Osh weather in May

In May, Osh sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 85 mm of precipitation across 14.6 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Osh's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Osh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 85 mm; 14.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 12 min; 5:58 AM – 8:12 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Osh is city in Kyrgyzstan.

Density: 1,765/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~801 CE

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Osh reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14

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

How May really feels in Osh

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.

Osh weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -6°	37	7.6	7.6	9.4	0.0
Feb	4° / -3°	57	10	8.8	10.4	0.1
Mar	11° / 2°	85	13.6	6.2	11.7	2.4
Apr	18° / 8°	106	15.1	1.4	13	4.9
May	23° / 12°	85	14.6	0.1	14.2	6.1
Jun	28° / 16°	41	9.4	0	14.8	6.3
Jul	30° / 18°	21	4.9	0	14.6	5.7
Aug	29° / 17°	19	3.9	0	13.6	6.6
Sep	25° / 13°	25	5	0	12.3	8.1
Oct	18° / 7°	55	8.7	0.7	10.9	6.1
Nov	10° / 1°	58	9	4.3	9.7	2.4
Dec	4° / -4°	52	9.1	7.9	9.2	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. 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 (%)	39	40	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	57	57
Cloudier (%)	61	60	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	57	43
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Osh gets around 85 mm of rain and snow over 14.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 47% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. 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 (%)	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	46	46	45	44	43	42	41	41	40	39	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	53
3	53
4	53
5	53
6	52
7	52
8	51
9	51
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	49
16	49
17	48
18	48
19	47
20	46
21	46
22	45
23	44
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	41
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	38

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 96% 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 (%)	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	94
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

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	6	6	6	6	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
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22	6	calm
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24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 8:26 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)	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47
Sunset (PM)	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	6:15	7:57
2	13.7	6:14	7:58
3	13.8	6:12	7:59
4	13.8	6:11	8:00
5	13.9	6:10	8:01
6	13.9	6:09	8:02
7	13.9	6:07	8:03
8	14.0	6:06	8:04
9	14.0	6:05	8:05
10	14.0	6:04	8:06
11	14.1	6:03	8:07
12	14.1	6:02	8:08
13	14.1	6:01	8:09
14	14.2	6:00	8:10
15	14.2	5:59	8:11
16	14.2	5:58	8:12
17	14.3	5:57	8:13
18	14.3	5:56	8:14
19	14.3	5:55	8:15
20	14.4	5:54	8:16
21	14.4	5:53	8:17
22	14.4	5:52	8:18
23	14.5	5:52	8:19
24	14.5	5:51	8:20
25	14.5	5:50	8:21
26	14.5	5:50	8:22
27	14.6	5:49	8:23
28	14.6	5:48	8:23
29	14.6	5:48	8:24
30	14.6	5:47	8:25
31	14.7	5:47	8:26

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.11 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)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.4	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.5	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Osh

In seasonPeak

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

Osh's rainy season runs February–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Osh?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Osh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Osh in May

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

In May, Osh sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Osh in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Osh peaks around May 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Osh 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 Osh is worst in May — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 11 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)	12	14	22	28	29	27	25	20	20	19	13	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Osh?

Osh sits at 40.5°N, 72.8°E, 988 m above sea level, in Kyrgyzstan. The nearest listed city is Kara Suu, 20 km away.

Topography around Osh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Osh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m around an average of 1,003 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 973 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,493 m.

The land around Osh is covered by artificial surfaces (79%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

202 m

artificial surfaces 79%

16 km

973 m

cropland 45%

80 km

4,493 m

grassland 51%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icemoss and lichen

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

May weather nearby: Kara Suu 20 km · Qo‘rg‘ontepa 23 km · Qorasuv 23 km · Jalolquduq 24 km · Xo‘jaobod 25 km · Sultonobod 30 km · Dardoq 32 km · Oyim 33 km

Kyrgyzstan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,081; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 443
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 Osh (40.5283°, 72.7985°, elevation 988 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	21	10
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
9	22	11
10	22	11
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	24	12
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	14
31	25	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	53
3	53
4	53
5	53
6	52
7	52
8	51
9	51
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	49
16	49
17	48
18	48
19	47
20	46
21	46
22	45
23	44
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	41
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	53
3	53
4	53
5	53
6	52
7	52
8	51
9	51
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	49
16	49
17	48
18	48
19	47
20	46
21	46
22	45
23	44
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	41
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	40	60
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	41	59
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	44	56
9	45	55
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	53
3	53
4	53
5	53
6	52
7	52
8	51
9	51
10	50
11	50
12	50
13	50
14	50
15	49
16	49
17	48
18	48
19	47
20	46
21	46
22	45
23	44
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	41
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	94	6
31	94	6