Kambove weather in May

In May, Kambove sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kambove's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kambove's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:25 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kambove reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

	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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Kambove weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 17°	262	28.1	12.6	3.8
Feb	26° / 17°	214	24.1	12.4	3.9
Mar	26° / 17°	196	24.6	12.1	4.3
Apr	26° / 17°	51	9.7	11.8	6.6
May	27° / 16°	3	0.6	11.5	8.3
Jun	26° / 14°	0	0	11.4	9.0
Jul	26° / 13°	0	0	11.4	9.1
Aug	29° / 16°	0	0	11.6	7.7
Sep	31° / 18°	5	1.3	11.9	5.8
Oct	31° / 19°	45	8.6	12.2	4.8
Nov	28° / 18°	156	22	12.5	4.2
Dec	26° / 17°	239	28	12.6	3.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	71	72	73	74	75	76	76	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	84	85	85	85
Cloudier (%)	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kambove gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 6% 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 (%)	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 75% 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 (%)	40	44	47	51	53	57	60	63	66	69	72	75	76	78	80	82	83	84	85	86	86	87	87	88	89	90	90	91	92	93	94
Comfortable (%)	39	38	36	34	33	31	29	27	26	24	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	6
Humid (%)	20	19	17	15	14	12	11	10	8	7	6	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	40	39	20
2	44	38	19
3	47	36	17
4	51	34	15
5	53	33	14
6	57	31	12
7	60	29	11
8	63	27	10
9	66	26	8
10	69	24	7
11	72	22	6
12	75	20	5
13	76	19	5
14	78	18	4
15	80	17	3
16	82	16	2
17	83	15	2
18	84	14	2
19	85	14	1
20	86	13	1
21	86	13	1
22	87	12	1
23	87	12	1
24	88	12	0
25	89	11	0
26	90	10	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0
31	94	6	0

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
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10	10	calm
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12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of May to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 5:53 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)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29
Sunset (PM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:22	5:59
2	11.6	6:22	5:59
3	11.6	6:22	5:59
4	11.6	6:23	5:58
5	11.6	6:23	5:58
6	11.6	6:23	5:58
7	11.6	6:23	5:57
8	11.6	6:23	5:57
9	11.6	6:23	5:57
10	11.5	6:24	5:56
11	11.5	6:24	5:56
12	11.5	6:24	5:56
13	11.5	6:24	5:56
14	11.5	6:24	5:55
15	11.5	6:25	5:55
16	11.5	6:25	5:55
17	11.5	6:25	5:55
18	11.5	6:25	5:55
19	11.5	6:25	5:54
20	11.5	6:26	5:54
21	11.5	6:26	5:54
22	11.5	6:26	5:54
23	11.5	6:26	5:54
24	11.5	6:27	5:54
25	11.4	6:27	5:54
26	11.4	6:27	5:54
27	11.4	6:27	5:54
28	11.4	6:28	5:54
29	11.4	6:28	5:53
30	11.4	6:28	5:53
31	11.4	6:29	5:53

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in September across the year — May's 5.78 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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kambove

In seasonPeak

None of Kambove's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kambove's monsoon runs November–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 May a good time to visit Kambove?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Kambove for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kambove in May

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

In May, Kambove sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Kambove in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kambove peaks around March 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	16	15	16	14	10	9	10	10	12	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Kambove in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kambove is worst in August — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.7× the cleanest month (April, 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)	12	12	10	9	20	53	69	78	57	29	14	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	10	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	20	Moderate
Jun	53	Poor
Jul	69	Unhealthy
Aug	78	Unhealthy
Sep	57	Unhealthy
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kambove?

Kambove sits at 10.9°S, 26.6°E, 1,386 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Likasi, 20 km away.

Topography around Kambove

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kambove has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m around an average of 1,411 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 816 m.

The land around Kambove is covered by grassland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), shrubs (21%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

280 m

grassland 33%

16 km

478 m

grassland 41%

80 km

816 m

trees 54%

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← April Kambove year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Likasi 20 km · Fungurume 41 km · Kipushi 122 km · Kolwezi 125 km · Lubumbashi 130 km · Kansanshi 137 km · Solwezi 146 km · Manyama 180 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $807; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 12%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 34.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 400

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 Kambove (-10.8735°, 26.5975°, elevation 1,386 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	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	27	16
5	27	16
6	27	16
7	27	16
8	27	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	16
13	27	16
14	27	16
15	27	16
16	27	16
17	27	16
18	27	16
19	27	16
20	27	16
21	27	16
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	15
26	27	15
27	27	15
28	27	15
29	27	15
30	27	15
31	27	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	40	39	20
2	44	38	19
3	47	36	17
4	51	34	15
5	53	33	14
6	57	31	12
7	60	29	11
8	63	27	10
9	66	26	8
10	69	24	7
11	72	22	6
12	75	20	5
13	76	19	5
14	78	18	4
15	80	17	3
16	82	16	2
17	83	15	2
18	84	14	2
19	85	14	1
20	86	13	1
21	86	13	1
22	87	12	1
23	87	12	1
24	88	12	0
25	89	11	0
26	90	10	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0
31	94	6	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	40	39	20
2	44	38	19
3	47	36	17
4	51	34	15
5	53	33	14
6	57	31	12
7	60	29	11
8	63	27	10
9	66	26	8
10	69	24	7
11	72	22	6
12	75	20	5
13	76	19	5
14	78	18	4
15	80	17	3
16	82	16	2
17	83	15	2
18	84	14	2
19	85	14	1
20	86	13	1
21	86	13	1
22	87	12	1
23	87	12	1
24	88	12	0
25	89	11	0
26	90	10	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0
31	94	6	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	75	25
6	76	24
7	76	24
8	78	22
9	79	21
10	79	21
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	81	19
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	6
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	40	39	20
2	44	38	19
3	47	36	17
4	51	34	15
5	53	33	14
6	57	31	12
7	60	29	11
8	63	27	10
9	66	26	8
10	69	24	7
11	72	22	6
12	75	20	5
13	76	19	5
14	78	18	4
15	80	17	3
16	82	16	2
17	83	15	2
18	84	14	2
19	85	14	1
20	86	13	1
21	86	13	1
22	87	12	1
23	87	12	1
24	88	12	0
25	89	11	0
26	90	10	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0
31	94	6	0