Hajiawa weather in May

In May, Hajiawa sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 42 mm of rain across 6.9 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. 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 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Hajiawa's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hajiawa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 42 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 54 min; 5:00 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical May day in Hajiawa reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler 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)	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16

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

How May really feels in Hajiawa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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

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

Hajiawa weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / -1°	158	12.3	8.9	9.8	1.2
Feb	10° / 0°	158	12.6	7.6	10.6	1.9
Mar	14° / 4°	154	13.4	3.8	11.7	3.9
Apr	20° / 8°	107	11.9	0.3	12.9	6.1
May	26° / 13°	42	6.9	0	13.9	7.2
Jun	33° / 18°	2	0.7	0	14.4	4.6
Jul	37° / 22°	1	0.3	0	14.2	1.8
Aug	38° / 21°	0	0.1	0	13.4	1.7
Sep	33° / 17°	2	0.7	0	12.2	4.8
Oct	26° / 12°	41	4.8	0	11.1	7.7
Nov	17° / 6°	96	8.1	0.8	10.1	5.6
Dec	10° / 1°	135	9.9	4.9	9.6	2.5

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. 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 (%)	66	66	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	74	75	75	77	78	79	80	82	82	83	84	84	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	90
Cloudier (%)	34	34	33	32	31	31	30	29	28	26	25	25	23	22	21	20	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	74	26
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	80	20
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Hajiawa gets around 42 mm of rain over 6.9 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 21% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	31	30	29	27	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	32
8	31
9	30
10	29
11	27
12	26
13	24
14	23
15	22
16	21
17	20
18	19
19	18
20	16
21	15
22	14
23	13
24	13
25	12
26	11
27	10
28	9
29	9
30	8
31	7

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 98% 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 (%)	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 4:50 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 7:06 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)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	5:00	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:53	4:52	4:52	4:51	4:51	4:50
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	5:14	6:42
2	13.5	5:13	6:43
3	13.5	5:12	6:43
4	13.6	5:11	6:44
5	13.6	5:10	6:45
6	13.6	5:09	6:46
7	13.7	5:08	6:47
8	13.7	5:07	6:48
9	13.7	5:06	6:49
10	13.7	5:05	6:50
11	13.8	5:04	6:50
12	13.8	5:03	6:51
13	13.8	5:02	6:52
14	13.9	5:01	6:53
15	13.9	5:00	6:54
16	13.9	5:00	6:55
17	13.9	4:59	6:55
18	14.0	4:58	6:56
19	14.0	4:57	6:57
20	14.0	4:57	6:58
21	14.0	4:56	6:59
22	14.1	4:55	6:59
23	14.1	4:55	7:00
24	14.1	4:54	7:01
25	14.1	4:53	7:02
26	14.2	4:53	7:02
27	14.2	4:52	7:03
28	14.2	4:52	7:04
29	14.2	4:51	7:05
30	14.2	4:51	7:05
31	14.3	4:50	7:06

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.21 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)	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7
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	6.6	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.8	Intense
6	6.8	Intense
7	6.9	Intense
8	6.9	Intense
9	6.9	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.1	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.2	Intense
15	7.2	Intense
16	7.3	Intense
17	7.3	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.4	Intense
20	7.4	Intense
21	7.4	Intense
22	7.5	Intense
23	7.5	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.6	Intense
26	7.6	Intense
27	7.6	Intense
28	7.7	Intense
29	7.7	Intense
30	7.7	Intense
31	7.7	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Hajiawa

In seasonPeak

In May, Hajiawa sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Hajiawa sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Hajiawa?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Hajiawa in May

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

In May, Hajiawa sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

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UV index in Hajiawa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hajiawa peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	4	6	9	11	11	10	8	5	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Hajiawa 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 Hajiawa is worst in March — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	30	34	42	42	41	37	33	33	32	34	29	29
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	30	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	42	Poor
Apr	42	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Hajiawa?

Hajiawa sits at 36.2°N, 44.8°E, 576 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Rānyah, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Hajiawa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hajiawa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m around an average of 579 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,766 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,333 m.

The land around Hajiawa is covered by cropland (45%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

248 m

cropland 45%

16 km

1,766 m

grassland 46%

80 km

3,333 m

grassland 70%

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

May weather nearby: Rānyah 8.0 km · Koysinceq 23 km · Qeładizê 31 km · Shaqlāwah 46 km · Ṟuwandiz 48 km · Soran 52 km · Ḩarir 53 km · Khalīfān 54 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,410; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 60%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 9.5; per 100k, 2013
Road deaths: 27.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 406
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 Hajiawa (36.2358°, 44.7947°, elevation 576 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	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	25	12
11	25	12
12	25	12
13	25	13
14	26	13
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	27	13
19	27	14
20	27	14
21	28	14
22	28	14
23	28	14
24	28	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	30	15
30	30	16
31	30	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	74	26
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	80	20
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	32
8	31
9	30
10	29
11	27
12	26
13	24
14	23
15	22
16	21
17	20
18	19
19	18
20	16
21	15
22	14
23	13
24	13
25	12
26	11
27	10
28	9
29	9
30	8
31	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	74	26
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	80	20
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	32
8	31
9	30
10	29
11	27
12	26
13	24
14	23
15	22
16	21
17	20
18	19
19	18
20	16
21	15
22	14
23	13
24	13
25	12
26	11
27	10
28	9
29	9
30	8
31	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	70	30
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	74	26
11	75	25
12	75	25
13	77	23
14	78	22
15	79	21
16	80	20
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	83	17
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	34
5	33
6	33
7	32
8	31
9	30
10	29
11	27
12	26
13	24
14	23
15	22
16	21
17	20
18	19
19	18
20	16
21	15
22	14
23	13
24	13
25	12
26	11
27	10
28	9
29	9
30	8
31	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2