Hohoe weather in August

In August, Hohoe sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 239 mm of rain across 27.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Hohoe's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hohoe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 239 mm; 27.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:55 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Hohoe is town in Volta Region, Ghana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical August day in Hohoe reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than 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)	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)	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	27	22
2	27	22
3	27	22
4	27	22
5	27	22
6	27	22
7	27	22
8	27	22
9	27	22
10	27	22
11	27	22
12	27	22
13	27	22
14	27	22
15	27	22
16	27	22
17	27	22
18	27	22
19	27	22
20	27	22
21	27	22
22	27	22
23	27	22
24	27	22
25	27	22
26	27	22
27	27	22
28	27	22
29	27	22
30	27	22
31	27	22

How August really feels in Hohoe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Hohoe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	27	4.8	11.6	5.2
Feb	32° / 23°	51	8.4	11.8	4.2
Mar	31° / 24°	110	19	12	3.5
Apr	30° / 24°	136	22.4	12.2	3.3
May	30° / 23°	198	27.2	12.3	3.0
Jun	28° / 23°	234	28.1	12.4	3.3
Jul	27° / 22°	230	28.2	12.4	3.7
Aug	27° / 22°	239	27.9	12.2	3.7
Sep	28° / 22°	282	29	12	3.4
Oct	29° / 22°	238	28.4	11.8	3.1
Nov	30° / 22°	107	18	11.7	4.0
Dec	30° / 22°	37	7.3	11.6	5.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

	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	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Hohoe gets around 239 mm of rain over 27.9 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 90% and peaks near 96% 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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	90
20	90
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	93
26	93
27	94
28	94
29	95
30	95
31	96

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2
Oppressive (%)	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	91	91	92	93	93	94	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	98

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	8	92
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	2	98

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
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6	7	calm
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10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
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29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:02 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)	12.3	12.3	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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:55	6:14
2	12.3	5:55	6:13
3	12.3	5:55	6:13
4	12.3	5:55	6:13
5	12.3	5:55	6:13
6	12.3	5:55	6:13
7	12.3	5:55	6:12
8	12.3	5:55	6:12
9	12.3	5:55	6:12
10	12.3	5:55	6:11
11	12.3	5:55	6:11
12	12.3	5:55	6:11
13	12.3	5:55	6:10
14	12.2	5:55	6:10
15	12.2	5:55	6:10
16	12.2	5:55	6:09
17	12.2	5:55	6:09
18	12.2	5:55	6:09
19	12.2	5:55	6:08
20	12.2	5:55	6:08
21	12.2	5:55	6:07
22	12.2	5:55	6:07
23	12.2	5:55	6:06
24	12.2	5:55	6:06
25	12.2	5:55	6:05
26	12.2	5:54	6:05
27	12.2	5:54	6:04
28	12.2	5:54	6:04
29	12.2	5:54	6:03
30	12.2	5:54	6:03
31	12.1	5:54	6:02

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.84 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 3.84 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Hohoe

In seasonPeak

In August, Hohoe sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Hohoe's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Hohoe sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Rainy season

Dust

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May

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Hohoe?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hohoe.

What to pack for Hohoe in August

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

In August, Hohoe sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 22°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Hohoe in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hohoe peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 8 (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)	9	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Hohoe 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 Hohoe is worst in January — around 116 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.7× the cleanest month (July, 20 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)	116	106	48	42	26	22	20	20	23	32	41	85
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	116	Unhealthy
Feb	106	Unhealthy
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	42	Poor
May	26	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	41	Poor
Dec	85	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Hohoe?

Hohoe sits at 7.2°N, 0.5°E, 173 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Kpandu, 26 km away.

Topography around Hohoe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hohoe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 172 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 704 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 935 m.

The land around Hohoe is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

86 m

trees 52%

16 km

704 m

trees 83%

80 km

935 m

trees 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: Kpandu 26 km · Kpalimé 33 km · Badou 50 km · Ho 61 km · Notsé 80 km · Atakpamé 84 km · Anié 104 km · Dambai 107 km

Ghana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,257; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.8; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 25.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Hohoe (7.1518°, 0.4736°, elevation 173 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	22
2	27	22
3	27	22
4	27	22
5	27	22
6	27	22
7	27	22
8	27	22
9	27	22
10	27	22
11	27	22
12	27	22
13	27	22
14	27	22
15	27	22
16	27	22
17	27	22
18	27	22
19	27	22
20	27	22
21	27	22
22	27	22
23	27	22
24	27	22
25	27	22
26	27	22
27	27	22
28	27	22
29	27	22
30	27	22
31	27	22

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	90
20	90
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	93
26	93
27	94
28	94
29	95
30	95
31	96

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	8	92
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	2	98

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	90
20	90
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	93
26	93
27	94
28	94
29	95
30	95
31	96

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	8	92
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	2	98

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	90
20	90
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	93
26	93
27	94
28	94
29	95
30	95
31	96

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	10	90
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	8	92
21	7	93
22	7	93
23	6	94
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	2	98