San Diego weather in August

In August, San Diego sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 379 mm of rain across 28.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is San Diego's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Diego's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 379 mm; 28.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:47 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 90%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in San Diego reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
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10	31	22
11	31	22
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13	31	22
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22	30	22
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24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How August really feels in San Diego

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

San Diego weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August 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	30° / 20°	53	7	11.5	5.8
Feb	30° / 21°	74	8	11.7	5.5
Mar	30° / 21°	189	14.5	11.9	4.7
Apr	29° / 22°	410	24.2	12.2	3.4
May	29° / 23°	569	30.6	12.5	2.7
Jun	30° / 22°	385	28.2	12.6	2.8
Jul	30° / 22°	260	27.3	12.5	2.7
Aug	30° / 22°	379	28.8	12.3	2.6
Sep	30° / 22°	471	29.4	12.1	2.6
Oct	29° / 22°	508	30	11.8	2.9
Nov	28° / 21°	355	26.3	11.5	3.5
Dec	29° / 21°	130	16	11.4	4.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	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 (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

San Diego gets around 379 mm of rain over 28.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 93% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	92
4	92
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	92
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30	96
31	97

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Muggy (%)	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
Oppressive (%)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	90	7
2	2	90	8
3	2	90	8
4	2	90	8
5	2	89	9
6	2	89	9
7	2	89	9
8	1	89	10
9	1	89	10
10	1	89	10
11	1	89	10
12	1	89	10
13	1	88	11
14	1	88	11
15	1	88	11
16	1	88	11
17	1	87	12
18	1	87	12
19	1	87	12
20	1	87	12
21	1	86	13
22	1	86	13
23	1	86	13
24	1	86	13
25	1	86	13
26	1	86	13
27	1	86	13
28	1	86	13
29	1	86	13
30	1	86	13
31	1	86	13

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
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4	5	calm
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7	5	calm
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 5:59 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)	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46
Sunset (PM)	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:45	6:13
2	12.5	5:45	6:12
3	12.4	5:45	6:12
4	12.4	5:45	6:12
5	12.4	5:46	6:11
6	12.4	5:46	6:11
7	12.4	5:46	6:11
8	12.4	5:46	6:10
9	12.4	5:46	6:10
10	12.4	5:46	6:10
11	12.4	5:46	6:09
12	12.4	5:46	6:09
13	12.4	5:46	6:08
14	12.4	5:46	6:08
15	12.4	5:46	6:08
16	12.3	5:47	6:07
17	12.3	5:47	6:07
18	12.3	5:47	6:06
19	12.3	5:47	6:06
20	12.3	5:47	6:05
21	12.3	5:47	6:05
22	12.3	5:47	6:04
23	12.3	5:47	6:04
24	12.3	5:47	6:03
25	12.3	5:47	6:03
26	12.3	5:47	6:02
27	12.2	5:47	6:01
28	12.2	5:47	6:01
29	12.2	5:47	6:00
30	12.2	5:47	6:00
31	12.2	5:46	5:59

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.91 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
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9	5.0	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
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22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit San Diego?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Diego.

What to pack for San Diego in August

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

In August, San Diego sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San Diego in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Diego peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 10 (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)	11	13	13	14	12	13	12	13	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in San Diego in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in San Diego is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (December, 9 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)	11	19	34	23	20	21	21	17	13	12	10	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is San Diego?

San Diego sits at 10.3°N, 73.2°W, 180 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Valledupar, 17 km away.

Topography around San Diego

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Diego has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m around an average of 170 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,747 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,632 m.

The land around San Diego is covered by grassland (49%) and trees (40%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

215 m

grassland 49%

16 km

1,747 m

trees 55%

80 km

5,632 m

trees 64%

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← July San Diego year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Valledupar 17 km · Agustín Codazzi 34 km · Villanueva 38 km · San Juan del Cesar 52 km · Becerril 71 km · Fonseca 71 km · Machiques 75 km · Barrancas 81 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
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 San Diego (10.3338°, -73.1805°, elevation 180 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	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
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15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
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20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	92
4	92
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	90	7
2	2	90	8
3	2	90	8
4	2	90	8
5	2	89	9
6	2	89	9
7	2	89	9
8	1	89	10
9	1	89	10
10	1	89	10
11	1	89	10
12	1	89	10
13	1	88	11
14	1	88	11
15	1	88	11
16	1	88	11
17	1	87	12
18	1	87	12
19	1	87	12
20	1	87	12
21	1	86	13
22	1	86	13
23	1	86	13
24	1	86	13
25	1	86	13
26	1	86	13
27	1	86	13
28	1	86	13
29	1	86	13
30	1	86	13
31	1	86	13

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	92
4	92
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	90	7
2	2	90	8
3	2	90	8
4	2	90	8
5	2	89	9
6	2	89	9
7	2	89	9
8	1	89	10
9	1	89	10
10	1	89	10
11	1	89	10
12	1	89	10
13	1	88	11
14	1	88	11
15	1	88	11
16	1	88	11
17	1	87	12
18	1	87	12
19	1	87	12
20	1	87	12
21	1	86	13
22	1	86	13
23	1	86	13
24	1	86	13
25	1	86	13
26	1	86	13
27	1	86	13
28	1	86	13
29	1	86	13
30	1	86	13
31	1	86	13

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	92
4	92
5	92
6	92
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	92
11	92
12	92
13	92
14	92
15	92
16	92
17	92
18	93
19	93
20	93
21	93
22	94
23	94
24	94
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	96
29	96
30	96
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	90	7
2	2	90	8
3	2	90	8
4	2	90	8
5	2	89	9
6	2	89	9
7	2	89	9
8	1	89	10
9	1	89	10
10	1	89	10
11	1	89	10
12	1	89	10
13	1	88	11
14	1	88	11
15	1	88	11
16	1	88	11
17	1	87	12
18	1	87	12
19	1	87	12
20	1	87	12
21	1	86	13
22	1	86	13
23	1	86	13
24	1	86	13
25	1	86	13
26	1	86	13
27	1	86	13
28	1	86	13
29	1	86	13
30	1	86	13
31	1	86	13