Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - May 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 19.0 22.9 1340 16.6 520 0.0 0.0 2350 66.0 83.3 1930 53.5 1350 284 923 1140 2 19.0 23.1 1110 15.5 510 0.0 0.0 2350 65.1 87.9 2030 43.1 1040 284 917 1150 3 17.2 20.0 1320 15.7 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 78.1 91.6 1630 64.9 430 175 904 1300 4 18.3 23.4 1330 14.9 540 0.0 0.0 2350 77.1 89.4 2250 60.4 1330 272 943 1140 5 18.6 22.6 1450 16.4 2330 0.0 0.0 2350 80.6 89.7 730 66.2 1230 200 1161 1150 6 18.3 22.2 1030 15.6 130 0.3 1.5 2140 83.0 92.3 2040 63.5 1030 132 666 1030 7 19.6 25.0 1400 16.4 0 0.8 1.5 840 71.7 88.0 2230 51.5 1350 224 916 1240 8 19.3 24.6 1200 15.0 510 0.8 1.5 2220 75.3 94.0 2350 53.3 1150 194 1014 1150 9 18.3 21.5 1120 16.6 2350 3.0 3.0 2350 92.1 95.0 2350 79.9 830 63 562 1130 10 18.5 22.9 1020 15.7 520 41.7 27.4 30 91.7 95.5 550 71.5 1010 129 685 1100 11 18.2 21.2 930 16.6 510 25.9 13.7 1720 93.4 95.2 2230 84.6 930 91 752 1320 12 18.4 22.3 1140 16.1 350 7.1 7.6 1310 88.3 95.3 250 70.4 1140 163 873 1020 13 19.0 23.1 1340 16.9 540 0.5 1.5 800 79.3 91.5 1820 61.7 1340 238 915 1240 14 18.7 23.2 1310 16.9 20 0.0 0.0 2350 82.8 93.5 2140 63.5 1310 185 932 1100 15 18.9 24.3 1330 16.2 2340 0.0 0.0 2350 83.9 94.2 2350 59.9 1320 216 932 1200 16 18.7 22.4 840 15.5 420 0.5 1.5 2240 89.7 95.0 2350 70.3 840 113 565 1150 17 18.1 20.9 830 16.2 2350 2.8 1.5 2330 94.3 95.5 2350 86.7 900 66 579 830 18 18.3 21.5 1150 15.9 100 11.7 4.6 630 83.2 95.6 130 64.6 1430 214 981 1140 19 18.4 21.2 840 16.6 2350 0.5 1.5 2210 83.9 92.0 2350 74.7 840 141 793 830 20 18.6 21.3 1330 16.4 50 0.3 1.5 320 84.9 93.2 110 75.5 1250 150 676 1020 21 18.3 22.8 1200 15.4 320 3.6 1.5 2350 88.3 95.6 2340 71.0 1200 171 982 1230 22 17.5 21.6 1220 15.7 2150 24.9 6.1 1220 86.6 95.5 120 67.9 1040 129 751 1220 23 16.9 22.2 830 13.0 350 3.0 1.5 2350 90.3 95.7 2350 64.6 840 89 699 920 24 18.5 23.4 1320 15.8 300 32.0 6.1 610 89.2 95.9 630 70.7 1520 144 855 1300 25 19.4 23.8 1300 17.1 2350 2.3 1.5 2310 82.7 94.7 2210 65.7 1400 258 938 1300 26 18.5 21.8 1150 17.0 20 7.6 1.5 1920 85.3 92.0 10 72.7 1100 191 966 1200 27 18.4 21.9 1300 15.4 1840 1.8 1.5 2330 85.3 93.8 1850 73.7 1300 139 696 1140 28 18.6 21.2 1420 16.8 240 0.5 1.5 230 83.2 91.9 2200 72.0 1400 181 752 1150 29 18.7 22.2 1320 17.1 500 0.0 0.0 2350 82.9 91.2 340 69.9 1320 203 1075 1320 30 18.8 23.8 1330 16.3 330 5.3 3.0 2140 81.2 92.6 1820 63.9 1330 231 892 1150 31 18.7 23.3 1320 16.6 510 14.5 6.1 2050 84.9 95.2 2350 67.2 920 185 882 1310 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.5 25.0 13.0 191.3 27.4 83.4 95.9 43.1 176 1161