Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - October 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 17.2 21.6 1010 14.8 2350 N/A N/A N/A 97.9 101.4 2350 82.0 840 87 819 1010 2 16.6 20.5 1100 14.7 130 N/A N/A N/A 100.1 101.4 620 87.3 1050 96 939 1050 3 17.0 20.0 1100 15.9 310 N/A N/A N/A 100.1 101.3 630 89.6 1100 87 848 1050 4 17.3 21.5 920 15.2 520 20.3 7.6 1200 99.4 101.4 640 82.5 920 92 786 1050 5 17.3 21.6 850 14.9 440 18.0 15.2 1550 98.1 101.4 540 76.4 850 116 820 940 6 16.5 21.9 1010 14.9 500 60.2 13.7 1340 99.9 101.5 500 81.2 1010 73 832 1000 7 16.5 19.3 1030 15.5 250 36.1 6.1 1610 99.6 101.1 2350 87.0 1000 91 668 1000 8 16.3 17.2 1310 15.0 220 5.6 1.5 2350 101.9 102.2 830 101.1 40 63 456 1250 9 16.8 17.3 1100 16.4 200 121.4 9.1 1420 102.2 102.3 2350 102.1 1230 37 260 1200 10 17.1 17.7 1300 16.6 210 95.8 21.3 1200 102.3 102.4 2350 102.2 1320 43 266 1030 11 17.2 17.8 1350 16.7 200 97.8 18.3 1810 104.0 104.7 2350 102.4 550 47 269 1320 12 16.9 18.2 1030 16.3 1330 87.4 27.4 1430 104.7 104.8 2350 104.5 1040 55 576 1020 13 17.1 19.0 1200 16.4 340 19.8 6.1 1830 104.7 104.8 600 104.3 1210 99 613 1130 14 17.4 19.4 1300 16.1 2310 33.3 36.6 1510 103.6 104.8 540 100.5 1330 106 836 1140 15 16.8 18.6 1030 15.6 420 10.7 16.8 1450 102.2 103.4 750 98.9 2350 73 393 1240 16 16.8 19.2 920 15.4 550 17.3 13.7 1640 96.6 98.8 0 90.8 1000 58 557 840 17 16.8 18.7 1110 15.7 500 27.9 13.7 1430 95.8 96.6 600 89.6 1210 60 703 950 18 16.6 18.0 940 15.8 440 36.6 35.1 1140 96.3 96.6 840 95.9 1030 56 454 810 19 16.4 17.8 1240 15.4 420 44.2 39.6 1350 94.4 96.1 430 92.4 1310 71 592 930 20 16.2 17.9 1140 15.3 1850 64.8 56.4 1350 93.7 95.6 50 91.7 1150 63 460 1040 21 16.5 19.2 1010 15.2 330 38.6 29.0 1520 90.1 93.6 140 81.9 1050 75 533 1000 22 17.4 22.3 1250 13.9 2350 5.3 24.4 1500 79.6 89.6 30 63.6 1250 180 1003 1130 23 16.6 21.3 910 13.2 100 39.6 22.9 1440 86.0 90.9 2350 65.5 820 119 724 920 24 16.3 20.9 930 13.9 540 0.0 0.0 2350 90.4 93.0 740 78.7 930 107 852 930 25 16.6 20.6 820 13.9 530 11.9 7.6 1450 91.7 96.6 1950 77.0 820 93 708 810 26 17.6 21.4 1450 15.1 2350 0.3 1.5 0 92.3 103.4 720 83.4 1430 196 891 1220 27 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.0 1.5 2240 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 168 873 1020 28 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 2350 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 226 928 1010 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 2350 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 123 1064 1050 30 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 2350 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 106 739 1010 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 66.8 12.2 1110 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 52 474 730 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 16.8 22.3 15.3 N/A 56.4 99.3 104.8 63.6 94 1064