Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - October 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 Max Min Mean Time Mean Max Mean Max Time Min Time Daily Rain Time Rel. Rel. Time Rel. Time Wind w/ No Solar Solar Time Day Temp Temp Max Temp Min Rain Rate Max Humid Humid Max Humid Min Speed Wind Rad Rad Max Deg.C Deg.C Temp Deg.C Temp (mm) (mm/hr) Rain (%) (%) Humid (%) Humid (m/s) (%) (W/m2) (W/m2) Rad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 17.2 20.1 1220 15.0 540 10.4 9.1 1600 98.6 99.5 610 89.0 1220 0.5 80 64 520 1210 2 17.1 19.0 1010 16.1 2140 76.2 16.8 1520 99.1 99.4 2350 98.3 1120 0.7 58 62 510 1000 3 17.2 18.6 1200 16.2 1540 77.7 13.7 1600 99.4 99.5 2350 99.2 1200 0.8 32 77 583 1010 4 17.1 18.4 1240 16.6 2230 43.9 9.1 1500 99.7 99.8 2350 99.5 1250 0.6 48 76 528 1230 5 17.1 20.2 1510 15.6 2240 4.6 1.5 1410 98.4 99.9 920 89.5 2350 0.6 54 115 596 1430 6 17.3 20.9 1040 13.9 320 26.4 7.6 1630 95.8 99.7 2340 81.0 50 0.8 46 129 901 1230 7 17.1 20.1 1300 14.5 400 4.8 1.5 2340 99.1 99.9 410 90.6 1310 0.7 49 103 641 1250 8 16.8 18.6 1300 15.9 420 92.2 21.3 1630 99.0 99.8 2350 94.2 1110 0.7 39 61 493 910 9 17.0 18.6 1230 16.1 10 39.4 6.1 1820 99.8 99.9 2330 99.4 1240 1.0 8 63 560 1140 10 17.2 18.6 1230 16.0 250 53.8 4.6 2310 99.9 100.0 2350 99.7 1250 1.1 10 58 485 1200 11 16.7 17.4 940 15.9 2150 43.7 4.6 450 100.2 100.4 2350 100.0 940 1.2 6 33 156 1050 12 16.1 16.9 850 15.0 1500 92.7 12.2 1300 100.5 100.7 2350 100.4 120 1.0 4 31 173 1050 13 15.9 17.1 1110 15.3 300 13.7 3.0 1700 100.8 100.9 2350 100.6 20 0.6 45 71 652 1110 14 16.1 16.9 810 15.0 2350 47.8 19.8 1240 100.9 101.0 2350 100.8 1530 0.6 56 37 265 810 15 16.0 16.7 1530 14.7 50 16.5 10.7 620 100.9 101.1 110 100.8 1620 0.7 50 55 349 1110 16 15.7 17.0 850 14.4 430 17.5 9.1 1240 100.9 101.1 540 100.6 1510 0.5 65 65 415 1400 17 15.8 17.7 820 14.2 600 14.7 15.2 1310 100.7 101.1 600 100.4 1650 0.5 92 69 542 810 18 16.8 19.7 1410 14.5 540 2.5 6.1 2330 98.3 101.0 610 88.7 1410 0.7 74 113 600 1410 19 16.7 17.6 1120 16.1 2320 61.2 15.2 1410 100.3 100.6 2350 99.8 20 0.7 10 41 413 1120 20 16.8 17.8 1050 16.0 40 32.5 21.3 1500 100.7 100.9 2230 100.6 1050 0.6 57 54 389 1040 21 16.6 17.8 1140 15.8 1700 81.5 24.4 1400 100.8 101.0 1700 100.6 1220 0.7 40 43 440 1000 22 16.2 16.9 1100 15.7 2240 51.6 25.9 1410 101.1 101.3 2350 100.9 240 0.8 4 36 296 1100 23 15.6 16.5 1410 14.6 1710 36.6 15.2 1430 101.5 101.7 2350 101.3 110 1.0 22 34 239 1230 24 16.7 21.4 1420 14.4 500 21.1 21.3 1740 98.2 101.8 510 81.8 1420 0.7 69 146 854 1350 25 16.2 17.6 1320 14.3 2140 5.1 4.6 700 87.5 100.0 0 65.5 1400 2.6 23 133 770 940 26 15.9 18.7 1300 14.3 500 4.8 3.0 720 91.0 97.0 610 76.5 1300 2.5 0 119 813 1240 27 16.5 21.6 1140 13.8 450 0.0 0.0 2350 86.7 97.9 2250 67.5 840 1.4 40 167 885 1100 28 18.0 22.0 1350 15.6 150 0.3 1.5 350 86.6 96.7 200 69.2 1400 0.9 28 168 943 1040 29 18.1 20.6 1130 16.3 120 0.3 1.5 2340 89.5 97.5 2150 79.8 1220 0.7 43 101 613 1120 30 16.9 20.0 1300 15.1 2330 2.0 1.5 2150 94.3 99.1 2240 79.3 1300 0.6 45 77 889 1250 31 17.2 21.0 1120 15.4 0 2.8 1.5 2020 96.8 99.0 540 82.3 1120 0.6 69 81 592 1110 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 16.7 22.0 13.8 978.4 25.9 97.6 101.8 65.5 1.0 41 80 943