Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - September 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 17.1 21.7 1040 14.3 410 45.0 68.6 1510 95.9 101.4 2350 73.2 1030 129 878 940 2 18.0 24.0 1240 14.4 550 0.3 1.5 40 90.5 101.4 150 64.2 1240 212 1105 1150 3 17.4 22.5 1100 13.6 2300 48.0 64.0 1450 91.9 100.8 1640 70.6 1100 134 882 1110 4 16.1 19.0 1120 13.0 540 2.8 13.7 1430 98.6 101.3 2010 86.8 1120 100 675 1120 5 17.6 22.8 1050 14.3 2350 116.8 64.0 1800 97.5 101.5 2350 72.2 1050 151 1058 1040 6 16.9 21.2 1130 13.2 340 15.5 16.8 1520 96.0 101.7 350 84.1 1130 103 611 900 7 18.4 24.0 1240 15.8 1810 5.8 9.1 1750 91.8 100.4 2020 68.2 1240 185 955 1140 8 17.4 20.6 1520 15.3 2350 27.4 15.2 2010 90.9 101.0 2350 70.7 1500 119 481 1250 9 17.0 22.4 1000 14.4 550 31.8 30.5 1450 97.1 101.5 620 74.2 1140 142 1000 1050 10 17.0 21.7 940 14.4 210 49.5 47.2 1820 97.4 101.4 550 73.6 940 101 879 930 11 18.6 23.3 1420 16.5 530 0.0 0.0 2350 86.2 94.7 1740 70.8 1440 218 1100 1110 12 18.4 21.5 1310 16.1 2330 0.0 0.0 2350 86.9 97.5 2330 74.4 1200 251 945 1140 13 18.4 22.0 1130 15.9 130 49.5 42.7 1850 90.2 100.4 2140 73.9 1130 167 1076 1140 14 17.2 19.9 840 15.8 300 2.8 3.0 1020 91.4 100.6 250 76.6 2000 110 550 840 15 17.6 21.2 1100 16.1 0 3.3 3.0 1900 89.9 100.2 1930 72.7 1100 135 1126 1050 16 17.2 21.1 1130 15.3 340 11.4 4.6 1240 96.1 101.1 2350 77.5 1130 135 914 1100 17 17.0 22.0 1010 14.6 420 16.3 3.0 1010 99.7 101.3 640 81.4 1010 113 1031 1010 18 17.9 22.9 1140 15.3 2350 N/A N/A N/A 96.0 101.1 2300 69.8 1140 140 897 1150 19 18.1 22.1 1300 14.8 520 N/A N/A N/A 94.1 101.3 640 74.4 1310 168 849 910 20 17.5 20.1 950 16.3 400 N/A N/A N/A 100.6 101.3 2350 91.3 950 59 659 1100 21 17.6 21.2 910 16.4 510 N/A N/A N/A 100.2 101.4 2350 84.7 910 60 447 710 22 18.1 22.9 1410 15.3 520 N/A N/A N/A 95.5 101.7 520 72.7 1410 170 961 1240 23 18.4 22.0 1210 15.9 600 N/A N/A N/A 94.9 101.3 650 77.4 1210 173 885 1030 24 18.3 23.1 1150 14.7 2330 N/A N/A N/A 90.8 100.7 2350 70.9 1150 199 971 1100 25 17.7 23.1 1050 14.2 120 N/A N/A N/A 90.0 101.0 150 61.5 1050 179 948 1100 26 18.3 22.8 1410 13.8 310 N/A N/A N/A 86.9 99.8 320 68.2 1300 180 899 1030 27 18.6 23.3 1040 16.5 40 N/A N/A N/A 88.0 99.6 2140 65.0 1040 202 964 1120 28 18.7 22.3 1500 16.8 20 N/A N/A N/A 88.2 98.6 1930 71.3 1500 205 947 1030 29 18.7 23.1 1150 15.4 2350 N/A N/A N/A 87.4 98.7 2350 70.0 1150 196 965 1240 30 17.7 21.7 1100 15.1 140 N/A N/A N/A 90.8 99.5 200 74.9 1100 100 554 1100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 17.8 24.0 13.0 N/A 68.6 93.0 101.7 61.5 151 1126