Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - May 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 18.4 22.7 1230 16.5 1900 N/A N/A N/A 83.3 95.1 1850 67.7 1230 235 970 1230 2 18.0 22.9 1250 15.8 300 N/A N/A N/A 86.8 96.4 1420 62.1 1250 189 946 1210 3 17.7 22.9 1120 14.5 330 N/A N/A N/A 91.1 97.7 2350 66.6 1110 157 1025 1110 4 18.6 23.4 1320 15.5 130 N/A N/A N/A 86.5 97.9 210 67.5 1330 210 1010 1020 5 19.2 23.8 1310 16.8 110 N/A N/A N/A 84.8 96.2 100 65.5 1310 218 999 1140 6 18.8 23.5 1350 17.1 630 N/A N/A N/A 86.7 97.0 550 62.4 1350 151 768 1330 7 18.5 22.4 1100 16.2 150 N/A N/A N/A 84.7 96.2 220 73.2 1010 187 1064 1100 8 18.9 23.7 1300 15.5 240 N/A N/A N/A 80.1 95.3 1940 61.0 1300 237 918 1200 9 18.2 22.7 1220 15.5 120 N/A N/A N/A 86.2 96.0 2230 67.6 1220 183 974 1110 10 18.9 22.7 1300 16.9 450 N/A N/A N/A 87.1 95.1 530 73.1 1300 186 951 1100 11 19.7 23.7 1350 17.3 520 N/A N/A N/A 80.5 91.8 2220 67.0 1400 245 991 1050 12 19.8 23.4 1400 17.6 1630 N/A N/A N/A 83.4 97.3 2350 66.2 1040 200 955 1040 13 19.9 24.9 1320 17.0 130 N/A N/A N/A 83.5 97.4 50 65.2 1320 210 1062 1100 14 19.4 23.0 1050 18.0 1900 N/A N/A N/A 82.2 89.7 650 70.7 1050 178 951 1050 15 19.4 23.2 1330 17.1 2200 N/A N/A N/A 85.0 96.5 1900 71.3 1330 169 980 920 16 19.8 23.6 1340 17.8 1730 N/A N/A N/A 79.7 92.2 1700 66.4 1300 223 923 1140 17 19.7 24.8 1420 17.3 2350 N/A N/A N/A 82.8 97.2 2310 59.3 1350 212 990 1250 18 18.6 21.9 1150 16.6 210 N/A N/A N/A 89.0 97.8 300 73.5 1350 147 857 1310 19 18.5 21.6 1330 16.9 410 N/A N/A N/A 88.3 96.6 840 73.7 1330 104 653 1320 20 18.5 21.8 1220 16.0 500 N/A N/A N/A 86.2 96.7 2350 73.7 1040 192 987 1210 21 17.4 22.7 850 15.8 2340 N/A N/A N/A 96.9 98.4 2350 75.6 850 94 934 840 22 17.8 22.0 1350 15.7 10 N/A N/A N/A 93.2 98.6 520 71.8 1400 126 692 1120 23 17.7 22.2 1150 14.7 330 N/A N/A N/A 94.0 98.4 630 72.2 1150 119 674 1140 24 17.0 20.9 1030 15.3 510 N/A N/A N/A 96.9 98.7 2350 81.1 1020 83 844 1020 25 16.6 18.4 1320 14.6 510 N/A N/A N/A 98.5 98.9 600 97.4 1430 82 398 1130 26 16.8 19.9 850 12.9 240 N/A N/A N/A 95.8 98.7 40 84.5 850 115 772 1140 27 17.2 19.5 940 15.4 440 N/A N/A N/A 96.8 98.7 610 89.2 930 84 618 910 28 17.3 19.1 1130 15.7 350 N/A N/A N/A 97.7 98.6 650 93.4 1010 62 403 1000 29 17.9 20.4 1350 16.3 2350 N/A N/A N/A 96.2 98.7 630 86.2 1350 99 579 1420 30 16.8 19.3 1120 15.3 250 N/A N/A N/A 97.5 98.6 2350 88.5 1110 53 528 930 31 16.5 17.0 1030 15.8 2210 N/A N/A N/A 98.8 99.0 2240 98.6 110 27 164 1020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.3 24.9 12.9 N/A N/A 89.0 99.0 59.3 154 1064