Kifrī weather in March

In March, Kifrī sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 61 mm of rain across 6.9 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Kifrī's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kifrī's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 61 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:18 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 9th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Kifrī is Town in northern Iraq.

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

← February Kifrī year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical March day in Kifrī reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

	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)	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13

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

How March really feels in Kifrī

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March 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

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

Kifrī weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	74	8.3	9.9	4.8
Feb	17° / 7°	62	7.7	10.7	5.7
Mar	22° / 11°	61	6.9	11.7	7.4
Apr	28° / 16°	35	4.7	12.8	6.9
May	35° / 22°	8	1.9	13.8	3.0
Jun	41° / 27°	0	0.1	14.3	0.1
Jul	44° / 29°	0	0	14.1	0.0
Aug	44° / 29°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	40° / 25°	1	0.1	12.2	0.7
Oct	32° / 20°	20	2	11.1	4.8
Nov	23° / 12°	47	5.4	10.2	7.8
Dec	17° / 8°	71	7.5	9.7	5.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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 (%)	69	69	69	69	68	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	31	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Kifrī gets around 61 mm of rain over 6.9 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 22% and peaks near 23% 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 (%)	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22

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

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 99% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:14 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)	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:38	5:49
2	11.2	6:37	5:50
3	11.3	6:35	5:51
4	11.3	6:34	5:52
5	11.3	6:33	5:52
6	11.4	6:31	5:53
7	11.4	6:30	5:54
8	11.4	6:29	5:55
9	11.5	6:28	5:56
10	11.5	6:26	5:57
11	11.5	6:25	5:58
12	11.6	6:23	5:58
13	11.6	6:22	5:59
14	11.7	6:21	6:00
15	11.7	6:19	6:01
16	11.7	6:18	6:02
17	11.8	6:16	6:03
18	11.8	6:15	6:03
19	11.8	6:14	6:04
20	11.9	6:12	6:05
21	11.9	6:11	6:06
22	12.0	6:09	6:07
23	12.0	6:08	6:07
24	12.0	6:07	6:08
25	12.1	6:05	6:09
26	12.1	6:04	6:10
27	12.1	6:02	6:11
28	12.2	6:01	6:11
29	12.2	5:59	6:12
30	12.3	5:58	6:13
31	12.3	5:56	6:14

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.21 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)	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Kifrī

In seasonPeak

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

Kifrī sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Kifrī?

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

7.4

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Kifrī for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Kifrī in March

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

In March, Kifrī sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Kifrī in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kifrī peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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	8	10	6	9	7	5	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	6	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Kifrī in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kifrī is worst in May — around 53 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)	45	46	52	50	53	49	47	47	46	46	43	44
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	52	Poor
Apr	50	Poor
May	53	Poor
Jun	49	Poor
Jul	47	Poor
Aug	47	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	46	Poor
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kifrī?

Kifrī sits at 34.7°N, 45.0°E, 229 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Kelar, 33 km away.

Topography around Kifrī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kifrī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 334 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,759 m.

The land around Kifrī is covered by bare terrain (42%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (43%), grassland (30%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), bare terrain (35%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

120 m

bare terrain 42%

16 km

334 m

bare terrain 43%

80 km

1,759 m

grassland 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Kifrī year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Kelar 33 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 37 km · Khānaqīn 55 km · Qaşr-e Shīrīn 60 km · Al Miqdādīyah 79 km · Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb 86 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 89 km · Shūrash 92 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 Kifrī (34.6896°, 44.9606°, elevation 229 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	19	9
2	19	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	20	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	21	10
11	21	10
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	22	11
17	22	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3