Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - October 2004 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 17.5 22.9 1230 14.5 520 9.4 7.6 1540 1.0 3 155 1118 1240 2 18.4 23.3 1340 15.7 310 25.1 42.7 1800 1.5 0 222 1033 1100 3 18.1 22.1 1030 16.7 30 0.0 0.0 2350 2.7 0 160 1013 1020 4 18.6 23.0 1300 16.1 430 0.0 0.0 2350 1.7 0 177 900 1000 5 18.5 23.7 1200 16.2 2350 9.4 21.3 1430 1.2 2 215 1075 1040 6 18.3 22.7 1210 15.3 200 3.8 13.7 1850 1.2 0 149 983 1210 7 19.0 23.1 1240 16.0 420 5.3 7.6 2100 1.3 0 219 1020 1140 8 18.5 22.8 1000 16.0 440 62.7 91.4 1640 1.0 0 132 881 1000 9 19.0 24.9 1320 15.9 420 1.5 3.0 2310 1.1 1 179 1027 1140 10 18.7 23.1 1230 16.0 2350 42.2 54.9 1420 1.2 1 149 917 1220 11 18.1 21.2 1500 15.1 440 18.5 21.3 1920 1.0 0 114 650 1200 12 18.0 24.0 1240 15.3 410 21.3 56.4 1540 1.1 0 170 1101 1240 13 17.6 23.4 930 14.9 310 16.3 25.9 1540 0.9 0 105 846 910 14 18.7 24.9 1320 15.7 410 20.8 36.6 1800 1.1 1 191 955 1110 15 19.2 24.2 1040 15.8 450 3.6 12.2 1730 1.4 0 209 1012 1310 16 19.1 21.5 920 17.3 150 1.8 1.5 2340 2.1 0 162 866 910 17 17.8 19.8 1300 15.8 2350 6.3 6.1 1330 2.0 1 80 484 1110 18 18.0 21.7 920 15.8 10 8.1 9.1 1720 1.1 0 124 762 1330 19 18.4 23.5 1200 15.9 2350 19.8 42.7 1650 1.1 0 175 993 1150 20 18.7 24.0 1230 15.1 230 0.3 1.5 400 1.4 0 227 964 1230 21 18.6 23.4 1020 15.6 120 4.1 13.7 1940 1.4 0 172 1150 1100 22 16.7 21.1 1030 14.1 2210 15.2 18.3 1240 1.1 0 69 712 1030 23 16.8 21.6 1150 13.4 520 27.7 51.8 1310 1.0 0 182 1177 1120 24 16.7 19.4 1320 14.4 300 30.2 35.1 1400 0.9 0 84 693 1310 25 18.4 23.1 1030 15.7 2150 5.6 16.8 1920 1.5 0 176 1060 1010 26 17.6 21.5 950 15.7 2340 24.4 36.6 1550 1.4 6 138 887 940 27 17.8 20.6 1140 15.7 10 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 0 147 841 1140 28 18.5 23.3 1300 16.2 30 14.2 16.8 1910 1.9 0 183 962 1150 29 18.0 21.7 1030 16.5 2320 1.5 1.5 1220 1.9 0 123 1088 1020 30 18.3 22.2 1230 16.2 2350 0.8 3.0 1650 1.9 0 186 969 1120 31 18.4 22.2 1200 16.4 0 4.3 4.6 1930 1.7 0 171 988 1050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 18.2 24.9 13.4 404.4 91.4 1.4 0 160 1177