Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - October 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 18.6 23.8 1150 16.8 240 14.7 15.2 1610 84.6 98.9 1600 64.0 1150 187 995 1030 2 18.5 21.1 1240 16.9 420 1.5 1.5 2110 87.8 97.0 2000 74.0 1010 182 867 1020 3 18.1 20.8 1020 16.9 1150 3.3 3.0 1110 89.4 95.2 1130 82.2 1330 130 825 1320 4 18.6 22.5 1220 16.6 50 0.0 0.0 2350 86.0 93.4 1620 70.4 1220 211 950 1140 5 18.9 23.0 1320 17.2 410 0.0 0.0 2350 87.7 98.9 1900 71.2 1320 211 925 1100 6 19.4 24.6 1330 16.4 220 2.3 4.6 1710 87.6 99.2 300 65.9 1330 213 936 1100 7 19.3 22.8 1350 17.6 2350 0.5 1.5 720 86.9 97.1 2230 73.1 1350 192 925 1100 8 18.3 22.7 820 16.8 2350 32.8 32.0 1100 94.3 100.5 2350 66.4 820 95 812 900 9 18.1 22.9 1100 16.2 200 2.5 6.1 1230 95.4 100.6 250 73.0 1100 136 768 920 10 18.0 22.4 1100 15.9 210 11.9 22.9 1820 97.6 100.4 2350 80.1 1050 95 1027 1100 11 18.0 22.6 940 15.1 350 5.8 10.7 1330 96.4 100.7 2350 72.1 940 149 918 1200 12 17.9 21.1 910 15.3 340 3.0 3.0 2040 99.4 100.9 620 87.8 840 79 532 750 13 19.0 23.3 1250 15.3 2350 0.5 1.5 1830 88.8 100.8 250 68.7 1340 192 967 1050 14 18.7 23.9 1410 14.4 300 0.8 1.5 2120 87.0 99.8 410 65.9 1230 242 1001 1100 15 18.4 23.0 1130 16.3 2350 22.9 16.8 1740 91.2 100.8 2230 71.0 1040 162 968 1130 16 17.1 17.9 1300 16.0 20 19.6 10.7 710 99.6 101.3 2350 92.1 250 73 393 910 17 17.6 20.8 1130 16.3 1940 20.8 9.1 1300 99.9 102.0 740 87.5 1110 122 944 1130 18 16.8 17.6 900 16.3 1830 24.9 6.1 1220 101.6 101.7 2350 101.4 0 76 325 1330 19 17.0 19.8 840 15.6 430 31.2 24.4 1300 100.9 101.9 700 91.1 840 80 556 1010 20 16.7 18.4 1000 15.5 440 53.8 29.0 1540 101.0 102.0 520 91.6 1130 88 615 1120 21 16.3 16.9 1410 15.9 1810 26.9 13.7 1030 101.9 102.0 2000 101.8 1430 36 270 1350 22 17.2 19.5 900 16.1 420 16.8 32.0 1210 101.0 102.0 630 94.6 950 70 762 850 23 18.5 23.6 1200 16.2 110 0.0 0.0 2350 93.1 101.8 320 70.5 1200 166 1064 1200 24 19.5 23.8 1210 17.6 2350 0.3 1.5 2040 78.6 94.1 2050 63.6 1210 210 1049 1140 25 18.9 24.0 1210 16.9 210 3.6 10.7 1400 86.5 99.9 2130 66.4 1200 195 977 1130 26 18.8 22.0 1150 17.2 2330 0.0 0.0 2350 84.7 94.0 520 70.1 2130 166 882 1100 27 19.1 23.1 1440 17.0 300 0.5 1.5 1910 82.3 98.2 1850 65.2 950 195 951 1110 28 19.4 23.8 1350 17.1 1850 5.6 12.2 1810 84.3 98.4 2120 65.2 1240 235 952 1110 29 18.0 22.0 1120 16.0 420 4.8 21.3 230 92.9 100.5 450 75.1 1120 141 758 1110 30 17.6 21.1 1100 15.4 2350 4.6 6.1 1650 95.4 101.3 2350 78.1 1040 101 661 1050 31 17.0 20.0 1110 14.7 530 57.9 61.0 1330 99.6 101.7 620 88.8 1110 63 431 840 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.2 24.6 14.4 373.9 61.0 92.4 102.0 63.6 145 1064