Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - September 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 18.4 22.9 1430 16.1 510 1.5 3.0 1710 3.2 0 224 1092 1040 2 19.2 23.0 1410 16.8 410 0.0 0.0 2350 2.7 0 269 988 1220 3 19.3 23.6 1220 16.4 210 2.3 9.1 1820 1.8 0 265 1090 1230 4 18.4 22.7 1050 15.0 320 8.9 15.2 1250 1.0 0 162 827 1320 5 18.4 23.9 1140 15.5 350 6.3 24.4 1650 1.3 0 213 1094 1120 6 17.4 21.9 1220 14.8 540 28.2 10.7 2140 1.4 0 152 1018 1130 7 16.6 19.6 950 13.9 600 26.2 33.5 1710 1.0 1 75 453 830 8 17.3 22.2 1330 15.2 330 26.9 32.0 1750 1.2 0 152 1102 1310 9 17.1 22.1 1000 15.0 550 56.6 59.4 1430 1.2 2 146 1045 1000 10 16.8 21.9 1010 14.7 450 22.1 41.1 1450 1.1 1 138 938 1010 11 17.2 20.8 1330 14.6 550 7.1 15.2 1800 1.1 1 135 945 1250 12 17.7 20.6 1250 16.0 240 9.7 15.2 1640 1.1 1 154 959 1150 13 17.5 21.9 1100 15.4 340 3.6 6.1 1750 1.1 0 185 1078 1100 14 17.2 20.6 1130 15.0 540 44.2 125.0 1320 0.9 1 96 807 1120 15 17.7 22.5 1310 15.4 2310 59.9 59.4 1850 0.9 0 110 904 940 16 17.6 23.1 1110 14.7 320 46.7 65.5 1520 1.1 0 166 885 950 17 17.2 23.0 1020 13.7 2310 12.4 22.9 1500 1.4 0 135 1049 1110 18 16.8 21.3 1250 13.8 340 2.3 3.0 2000 1.2 0 118 732 1250 19 17.3 21.5 1250 13.9 550 5.3 4.6 1710 1.1 0 157 843 1250 20 17.7 21.3 1050 14.9 540 1.3 3.0 40 1.1 0 161 921 930 21 17.1 21.4 840 14.9 520 42.2 48.8 1500 1.1 0 93 753 840 22 17.5 23.7 1040 14.4 430 79.0 61.0 1550 1.2 1 154 1083 1040 23 19.0 23.3 1310 16.1 10 0.3 1.5 50 2.0 0 229 1025 1250 24 19.4 24.1 1430 16.2 2340 0.0 0.0 2350 1.8 0 237 960 1040 25 19.0 23.7 1130 16.0 2340 2.8 4.6 1650 1.0 0 158 910 1120 26 17.4 20.8 1040 15.1 510 11.4 12.2 1330 1.0 0 109 836 1030 27 18.0 22.9 1320 14.3 420 0.0 0.0 2350 1.2 0 215 1123 1050 28 17.4 23.1 1130 15.0 2350 35.3 42.7 1220 1.1 1 125 1087 1050 29 17.7 23.0 1140 14.9 30 1.8 3.0 1020 1.6 1 144 1143 1130 30 17.3 23.0 1040 14.6 530 40.9 25.9 1900 1.3 0 148 1119 1030 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Month Tot. 17.8 24.1 13.7 585.2 125.0 1.3 0 161 1143