Kirkuk weather in March

In March, Kirkuk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 77 mm of precipitation across 9.2 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 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 Kirkuk's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirkuk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 77 mm; 9.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:20 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Kirkuk is city in Iraq.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical March day in Kirkuk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°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)	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

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

How March really feels in Kirkuk

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.

Kirkuk 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	87	10	0.7	9.9	3.7
Feb	15° / 5°	78	9.6	0.5	10.7	4.5
Mar	19° / 9°	77	9.2	0.1	11.7	6.5
Apr	25° / 14°	53	7.2	0	12.9	7.4
May	32° / 19°	17	3.6	0	13.8	4.7
Jun	39° / 24°	1	0.3	0	14.3	1.0
Jul	42° / 27°	0	0.1	0	14.2	0.0
Aug	42° / 27°	0	0.1	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	38° / 22°	1	0.4	0	12.2	1.8
Oct	30° / 17°	29	2.7	0	11.1	6.0
Nov	21° / 10°	57	6.3	0	10.1	7.4
Dec	15° / 6°	81	8.9	0.1	9.6	4.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	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 (%)	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65
Cloudier (%)	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Kirkuk gets around 77 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	29	29

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

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 100% 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	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	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, 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
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
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 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 6:41 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:16 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	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	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)	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:59
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:41	5:50
2	11.2	6:40	5:51
3	11.2	6:38	5:52
4	11.3	6:37	5:53
5	11.3	6:36	5:54
6	11.3	6:34	5:55
7	11.4	6:33	5:56
8	11.4	6:32	5:57
9	11.5	6:30	5:58
10	11.5	6:29	5:59
11	11.5	6:27	5:59
12	11.6	6:26	6:00
13	11.6	6:25	6:01
14	11.6	6:23	6:02
15	11.7	6:22	6:03
16	11.7	6:20	6:04
17	11.8	6:19	6:05
18	11.8	6:18	6:05
19	11.8	6:16	6:06
20	11.9	6:15	6:07
21	11.9	6:13	6:08
22	12.0	6:12	6:09
23	12.0	6:10	6:10
24	12.0	6:09	6:11
25	12.1	6:07	6:11
26	12.1	6:06	6:12
27	12.1	6:04	6:13
28	12.2	6:03	6:14
29	12.2	6:01	6:15
30	12.3	6:00	6:15
31	12.3	5:59	6:16

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.98 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)	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	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	4.3	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Kirkuk

In seasonPeak

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

Kirkuk sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Kirkuk?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Kirkuk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kirkuk in March

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

In March, Kirkuk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kirkuk 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 Kirkuk peaks around June 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (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)	2	4	4	6	8	10	7	9	7	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	High	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	7	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Kirkuk 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 Kirkuk is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), 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)	48	50	55	55	55	55	52	53	55	54	49	49
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	55	Unhealthy
Apr	55	Poor
May	55	Unhealthy
Jun	55	Poor
Jul	52	Poor
Aug	53	Poor
Sep	55	Poor
Oct	54	Poor
Nov	49	Poor
Dec	49	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kirkuk?

Kirkuk sits at 35.5°N, 44.4°E, 346 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Tāzah Khūrmātū, 19 km away.

Topography around Kirkuk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kirkuk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 348 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,748 m.

The land around Kirkuk is covered by artificial surfaces (77%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), grassland (30%) and bare terrain (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

79 m

artificial surfaces 77%

16 km

407 m

cropland 33%

80 km

1,748 m

grassland 41%

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

March weather nearby: Tāzah Khūrmātū 19 km · Jamjamāl 41 km · Shūrash 41 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 68 km · Koysinceq 72 km · Khasnahzān 85 km · Erbil 87 km · Hajiawa 93 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 Kirkuk (35.4681°, 44.3922°, elevation 346 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	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	18	8
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	20	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	22	11
30	22	11
31	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	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	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	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	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	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	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1