Catabola weather in October

In October, Catabola sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 102 mm of rain across 18.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in October, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Catabola's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catabola's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 102 mm; 18.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:28 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical October day in Catabola reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C cooler than September and about 3°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	18
2	30	18
3	30	18
4	30	18
5	30	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	18
14	29	18
15	29	18
16	29	18
17	29	17
18	28	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

Catabola weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 17°	201	22.4	12.6	4.6
Feb	26° / 17°	167	20.1	12.4	4.6
Mar	25° / 16°	166	24	12.1	4.4
Apr	25° / 16°	66	11.9	11.7	6.4
May	26° / 13°	2	0.5	11.4	8.8
Jun	25° / 11°	0	0	11.3	9.4
Jul	26° / 11°	0	0	11.4	9.2
Aug	29° / 14°	0	0.1	11.6	7.8
Sep	30° / 17°	18	3.8	11.9	6.0
Oct	29° / 17°	102	18.2	12.3	4.6
Nov	26° / 17°	175	25.2	12.6	4.1
Dec	25° / 17°	214	25.2	12.7	4.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	68	67	65	64	62	60	58	56	53	51	48	46	45	42	40	38	35	34	32	31	29	26	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16
Cloudier (%)	32	33	35	36	38	40	42	44	47	49	52	54	55	58	60	62	65	66	68	69	71	74	75	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	62	38
6	60	40
7	58	42
8	56	44
9	53	47
10	51	49
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	42	58
15	40	60
16	38	62
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	32	68
20	31	69
21	29	71
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	23	77
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Catabola gets around 102 mm of rain over 18.2 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 58% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	33	34	36	37	38	40	41	43	45	47	48	50	52	54	56	59	61	63	65	67	69	71	72	74	75	76	78	79	80	80	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	40
7	41
8	43
9	45
10	47
11	48
12	50
13	52
14	54
15	56
16	59
17	61
18	63
19	65
20	67
21	69
22	71
23	72
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	78
28	79
29	80
30	80
31	81

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the comfortable band about 41% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	57	54	52	50	47	45	42	39	37	34	32	29	27	25	22	20	18	16	14	13	11	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	3	2	2
Comfortable (%)	34	36	37	38	40	41	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	48	48	47	46	45	44	42	40	38	36	34	33	31	29	27
Humid (%)	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	36	39	41	44	47	50	53	56	59	62	64	66	69	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	34	9
2	54	36	10
3	52	37	11
4	50	38	12
5	47	40	13
6	45	41	14
7	42	43	15
8	39	44	17
9	37	45	18
10	34	46	19
11	32	47	21
12	29	48	23
13	27	48	25
14	25	49	27
15	22	49	29
16	20	49	31
17	18	48	33
18	16	48	36
19	14	47	39
20	13	46	41
21	11	45	44
22	10	44	47
23	8	42	50
24	7	40	53
25	6	38	56
26	5	36	59
27	4	34	62
28	3	33	64
29	3	31	66
30	2	29	69
31	2	27	71

Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:47 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:21
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:37	5:43
2	12.1	5:36	5:43
3	12.1	5:35	5:43
4	12.1	5:35	5:43
5	12.2	5:34	5:43
6	12.2	5:33	5:43
7	12.2	5:33	5:43
8	12.2	5:32	5:43
9	12.2	5:32	5:43
10	12.2	5:31	5:44
11	12.2	5:30	5:44
12	12.2	5:30	5:44
13	12.2	5:29	5:44
14	12.3	5:29	5:44
15	12.3	5:28	5:44
16	12.3	5:28	5:44
17	12.3	5:27	5:44
18	12.3	5:27	5:44
19	12.3	5:26	5:45
20	12.3	5:26	5:45
21	12.3	5:25	5:45
22	12.3	5:25	5:45
23	12.4	5:24	5:45
24	12.4	5:24	5:46
25	12.4	5:24	5:46
26	12.4	5:23	5:46
27	12.4	5:23	5:46
28	12.4	5:22	5:47
29	12.4	5:22	5:47
30	12.4	5:22	5:47
31	12.4	5:21	5:47

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in September across the year — October's 6.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.4	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Catabola

In seasonPeak

In October, Catabola sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Catabola's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Catabola?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Catabola for sightseeing.

What to pack for Catabola in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Catabola sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Catabola in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Catabola peaks around January 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	15	16	13	10	9	10	9	11	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Catabola in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Catabola is worst in August — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.6× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	9	10	9	8	16	48	70	81	56	19	10	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	16	Moderate
Jun	48	Poor
Jul	70	Unhealthy
Aug	81	Unhealthy
Sep	56	Unhealthy
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Catabola?

