Kapit weather in August

In August, Kapit sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 225 mm of rain across 23.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kapit's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kapit's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 225 mm; 23.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:30 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Kapit is town in Malaysia.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kapit reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How August really feels in Kapit

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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 August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kapit weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	326	27.4	11.9	2.8
Feb	31° / 23°	306	24.1	11.9	2.8
Mar	31° / 23°	311	27.2	12	2.6
Apr	31° / 23°	290	27.9	12	2.5
May	31° / 23°	239	27.2	12.1	2.6
Jun	31° / 23°	205	23	12.1	3.0
Jul	31° / 23°	190	21.8	12.1	3.2
Aug	31° / 23°	225	23.8	12.1	3.0
Sep	31° / 23°	262	25.1	12	2.8
Oct	31° / 23°	312	29	12	2.5
Nov	31° / 23°	336	29.1	11.9	2.4
Dec	30° / 23°	335	28.6	11.9	2.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	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 (%)	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Cloudier (%)	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	82	82	83	83	84	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	16	84
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kapit gets around 225 mm of rain over 23.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 77% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	77	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	70
4	70
5	70
6	71
7	71
8	72
9	73
10	73
11	74
12	74
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	77
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	80
22	80
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	84
31	84

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oppressive (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
Miserable (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	0	89	11
2	0	89	11
3	0	89	11
4	0	89	11
5	0	89	11
6	0	89	11
7	0	89	11
8	1	88	11
9	1	89	10
10	1	89	10
11	1	89	10
12	1	90	9
13	1	90	9
14	1	91	8
15	1	91	8
16	1	91	8
17	1	92	7
18	1	92	7
19	1	92	7
20	1	93	6
21	1	93	6
22	1	93	6
23	1	93	6
24	0	95	5
25	0	95	5
26	0	95	5
27	0	95	5
28	0	95	5
29	0	95	5
30	0	95	5
31	0	95	5

Wind in August

Winds average 3 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
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18	3	calm
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20	3	calm
21	3	calm
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25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:30 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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:32	6:37
2	12.1	6:32	6:37
3	12.1	6:32	6:37
4	12.1	6:32	6:37
5	12.1	6:32	6:36
6	12.1	6:32	6:36
7	12.1	6:31	6:36
8	12.1	6:31	6:36
9	12.1	6:31	6:36
10	12.1	6:31	6:36
11	12.1	6:31	6:35
12	12.1	6:31	6:35
13	12.1	6:31	6:35
14	12.1	6:31	6:35
15	12.1	6:31	6:35
16	12.1	6:30	6:34
17	12.1	6:30	6:34
18	12.1	6:30	6:34
19	12.1	6:30	6:34
20	12.1	6:30	6:33
21	12.1	6:29	6:33
22	12.1	6:29	6:33
23	12.1	6:29	6:32
24	12.1	6:29	6:32
25	12.1	6:29	6:32
26	12.0	6:28	6:31
27	12.0	6:28	6:31
28	12.0	6:28	6:31
29	12.0	6:28	6:30
30	12.0	6:27	6:30
31	12.0	6:27	6:30

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.16 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.16 kWh/m² in August across the year — August's 5.16 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kapit?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kapit.

What to pack for Kapit in August

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

In August, Kapit sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kapit in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kapit peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 11 (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	15	16	15	14	12	11	13	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	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Kapit in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kapit is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (November, 7 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)	7	9	9	9	8	9	10	12	16	11	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kapit?

Kapit sits at 2.0°N, 112.9°E, 43 m above sea level, in Malaysia. The nearest listed city is Kanowit, 88 km away.

Topography around Kapit

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kapit has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 917 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,725 m.

The land around Kapit is covered by trees (86%) within 3 km, trees (98%) within 16 km, and trees (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

283 m

trees 86%

16 km

917 m

trees 98%

80 km

1,725 m

trees 100%

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← July Kapit year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Kanowit 88 km · Selangau 90 km · Tatau 99 km · Sibu Jaya 110 km · Julau 113 km · Dalat 120 km · Belaga 123 km · Sibu 129 km

Malaysia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,125; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 22.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 581
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 Kapit (1.9955°, 112.9325°, elevation 43 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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	16	84
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	70
4	70
5	70
6	71
7	71
8	72
9	73
10	73
11	74
12	74
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	77
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	80
22	80
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	0	89	11
2	0	89	11
3	0	89	11
4	0	89	11
5	0	89	11
6	0	89	11
7	0	89	11
8	1	88	11
9	1	89	10
10	1	89	10
11	1	89	10
12	1	90	9
13	1	90	9
14	1	91	8
15	1	91	8
16	1	91	8
17	1	92	7
18	1	92	7
19	1	92	7
20	1	93	6
21	1	93	6
22	1	93	6
23	1	93	6
24	0	95	5
25	0	95	5
26	0	95	5
27	0	95	5
28	0	95	5
29	0	95	5
30	0	95	5
31	0	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	16	84
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	70
4	70
5	70
6	71
7	71
8	72
9	73
10	73
11	74
12	74
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	77
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	80
22	80
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	0	89	11
2	0	89	11
3	0	89	11
4	0	89	11
5	0	89	11
6	0	89	11
7	0	89	11
8	1	88	11
9	1	89	10
10	1	89	10
11	1	89	10
12	1	90	9
13	1	90	9
14	1	91	8
15	1	91	8
16	1	91	8
17	1	92	7
18	1	92	7
19	1	92	7
20	1	93	6
21	1	93	6
22	1	93	6
23	1	93	6
24	0	95	5
25	0	95	5
26	0	95	5
27	0	95	5
28	0	95	5
29	0	95	5
30	0	95	5
31	0	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	16	84
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	70
4	70
5	70
6	71
7	71
8	72
9	73
10	73
11	74
12	74
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	77
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	80
22	80
23	81
24	81
25	82
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	83
30	84
31	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	0	89	11
2	0	89	11
3	0	89	11
4	0	89	11
5	0	89	11
6	0	89	11
7	0	89	11
8	1	88	11
9	1	89	10
10	1	89	10
11	1	89	10
12	1	90	9
13	1	90	9
14	1	91	8
15	1	91	8
16	1	91	8
17	1	92	7
18	1	92	7
19	1	92	7
20	1	93	6
21	1	93	6
22	1	93	6
23	1	93	6
24	0	95	5
25	0	95	5
26	0	95	5
27	0	95	5
28	0	95	5
29	0	95	5
30	0	95	5
31	0	95	5