Wajir weather in May

In May, Wajir sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 20 mm of rain across 4.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of May to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Wajir's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wajir's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 4.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:14 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 6th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Wajir is city in Kenya.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Wajir reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with 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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	33	25
3	33	25
4	33	25
5	33	25
6	33	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	33	24
29	33	24
30	33	24
31	33	24

How May really feels in Wajir

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Wajir weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 24°	9	1.3	11.9	3.3
Feb	36° / 24°	3	0.6	11.9	2.7
Mar	35° / 25°	29	3.6	12	2.7
Apr	34° / 25°	69	12.1	12	3.1
May	33° / 25°	20	4.8	12.1	3.9
Jun	32° / 24°	2	0.3	12.1	4.6
Jul	31° / 23°	2	0.4	12.1	5.1
Aug	32° / 23°	2	0.3	12.1	4.9
Sep	33° / 23°	3	0.4	12	4.4
Oct	33° / 24°	35	6.2	12	3.8
Nov	32° / 24°	87	13.5	11.9	3.8
Dec	33° / 24°	30	5.2	11.9	4.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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 (%)	58	59	60	61	62	63	65	65	67	67	68	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	66	65	63	63	61	60	58	57	55	53	52	49	48
Cloudier (%)	42	41	40	39	38	37	35	35	33	33	32	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	35	37	37	39	40	42	43	45	47	48	51	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	49	51
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Wajir gets around 20 mm of rain over 4.8 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 16% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	34	33	32	30	29	27	25	23	22	20	19	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 83% 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
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	2	2	2	2	2	2
Humid (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	15	16	18	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	36	38	41	43
Muggy (%)	50	52	54	55	58	60	62	64	66	67	69	70	71	71	72	73	73	73	72	72	70	69	68	66	65	63	61	59	57	55	53
Oppressive (%)	48	46	44	42	39	37	34	32	29	27	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	2	50	48
2	0	2	52	46
3	0	2	54	44
4	0	3	55	42
5	0	3	58	39
6	0	3	60	37
7	0	4	62	34
8	0	4	64	32
9	0	5	66	29
10	0	6	67	27
11	0	7	69	24
12	0	8	70	22
13	0	9	71	20
14	0	11	71	18
15	0	12	72	16
16	0	13	73	14
17	0	15	73	12
18	0	16	73	11
19	0	18	72	10
20	0	19	72	9
21	1	21	70	8
22	1	23	69	7
23	1	25	68	6
24	1	27	66	6
25	1	29	65	5
26	2	31	63	4
27	2	33	61	4
28	2	36	59	3
29	2	38	57	3
30	2	41	55	2
31	2	43	53	2

Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:20 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:15	6:19
2	12.1	6:15	6:19
3	12.1	6:15	6:19
4	12.1	6:15	6:19
5	12.1	6:15	6:18
6	12.1	6:14	6:18
7	12.1	6:14	6:18
8	12.1	6:14	6:18
9	12.1	6:14	6:18
10	12.1	6:14	6:18
11	12.1	6:14	6:18
12	12.1	6:14	6:18
13	12.1	6:14	6:18
14	12.1	6:14	6:18
15	12.1	6:14	6:18
16	12.1	6:14	6:18
17	12.1	6:14	6:18
18	12.1	6:14	6:18
19	12.1	6:14	6:19
20	12.1	6:14	6:19
21	12.1	6:14	6:19
22	12.1	6:14	6:19
23	12.1	6:14	6:19
24	12.1	6:14	6:19
25	12.1	6:14	6:19
26	12.1	6:14	6:19
27	12.1	6:14	6:19
28	12.1	6:14	6:19
29	12.1	6:14	6:20
30	12.1	6:14	6:20
31	12.1	6:14	6:20

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.61 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 5.44 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Wajir?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

6.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wajir. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Wajir in May

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

In May, Wajir sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Wajir in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Wajir peaks around March 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).

