Table 2. Mean sand temperatures (°C) (±SD) at 75cm depth for each experimental treatment.

Shade Treatment	Exposed Plots				Shaded Plots
Water Treatment	None (0 mm)	Low (100 mm)	Average (323 mm)	High (721mm)	None (0 mm)	Low (100 mm)	Average (323 mm)	High (721mm)
Temperature during 31 days of water application	30.8±0.2	30.2±0.4	30.1±0.5	30.1±0.4	29.5±0.4	29.3±0.6	28.9±0.9	28.7±0.7
Temperature during 30 days following water application	31.4±0.4	31.0±0.8	31.3±0.9	31.2±0.9	29.3±0.4	29.1±0.5	29.1±0.7	29.1±0.7

Temperatures were recorded during the 31 days of water application and for 30 days after water treatments stopped. Water treatments were: high (721 mm), average (323 mm) and low (100 mm), corresponding to La Niña, neutral and El Niño conditions in Northwest Costa Rica.