Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - May 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 19.3 23.2 1120 15.8 550 0.0 0.0 2350 0.9 33 114 725 1030 2 19.5 23.9 1220 14.2 250 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 3 240 931 1210 3 18.8 24.1 1310 14.7 440 0.0 0.0 2350 1.5 17 208 1002 1140 4 19.4 24.9 1340 17.2 450 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 0 244 991 1140 5 19.0 23.8 1350 16.9 2050 0.5 1.5 1810 2.3 0 224 1013 1030 6 18.7 22.0 1150 16.0 610 0.5 1.5 2300 2.5 0 207 927 1120 7 18.3 21.6 1200 16.7 430 3.8 1.5 2320 3.0 0 220 965 1240 8 19.0 24.0 1230 16.8 2340 6.9 7.6 1620 1.9 4 205 1026 1140 9 18.8 22.6 1350 16.6 150 1.3 4.6 1710 1.8 6 190 909 1250 10 19.5 23.6 1410 16.9 430 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 0 216 859 1340 11 19.8 23.9 1400 17.6 150 0.0 0.0 2350 2.6 0 253 1003 1220 12 20.0 24.1 1220 18.1 520 0.0 0.0 2350 2.3 8 229 965 1200 13 20.0 24.4 1200 17.4 110 0.0 0.0 2350 1.4 33 238 938 1150 14 19.3 24.7 1120 17.1 2350 23.1 62.5 1310 1.1 67 127 745 1110 15 18.2 21.1 1010 16.7 410 36.8 68.6 1220 0.8 71 83 541 1000 16 17.8 21.7 1050 16.1 440 70.4 93.0 1300 0.9 45 87 477 950 17 17.9 21.8 1140 15.8 430 20.6 25.9 2140 0.8 40 94 794 1130 18 17.4 19.0 1400 16.7 250 8.6 13.7 440 1.1 29 76 522 1330 19 18.0 21.2 910 16.3 550 10.9 9.1 1710 1.0 35 108 632 1150 20 17.2 19.0 1220 16.3 640 20.1 29.0 1600 1.3 0 80 630 1150 21 17.0 17.9 1210 15.9 2340 13.5 6.1 2020 0.8 20 67 331 1130 22 17.3 21.1 1000 15.3 300 12.4 7.6 1330 0.7 72 83 892 950 23 17.5 19.2 930 15.8 530 48.5 32.0 310 0.6 67 59 368 710 24 18.5 21.8 1100 15.9 540 4.1 9.1 1700 0.8 64 117 749 850 25 17.8 20.7 1210 15.3 530 2.5 4.6 1740 0.6 49 85 532 1200 26 17.9 21.1 1100 16.2 2120 32.5 22.9 1510 0.9 28 118 848 840 27 18.6 22.3 1130 14.8 110 0.0 0.0 2350 1.9 1 186 973 1120 28 18.7 23.4 1150 16.9 700 0.0 0.0 2350 2.4 1 115 653 1210 29 19.0 22.1 1250 17.6 500 0.0 0.0 2350 2.2 0 173 824 1240 30 18.6 21.2 1410 17.4 350 2.0 1.5 2340 2.0 22 114 494 1000 31 18.5 22.1 1220 16.4 2350 14.5 6.1 220 1.3 31 162 937 1110 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 18.6 24.9 14.2 333.5 93.0 1.7 24 152 1026