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)	14	14	15	15	12	10	11	12	13	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Wajir?

Wajir sits at 1.7°N, 40.1°E, 258 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Habaswein, 103 km away.

Topography around Wajir

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wajir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 259 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 m.

The land around Wajir is covered by shrubs (60%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, shrubs (75%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (64%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

shrubs 60%

16 km

75 m

shrubs 75%

80 km

466 m

shrubs 64%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces

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

May weather nearby: Habaswein 103 km · El Wak 153 km · Takaba 180 km · Lafey 200 km · Dhamas 211 km · Garba Tula 218 km · Moyale 227 km · Marsabit 239 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,363; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.9; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 28.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 593
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 Wajir (1.7471°, 40.0573°, elevation 258 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. 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	33	25
2	33	25
3	33	25
4	33	25
5	33	25
6	33	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	33	24
29	33	24
30	33	24
31	33	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	49	51
31	48	52

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	2	50	48
2	0	2	52	46
3	0	2	54	44
4	0	3	55	42
5	0	3	58	39
6	0	3	60	37
7	0	4	62	34
8	0	4	64	32
9	0	5	66	29
10	0	6	67	27
11	0	7	69	24
12	0	8	70	22
13	0	9	71	20
14	0	11	71	18
15	0	12	72	16
16	0	13	73	14
17	0	15	73	12
18	0	16	73	11
19	0	18	72	10
20	0	19	72	9
21	1	21	70	8
22	1	23	69	7
23	1	25	68	6
24	1	27	66	6
25	1	29	65	5
26	2	31	63	4
27	2	33	61	4
28	2	36	59	3
29	2	38	57	3
30	2	41	55	2
31	2	43	53	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	33	25
3	33	25
4	33	25
5	33	25
6	33	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	33	24
29	33	24
30	33	24
31	33	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	49	51
31	48	52

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	2	50	48
2	0	2	52	46
3	0	2	54	44
4	0	3	55	42
5	0	3	58	39
6	0	3	60	37
7	0	4	62	34
8	0	4	64	32
9	0	5	66	29
10	0	6	67	27
11	0	7	69	24
12	0	8	70	22
13	0	9	71	20
14	0	11	71	18
15	0	12	72	16
16	0	13	73	14
17	0	15	73	12
18	0	16	73	11
19	0	18	72	10
20	0	19	72	9
21	1	21	70	8
22	1	23	69	7
23	1	25	68	6
24	1	27	66	6
25	1	29	65	5
26	2	31	63	4
27	2	33	61	4
28	2	36	59	3
29	2	38	57	3
30	2	41	55	2
31	2	43	53	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	33	25
3	33	25
4	33	25
5	33	25
6	33	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	25
11	33	25
12	33	25
13	33	25
14	33	25
15	33	25
16	33	25
17	33	25
18	33	25
19	33	25
20	33	25
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	33	24
25	33	24
26	33	24
27	33	24
28	33	24
29	33	24
30	33	24
31	33	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	66	34
20	65	35
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	61	39
24	60	40
25	58	42
26	57	43
27	55	45
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	49	51
31	48	52

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	2	50	48
2	0	2	52	46
3	0	2	54	44
4	0	3	55	42
5	0	3	58	39
6	0	3	60	37
7	0	4	62	34
8	0	4	64	32
9	0	5	66	29
10	0	6	67	27
11	0	7	69	24
12	0	8	70	22
13	0	9	71	20
14	0	11	71	18
15	0	12	72	16
16	0	13	73	14
17	0	15	73	12
18	0	16	73	11
19	0	18	72	10
20	0	19	72	9
21	1	21	70	8
22	1	23	69	7
23	1	25	68	6
24	1	27	66	6
25	1	29	65	5
26	2	31	63	4
27	2	33	61	4
28	2	36	59	3
29	2	38	57	3
30	2	41	55	2
31	2	43	53	2