Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - September 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 17.9 22.1 1140 15.1 2350 80.5 128.0 1510 91.3 100.8 2350 66.1 0 140 829 1150 2 17.8 22.6 1250 14.9 140 8.4 12.2 1820 92.1 101.0 430 72.1 1210 200 1122 1240 3 18.2 22.7 1340 15.7 2150 10.2 32.0 1620 90.7 100.6 2220 74.9 1350 221 1073 1250 4 18.2 22.2 950 14.0 520 0.3 1.5 550 86.3 100.3 600 52.2 2350 200 976 1120 5 19.0 21.9 1400 17.1 440 6.1 10.7 1000 83.2 98.9 2130 43.3 0 231 976 1200 6 18.3 22.4 1310 15.7 2240 2.5 6.1 1750 89.9 100.1 2240 69.2 1330 188 1059 1150 7 18.3 23.1 1310 15.9 2110 20.8 39.6 1540 88.1 100.5 2350 68.2 1300 170 930 1040 8 17.2 22.7 1150 14.8 530 2.3 3.0 1400 96.7 100.9 730 72.5 1140 148 964 950 9 17.0 21.2 850 14.5 500 26.4 21.3 1510 98.5 101.0 620 79.6 850 111 935 1310 10 17.1 21.8 1100 15.0 350 10.4 15.2 1210 96.6 101.0 710 76.0 1100 132 834 1100 11 18.3 23.6 1400 14.5 540 19.3 61.0 2000 90.4 101.1 630 69.4 1400 242 984 1210 12 18.0 22.6 1300 15.0 2310 12.4 25.9 1440 89.0 100.7 1950 72.7 1400 186 899 1030 13 18.5 22.0 1440 16.0 20 2.3 1.5 2100 85.9 99.8 1950 75.1 1120 201 755 1340 14 18.3 23.6 1210 16.0 620 2.5 9.1 1340 88.8 98.8 620 69.5 1210 137 1117 1200 15 17.1 21.3 1120 13.9 250 2.5 7.6 1150 88.5 98.6 2100 72.8 1810 179 866 1110 16 17.9 21.6 1100 15.3 2350 1.5 1.5 1650 89.6 99.8 800 73.1 1100 115 557 830 17 18.0 22.3 1040 14.9 40 0.5 1.5 1850 91.4 100.2 2330 68.1 1010 148 918 1000 18 16.9 21.4 810 15.1 2250 53.3 67.1 1310 98.4 101.0 2350 78.8 810 90 996 1210 19 17.4 22.4 1140 15.1 120 21.8 30.5 1250 98.5 101.1 740 77.9 1140 97 866 1000 20 17.6 21.4 1000 15.3 2350 38.1 36.6 1210 98.1 101.1 650 79.4 1010 121 837 950 21 17.1 22.7 1330 13.8 530 15.5 15.2 1540 95.6 101.3 640 70.7 1330 168 984 1120 22 17.9 22.1 830 14.4 520 1.0 1.5 2230 96.1 101.3 630 74.5 830 122 812 920 23 18.8 23.9 1340 17.2 1850 7.4 15.2 1830 89.9 98.5 2100 68.8 1340 177 1019 1150 24 19.0 22.5 1400 16.6 300 0.5 1.5 240 80.5 94.4 300 60.4 1320 269 917 1200 25 18.7 23.5 1230 16.2 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 80.1 94.3 2340 61.5 1050 218 1040 1230 26 19.1 23.2 1340 16.3 120 1.8 3.0 1940 84.8 98.4 100 67.7 1350 256 946 1120 27 19.2 23.5 1140 16.9 300 5.3 6.1 1840 89.4 98.7 2010 72.0 1300 197 1069 1250 28 18.6 21.2 1350 17.6 1900 1.8 1.5 800 90.4 98.0 650 80.6 1120 193 935 1240 29 18.9 23.1 1230 16.4 2320 0.0 0.0 2350 86.0 98.7 2300 72.2 1230 185 946 1130 30 19.0 22.6 1410 16.7 2210 0.0 0.0 2350 83.4 97.4 0 67.0 2350 242 936 1220 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.1 23.9 13.8 355.6 128.0 90.3 101.3 43.3 176 1122