Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - Readme File 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 The monthly climate summaries report the following information from our meteorological station atop the Monteverde Institute. Data are recorded every 10 minutes; therefore, instantaneous measurements refer to 10-minute averages. Day - day of the month Mean Temp - average air temperature in deg. C over the day Max Temp - maximum (10-min avg.) air temperature in deg. C over the day Time Max Temp - time in hhmm at which the max temperature was recorded for each day Min Temp - minimum (10-min avg.) air temperature in deg. C over the day Time Min Temp - time in hhmm at which the min temperature was recorded for each day Daily rain - daily (midnight to midnight) accumulation of rainfall in mm Max Rain Rate - maximum (10-min avg.) rainfall intensity over the day in mm/hr Time Max Rain - time in hhmm at which the max rain rate was recorded for each day Mean Wind Speed - average wind speed for the periods of each day when the wind speed was greater than 0.447 m/s (the initiation threshold for the anemometer) Time w/ No Wind - percentage of each day for which the wind speed was <= 0.447 m/s Mean Solar Rad - average solar radiation in W/m2 over the entire day Max Solar Rad - maximum (10-min avg.) solar radiation in W/m2 over the day Time Max Rad - time in hhmm at which the max radiation rate was recorded for each day 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------