Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - March 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 18.6 22.3 1430 16.8 440 N/A N/A N/A 84.1 93.9 2130 66.9 1350 240 915 1200 2 18.4 22.0 1400 16.5 640 N/A N/A N/A 82.7 94.2 0 64.9 1330 274 940 1140 3 18.3 21.5 1430 16.5 2350 N/A N/A N/A 82.1 93.8 150 67.1 1350 250 918 1130 4 17.6 21.8 1340 15.9 2350 N/A N/A N/A 79.4 90.2 640 65.3 1210 252 953 1150 5 16.8 2N/A 1340 14.8 500 N/A N/A N/A 74.5 91.5 350 58.0 1310 269 940 1140 6 17.0 21.0 1410 14.5 620 N/A N/A N/A 69.2 84.1 2250 52.4 940 279 928 1150 7 17.3 21.3 1450 15.2 620 N/A N/A N/A 78.3 92.5 2320 60.6 1330 273 923 1140 8 17.2 21.4 1400 15.1 650 N/A N/A N/A 80.3 94.3 520 63.1 1350 254 937 1140 9 16.5 19.3 1330 14.4 440 N/A N/A N/A 78.4 85.3 940 65.3 0 249 962 1150 10 16.7 19.9 1130 15.4 0 N/A N/A N/A 88.0 93.8 1520 79.5 1130 181 944 1120 11 17.2 19.3 1500 16.4 500 N/A N/A N/A 88.3 93.7 0 75.7 1450 139 845 1050 12 17.0 18.6 1200 15.8 450 N/A N/A N/A 88.1 95.0 1900 78.3 1430 107 613 1200 13 17.3 20.7 1420 15.6 500 N/A N/A N/A 76.5 88.7 20 63.8 1220 274 942 1110 14 17.4 21.6 1350 14.9 440 N/A N/A N/A 75.7 92.8 2110 60.4 1350 279 949 1220 15 18.3 23.4 1250 15.1 400 N/A N/A N/A 73.7 88.7 1920 48.2 1050 232 928 1140 16 19.2 23.6 1330 15.5 600 N/A N/A N/A 69.2 87.4 550 52.8 2350 264 949 1140 17 19.0 23.0 1330 16.0 310 N/A N/A N/A 64.0 83.0 2220 44.0 100 274 1005 1250 18 17.0 19.9 1350 15.5 350 N/A N/A N/A 84.3 93.5 2150 72.0 1350 230 953 1150 19 16.7 19.0 1510 14.9 420 N/A N/A N/A 88.9 93.9 630 81.1 1830 241 1041 1120 20 17.1 21.0 1310 15.2 2340 N/A N/A N/A 82.4 92.7 550 67.6 1310 264 950 1130 21 17.0 19.9 1320 14.9 110 N/A N/A N/A 76.9 88.6 510 66.3 1310 283 968 1140 22 17.7 20.9 1500 15.8 700 N/A N/A N/A 75.8 89.3 1820 64.6 1310 271 975 1140 23 18.0 22.9 1350 15.5 340 N/A N/A N/A 76.8 91.1 350 58.9 1340 282 947 1200 24 17.8 21.9 1440 15.7 100 N/A N/A N/A 78.8 89.5 1930 62.2 1440 274 935 1140 25 17.0 20.1 1340 15.4 2340 N/A N/A N/A 79.5 91.6 650 67.0 1210 273 944 1220 26 17.6 21.8 1350 14.7 420 N/A N/A N/A 73.4 87.9 2100 61.7 1210 286 952 1150 27 18.6 24.1 1210 15.4 530 N/A N/A N/A 75.1 87.3 2040 51.5 1210 231 1026 1200 28 18.5 22.9 1030 15.3 540 N/A N/A N/A 73.9 85.6 0 54.5 1020 167 1030 1020 29 18.4 22.9 1410 15.8 120 N/A N/A N/A 74.0 84.8 2130 57.2 1240 266 985 1100 30 18.3 22.9 1340 16.1 550 N/A N/A N/A 75.3 87.5 1910 60.2 1230 284 986 1100 31 18.2 22.6 1330 15.3 440 N/A N/A N/A 75.4 95.9 1920 58.1 950 279 962 1140 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 17.7 24.1 14.4 N/A N/A 78.2 95.9 44.0 249 1041