La Cruz weather in July

In July, La Cruz sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 130 mm of rain across 14.1 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is La Cruz's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see La Cruz's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 130 mm; 14.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:33 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

La Cruz is municipal seat of Elota, State of Sinaloa, Mexico.

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical July day in La Cruz reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C warmer than June and on par with August.

	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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

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

How July really feels in La Cruz

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

La Cruz weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 17°	12	1.6	10.7	8.5
Feb	23° / 17°	14	1.3	11.2	8.6
Mar	24° / 18°	3	0.4	11.8	9.0
Apr	25° / 20°	2	0.3	12.5	8.8
May	27° / 22°	0	0.1	13.1	8.6
Jun	29° / 25°	20	2.8	13.4	6.8
Jul	30° / 27°	130	14.1	13.3	4.4
Aug	30° / 27°	179	19.1	12.8	3.8
Sep	30° / 26°	181	18.4	12.1	4.1
Oct	29° / 25°	50	5.1	11.4	6.4
Nov	27° / 21°	39	1.9	10.8	8.3
Dec	24° / 18°	12	1.7	10.5	8.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	50	47	45	43	41	40	38	37	36	36	35	33	33	33	32	32	32	33	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33
Cloudier (%)	50	53	55	57	59	60	62	63	64	64	65	67	67	67	68	68	68	67	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	47	53
3	45	55
4	43	57
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	38	62
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

La Cruz gets around 130 mm of rain over 14.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 56% 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 (%)	28	30	31	33	35	36	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	51	52	53	53	54	55	56	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	30
3	31
4	33
5	35
6	36
7	38
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	42
12	43
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	46
17	47
18	47
19	48
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	53
27	53
28	54
29	55
30	56
31	56

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the miserable band about 79% 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
Oppressive (%)	45	43	42	40	38	36	34	33	31	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6
Miserable (%)	55	57	58	60	62	64	66	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	85	86	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	45	55
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	40	60
5	38	62
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	31	69
10	29	71
11	27	73
12	25	75
13	23	77
14	21	79
15	19	81
16	17	83
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	9	calm
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11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
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20	9	calm
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25	9	calm
26	8	calm
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28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:27 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:48 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)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	5:27	6:55
2	13.5	5:27	6:55
3	13.5	5:28	6:55
4	13.4	5:28	6:55
5	13.4	5:28	6:55
6	13.4	5:29	6:55
7	13.4	5:29	6:55
8	13.4	5:30	6:55
9	13.4	5:30	6:55
10	13.4	5:30	6:55
11	13.4	5:31	6:54
12	13.4	5:31	6:54
13	13.4	5:32	6:54
14	13.4	5:32	6:54
15	13.4	5:32	6:54
16	13.3	5:33	6:54
17	13.3	5:33	6:53
18	13.3	5:34	6:53
19	13.3	5:34	6:53
20	13.3	5:35	6:52
21	13.3	5:35	6:52
22	13.3	5:35	6:52
23	13.3	5:36	6:51
24	13.2	5:36	6:51
25	13.2	5:37	6:51
26	13.2	5:37	6:50
27	13.2	5:38	6:50
28	13.2	5:38	6:49
29	13.2	5:39	6:49
30	13.2	5:39	6:48
31	13.1	5:40	6:48

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 5.71 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)	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.1	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for La Cruz

In seasonPeak

In July, La Cruz sits inside its pacific hurricane and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

La Cruz sits in the eastern Pacific hurricane zone; the season peaks August–September.

La Cruz's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific hurricane

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit La Cruz?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit La Cruz for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for La Cruz in July

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

In July, La Cruz sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near La Cruz in July

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 30°C and coldest in March near 21°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	22	22	21	23	25	28	29	30	30	30	27	24
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	22	Refreshing
Feb	22	Refreshing
Mar	21	Refreshing
Apr	23	Refreshing
May	25	Warm
Jun	28	Warm
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	30	Tropical
Sep	30	Tropical
Oct	30	Tropical
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	24	Refreshing

UV index in La Cruz in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 La Cruz peaks around May 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 5 (high).

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)	6	8	10	12	12	11	12	12	11	8	6	5
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	High

Location & terrain

Where is La Cruz?

La Cruz sits at 23.9°N, 106.9°W, 32 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Costa Rica, 90 km away.

Topography around La Cruz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around La Cruz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,454 m.

The land around La Cruz is covered by cropland (49%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), water (25%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

cropland 49%

16 km

390 m

cropland 36%

80 km

2,454 m

trees 51%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves

← June La Cruz year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Costa Rica 90 km · Mazatlan 92 km · Licenciado Benito Juárez 105 km · Culiacán 110 km · Navolato 124 km · El Rosario 148 km · El Salto 157 km · Escuinapa de Hidalgo 166 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 54% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,889; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 440
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 La Cruz (23.9213°, -106.8925°, elevation 32 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	30	26
2	30	26
3	30	26
4	30	26
5	30	27
6	30	27
7	30	27
8	30	27
9	30	27
10	30	27
11	30	27
12	30	27
13	30	27
14	30	27
15	30	27
16	30	27
17	30	27
18	30	27
19	30	27
20	30	27
21	30	27
22	30	27
23	30	27
24	30	27
25	30	27
26	30	27
27	30	27
28	30	27
29	30	27
30	30	27
31	30	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	47	53
3	45	55
4	43	57
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	38	62
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	30
3	31
4	33
5	35
6	36
7	38
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	42
12	43
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	46
17	47
18	47
19	48
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	53
27	53
28	54
29	55
30	56
31	56

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	45	55
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	40	60
5	38	62
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	31	69
10	29	71
11	27	73
12	25	75
13	23	77
14	21	79
15	19	81
16	17	83
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	47	53
3	45	55
4	43	57
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	38	62
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	30
3	31
4	33
5	35
6	36
7	38
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	42
12	43
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	46
17	47
18	47
19	48
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	53
27	53
28	54
29	55
30	56
31	56

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	45	55
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	40	60
5	38	62
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	31	69
10	29	71
11	27	73
12	25	75
13	23	77
14	21	79
15	19	81
16	17	83
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	47	53
3	45	55
4	43	57
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	38	62
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	34	66
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	30
3	31
4	33
5	35
6	36
7	38
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	42
12	43
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	46
17	47
18	47
19	48
20	49
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	53
27	53
28	54
29	55
30	56
31	56

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	45	55
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	40	60
5	38	62
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	31	69
10	29	71
11	27	73
12	25	75
13	23	77
14	21	79
15	19	81
16	17	83
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94