Ait Ourir weather in May

In May, Ait Ourir sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 43 mm of rain across 9.8 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ait Ourir's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ait Ourir's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 43 mm; 9.8 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:39 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 7.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ait Ourir reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 4°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)	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

How May really feels in Ait Ourir

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.

Ait Ourir 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 3°	41	6	1.4	10.2	5.4
Feb	16° / 4°	44	6.9	1.3	10.8	5.9
Mar	19° / 6°	59	9.3	1.1	11.8	6.5
Apr	21° / 9°	58	9.6	0.1	12.8	6.7
May	24° / 11°	43	9.8	0	13.6	7.2
Jun	28° / 15°	20	5.6	0	14	7.2
Jul	31° / 18°	11	3.7	0	13.8	5.3
Aug	31° / 18°	24	6.4	0	13.2	5.2
Sep	27° / 15°	39	7.2	0	12.2	7.1
Oct	23° / 12°	46	7.9	0	11.2	7.5
Nov	19° / 7°	48	6.2	0.1	10.4	6.9
Dec	16° / 4°	34	5.5	0.6	10	6.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 30%. 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 (%)	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	67	67	66	66	67	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	71	71	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	77	78	78
Cloudier (%)	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	33	33	34	34	33	34	33	33	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ait Ourir gets around 43 mm of rain over 9.8 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	29	28

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

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 89% 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 (%)	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	93	92	92	91	90	89	88	87	86	84	83	82	80	79	78	77	75	74
Comfortable (%)	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	16	17	18	20	21	22	23	25	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	93	7
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	91	9
18	90	10
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	75	25
31	74	26

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	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
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:25 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)	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:31
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:51	7:04
2	13.2	5:50	7:05
3	13.3	5:49	7:06
4	13.3	5:48	7:07
5	13.3	5:48	7:07
6	13.4	5:47	7:08
7	13.4	5:46	7:09
8	13.4	5:45	7:09
9	13.4	5:44	7:10
10	13.5	5:43	7:11
11	13.5	5:42	7:11
12	13.5	5:42	7:12
13	13.5	5:41	7:13
14	13.6	5:40	7:14
15	13.6	5:39	7:14
16	13.6	5:39	7:15
17	13.6	5:38	7:16
18	13.6	5:38	7:16
19	13.7	5:37	7:17
20	13.7	5:36	7:18
21	13.7	5:36	7:18
22	13.7	5:35	7:19
23	13.7	5:35	7:20
24	13.8	5:34	7:20
25	13.8	5:34	7:21
26	13.8	5:33	7:22
27	13.8	5:33	7:22
28	13.8	5:32	7:23
29	13.9	5:32	7:23
30	13.9	5:32	7:24
31	13.9	5:31	7:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.13 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)	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	7.0	Intense
2	7.0	Intense
3	7.0	Intense
4	7.0	Intense
5	7.0	Intense
6	7.0	Intense
7	7.0	Intense
8	7.0	Intense
9	7.0	Intense
10	7.1	Intense
11	7.1	Intense
12	7.1	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.1	Intense
17	7.1	Intense
18	7.1	Intense
19	7.1	Intense
20	7.2	Intense
21	7.2	Intense
22	7.2	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.3	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.4	Intense
30	7.4	Intense
31	7.4	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ait Ourir

In seasonPeak

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

Ait Ourir sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

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Is May a good time to visit Ait Ourir?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Ait Ourir for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ait Ourir in May

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

In May, Ait Ourir sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Ait Ourir in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ait Ourir peaks around July 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	4	4	9	10	9	10	11	11	8	8	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	10	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Ait Ourir 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 Ait Ourir is worst in August — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× 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)	13	17	15	18	18	16	24	27	20	18	13	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ait Ourir?

Ait Ourir sits at 31.6°N, 7.7°W, 671 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Méchouar-Kasba, 31 km away.

Topography around Ait Ourir

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ait Ourir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m around an average of 674 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,114 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,834 m.

The land around Ait Ourir is covered by cropland (42%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), cropland (27%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

213 m

cropland 42%

16 km

1,114 m

cropland 50%

80 km

3,834 m

grassland 38%

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

May weather nearby: Méchouar-Kasba 31 km · Tamallalt 31 km · Marrakesh 33 km · Setti Fatma 38 km · Laâttaouia 45 km · Asni 47 km · Tamansourt 47 km · El Kelaa des Srarhna 59 km

Morocco travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,672; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 80%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
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 Ait Ourir (31.5652°, -7.6616°, elevation 671 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	22	10
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	11
16	24	11
17	24	12
18	24	12
19	24	12
20	24	12
21	24	12
22	25	12
23	25	12
24	25	12
25	25	12
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	26	13
31	26	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	93	7
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	91	9
18	90	10
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	75	25
31	74	26

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	93	7
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	91	9
18	90	10
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	75	25
31	74	26

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	66	34
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	77	23
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	93	7
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	91	9
18	90	10
19	89	11
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	84	16
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	77	23
30	75	25
31	74	26