Catabola sits at 12.2°S, 17.3°E, 1,531 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Camacupa, 26 km away.

Topography around Catabola

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Catabola.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catabola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 1,495 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 286 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m.

The land around Catabola is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (34%), grassland (30%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%), trees (22%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

133 m

cropland 45%

16 km

286 m

shrubs 34%

80 km

651 m

grassland 45%

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← September Catabola year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Camacupa 26 km · Cuíto 46 km · Nharêa 83 km · Cuemba 87 km · Andulo 98 km · Chinguar 112 km · Mungo 119 km · Catchiungo 124 km

Angola travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,129; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate: 4.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 26.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 413
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Catabola (-12.15°, 17.2833°, elevation 1,531 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	18
2	30	18
3	30	18
4	30	18
5	30	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	18
14	29	18
15	29	18
16	29	18
17	29	17
18	28	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	62	38
6	60	40
7	58	42
8	56	44
9	53	47
10	51	49
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	42	58
15	40	60
16	38	62
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	32	68
20	31	69
21	29	71
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	23	77
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	40
7	41
8	43
9	45
10	47
11	48
12	50
13	52
14	54
15	56
16	59
17	61
18	63
19	65
20	67
21	69
22	71
23	72
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	78
28	79
29	80
30	80
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	34	9
2	54	36	10
3	52	37	11
4	50	38	12
5	47	40	13
6	45	41	14
7	42	43	15
8	39	44	17
9	37	45	18
10	34	46	19
11	32	47	21
12	29	48	23
13	27	48	25
14	25	49	27
15	22	49	29
16	20	49	31
17	18	48	33
18	16	48	36
19	14	47	39
20	13	46	41
21	11	45	44
22	10	44	47
23	8	42	50
24	7	40	53
25	6	38	56
26	5	36	59
27	4	34	62
28	3	33	64
29	3	31	66
30	2	29	69
31	2	27	71

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	18
2	30	18
3	30	18
4	30	18
5	30	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	18
14	29	18
15	29	18
16	29	18
17	29	17
18	28	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	62	38
6	60	40
7	58	42
8	56	44
9	53	47
10	51	49
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	42	58
15	40	60
16	38	62
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	32	68
20	31	69
21	29	71
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	23	77
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	40
7	41
8	43
9	45
10	47
11	48
12	50
13	52
14	54
15	56
16	59
17	61
18	63
19	65
20	67
21	69
22	71
23	72
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	78
28	79
29	80
30	80
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	34	9
2	54	36	10
3	52	37	11
4	50	38	12
5	47	40	13
6	45	41	14
7	42	43	15
8	39	44	17
9	37	45	18
10	34	46	19
11	32	47	21
12	29	48	23
13	27	48	25
14	25	49	27
15	22	49	29
16	20	49	31
17	18	48	33
18	16	48	36
19	14	47	39
20	13	46	41
21	11	45	44
22	10	44	47
23	8	42	50
24	7	40	53
25	6	38	56
26	5	36	59
27	4	34	62
28	3	33	64
29	3	31	66
30	2	29	69
31	2	27	71

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	18
2	30	18
3	30	18
4	30	18
5	30	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	18
14	29	18
15	29	18
16	29	18
17	29	17
18	28	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	67	33
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	62	38
6	60	40
7	58	42
8	56	44
9	53	47
10	51	49
11	48	52
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	42	58
15	40	60
16	38	62
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	32	68
20	31	69
21	29	71
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	23	77
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	36
4	37
5	38
6	40
7	41
8	43
9	45
10	47
11	48
12	50
13	52
14	54
15	56
16	59
17	61
18	63
19	65
20	67
21	69
22	71
23	72
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	78
28	79
29	80
30	80
31	81

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	34	9
2	54	36	10
3	52	37	11
4	50	38	12
5	47	40	13
6	45	41	14
7	42	43	15
8	39	44	17
9	37	45	18
10	34	46	19
11	32	47	21
12	29	48	23
13	27	48	25
14	25	49	27
15	22	49	29
16	20	49	31
17	18	48	33
18	16	48	36
19	14	47	39
20	13	46	41
21	11	45	44
22	10	44	47
23	8	42	50
24	7	40	53
25	6	38	56
26	5	36	59
27	4	34	62
28	3	33	64
29	3	31	66
30	2	29	69
31	2	27	71