Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - September 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 18.1 21.9 1110 15.8 2340 30.7 24.4 1610 87.7 98.4 2350 72.3 1110 1.9 7 127 962 1150 2 17.8 22.2 1410 15.0 340 23.1 7.6 1810 91.8 98.5 610 74.0 1410 1.2 19 127 679 1010 3 18.1 19.9 1310 16.7 540 6.9 1.5 2000 87.5 97.7 810 76.1 140 1.5 3 76 379 1310 4 19.5 23.6 1100 16.9 110 0.3 1.5 2200 84.4 93.4 300 69.5 1100 1.7 2 245 1010 1220 5 19.1 23.2 1300 17.1 550 2.0 1.5 2350 86.8 97.4 2040 69.6 1000 1.6 8 196 884 1030 6 18.5 21.0 1240 16.6 300 1.5 1.5 2200 87.6 96.4 300 77.4 1240 2.1 10 135 896 1020 7 19.3 23.9 1200 16.5 150 0.5 1.5 2220 80.5 94.6 1920 54.8 1200 2.2 0 211 925 1250 8 18.6 21.7 1340 17.5 1840 2.3 1.5 2240 86.8 93.3 2110 66.8 1550 2.3 0 116 783 1100 9 19.0 22.5 1220 17.3 2140 1.0 1.5 2340 86.0 95.7 2120 73.0 1220 2.1 1 177 858 1140 10 19.0 21.2 1340 17.1 710 1.0 1.5 1930 82.5 93.7 710 73.5 1840 2.6 0 172 769 1320 11 19.2 22.9 1250 17.5 1710 3.3 1.5 2350 85.3 95.4 1600 71.7 1340 2.8 0 217 1088 1040 12 19.4 23.7 1340 17.3 2040 3.0 1.5 2310 84.4 95.3 1830 67.0 1320 2.1 0 208 951 1030 13 18.1 21.4 1100 16.4 2340 10.7 12.2 610 93.4 97.8 2110 79.2 1130 1.1 42 94 707 1000 14 18.8 22.2 1300 16.3 250 1.5 1.5 500 87.9 97.7 510 71.1 2350 1.0 26 127 594 1210 15 18.0 20.9 1140 15.9 410 3.3 3.0 410 85.9 94.5 1940 69.6 10 2.2 12 182 990 1000 16 18.5 21.3 1450 16.9 410 0.0 0.0 2350 81.1 90.4 2110 65.3 1440 2.3 1 123 578 1350 17 19.0 23.3 1230 17.4 50 2.8 1.5 2100 85.4 94.0 1610 70.6 1230 2.1 0 188 1113 1140 18 18.7 21.9 1200 16.6 540 0.3 1.5 510 86.0 93.6 400 75.9 1050 2.1 0 212 1033 1200 19 18.9 23.9 1040 16.5 2250 3.6 3.0 2350 87.4 98.2 2350 66.8 1040 1.1 17 174 1044 1220 20 17.6 21.6 1030 15.1 340 39.9 47.2 2050 94.8 98.5 320 77.7 1030 0.9 33 112 840 1100 21 17.7 20.9 830 16.3 410 13.5 13.7 1410 96.5 98.7 2350 82.2 750 0.8 26 105 670 1130 22 16.8 19.8 1320 14.1 600 78.0 27.4 40 97.2 99.2 710 86.2 950 0.9 15 92 488 1100 23 17.3 20.4 1040 15.0 130 57.9 10.7 1930 98.2 99.1 710 91.7 1040 0.8 21 88 937 1020 24 17.7 18.9 920 16.9 450 23.6 4.6 2130 98.8 99.0 2350 98.5 920 0.7 46 66 419 910 25 17.9 22.3 1240 16.1 2350 19.6 18.3 2100 96.2 99.1 640 76.4 1150 0.6 49 109 829 1130 26 17.4 20.9 1200 15.8 2340 36.3 21.3 1400 95.9 99.0 2350 82.1 850 0.6 64 82 777 850 27 17.8 20.6 1220 15.7 550 28.7 12.2 1520 96.5 99.1 610 80.4 810 0.6 76 106 621 1210 28 17.2 18.3 1240 16.1 540 67.6 16.8 1440 99.0 99.3 2350 98.8 1350 0.6 66 41 245 1140 29 16.8 18.9 1140 15.6 500 28.2 7.6 1120 98.8 99.4 710 94.6 1150 0.6 80 64 548 1100 30 17.4 20.3 1140 16.4 320 48.8 10.7 1530 97.3 99.3 750 81.5 1010 0.6 65 88 703 1050 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.2 23.9 14.1 539.8 47.2 90.3 99.4 54.8 1.6 23 135 1113