5 540 81.0 93.2 420 64.7 1350 258 930 1150 3 18.1 23.1 1340 15.4 440 0.0 0.0 2350 82.2 92.9 2010 62.9 1340 261 947 1140 4 18.0 22.0 1430 15.9 530 0.5 1.5 2310 78.3 89.2 2200 65.4 1300 270 970 1210 5 16.7 19.9 1420 14.9 650 0.5 1.5 1610 77.7 88.5 2350 65.5 1400 267 936 1210 6 16.5 19.5 1420 14.9 400 0.3 1.5 720 81.4 92.7 600 66.4 1410 218 943 1230 7 16.1 18.7 1150 14.7 2250 0.0 0.0 2350 81.6 90.6 2220 68.0 1510 244 958 1120 8 16.3 19.7 1410 14.4 800 0.8 1.5 750 85.4 94.4 710 69.7 1330 246 934 1230 9 17.1 21.1 1440 15.4 640 0.0 0.0 2350 86.0 94.3 640 69.2 1430 228 943 1220 10 18.4 22.9 1020 15.4 0 0.0 0.0 2350 77.7 90.3 2040 61.2 1020 283 973 1200 11 17.8 22.2 1300 15.8 540 0.0 0.0 2350 80.9 91.8 2150 63.2 1220 277 940 1140 12 16.9 20.6 1400 15.1 410 0.3 1.5 610 83.6 92.6 340 71.3 1400 212 998 1210 13 17.6 21.6 1520 15.4 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 75.4 86.7 2050 62.6 1330 272 956 1230 14 17.7 21.8 1510 15.0 520 0.0 0.0 2350 77.5 91.0 450 61.2 920 283 952 1220 15 16.9 20.9 1430 14.7 540 0.3 1.5 210 74.7 87.7 0 56.9 1140 281 955 1150 16 17.1 21.1 1420 14.8 450 0.0 0.0 2350 74.8 87.2 2350 54.7 1300 265 958 1200 17 17.0 20.2 1310 14.7 540 3.0 1.5 2310 84.2 92.9 510 68.0 1250 252 954 1150 18 16.4 19.4 1130 14.7 2330 3.3 1.5 720 81.2 91.7 320 68.5 1040 243 956 1220 19 17.1 21.2 1420 14.6 200 0.0 0.0 2350 77.6 88.8 240 61.0 1330 283 970 1130 20 17.6 22.4 1340 14.0 2310 0.0 0.0 2350 74.9 91.8 2040 58.8 830 285 947 1150 21 18.2 22.9 1310 14.1 120 0.0 0.0 2350 73.4 87.1 2000 57.3 750 284 943 1150 22 17.4 20.2 1540 16.2 140 0.0 0.0 2350 83.8 89.8 610 69.6 1540 133 752 940 23 18.2 21.7 1450 16.3 320 0.0 0.0 2350 83.3 91.6 310 68.8 1500 235 961 1040 24 18.6 23.0 1350 15.1 330 0.0 0.0 2350 69.5 88.9 30 37.1 620 280 914 1140 25 17.0 19.0 1350 15.3 2350 0.5 1.5 910 80.6 90.0 850 70.9 1540 246 935 1230 26 16.7 20.6 1250 14.6 600 0.0 0.0 2350 72.8 83.1 420 54.9 1300 264 953 1210 27 16.5 20.1 1150 14.4 530 0.5 1.5 2200 80.8 92.0 2340 61.1 1010 259 934 1230 28 16.5 18.9 1440 14.8 410 2.0 1.5 2230 87.6 92.9 2100 79.0 1440 203 933 1230 29 17.4 19.0 1330 16.3 450 8.4 3.0 1010 90.3 93.2 2320 84.2 1000 116 747 1030 30 17.7 20.4 1150 16.6 2310 4.1 1.5 2350 88.5 94.3 2210 78.3 1330 144 863 1310 31 17.7 21.0 1250 16.2 2250 3.3 1.5 1010 82.6 91.7 820 71.3 1300 215 937 1220 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 17.3 23.1 14.0 28.2 3.0 80.5 94.4 37.1 242 998