Ha'il weather in October

In October, Ha'il sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Ha'il's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ha'il's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:18 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Ha'il is City in Saudi Arabia.

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical October day in Ha'il reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 9°C warmer than November.

	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)	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	35	21
4	35	21
5	35	21
6	35	21
7	35	21
8	34	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	33	20
14	33	19
15	33	19
16	33	19
17	33	19
18	32	19
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	31	18
22	31	18
23	31	18
24	31	17
25	30	17
26	30	17
27	30	17
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	16
31	28	16

How October really feels in Ha'il

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 19 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 October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ha'il weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 6°	9	1.8	10.5	7.3
Feb	20° / 8°	8	1.4	11	8.2
Mar	24° / 11°	12	2.2	11.8	8.8
Apr	29° / 16°	11	2.9	12.6	6.6
May	35° / 21°	4	1.2	13.3	3.4
Jun	38° / 24°	0	0	13.7	1.1
Jul	40° / 26°	0	0	13.6	0.3
Aug	40° / 26°	0	0	13	0.0
Sep	38° / 24°	0	0	12.2	1.4
Oct	32° / 19°	3	0.9	11.3	5.0
Nov	24° / 12°	23	3.4	10.6	8.3
Dec	19° / 8°	9	1.8	10.3	7.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%. 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 (%)	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85
Cloudier (%)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	85	15
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Ha'il gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 98% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	94	94
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

Wind in October

Winds average 12 km/h in October.

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

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 5:25 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:10	5:54
2	11.7	6:10	5:53
3	11.7	6:11	5:52
4	11.7	6:12	5:51
5	11.6	6:12	5:50
6	11.6	6:13	5:49
7	11.6	6:13	5:48
8	11.5	6:14	5:47
9	11.5	6:14	5:45
10	11.5	6:15	5:44
11	11.5	6:15	5:43
12	11.4	6:16	5:42
13	11.4	6:17	5:41
14	11.4	6:17	5:40
15	11.4	6:18	5:39
16	11.3	6:18	5:38
17	11.3	6:19	5:37
18	11.3	6:20	5:36
19	11.3	6:20	5:35
20	11.2	6:21	5:34
21	11.2	6:21	5:34
22	11.2	6:22	5:33
23	11.2	6:23	5:32
24	11.1	6:23	5:31
25	11.1	6:24	5:30
26	11.1	6:25	5:29
27	11.1	6:25	5:28
28	11.0	6:26	5:28
29	11.0	6:27	5:27
30	11.0	6:27	5:26
31	11.0	6:28	5:25

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.89 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 5.49 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Ha'il

In seasonPeak

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

Ha'il sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

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Is October a good time to visit Ha'il?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Ha'il for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ha'il in October

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

In October, Ha'il sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Ha'il in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ha'il peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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)	5	7	9	7	10	11	11	11	10	8	6	4
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Ha'il in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ha'il is worst in March — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 32 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)	40	44	63	59	56	38	32	32	32	35	36	37
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	44	Poor
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	59	Unhealthy
May	56	Unhealthy
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	35	Poor
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	37	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ha'il?

Ha'il sits at 27.5°N, 41.7°E, 1,002 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Baq‘ā’, 81 km away.

Topography around Ha'il

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ha'il has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 998 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 617 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 836 m.

The land around Ha'il is covered by artificial surfaces (74%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

127 m

artificial surfaces 74%

16 km

617 m

bare terrain 86%

80 km

836 m

bare terrain 97%

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← September Ha'il year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Baq‘ā’ 81 km · Turubah 146 km · ‘Uyūn al Jiwā’ 223 km · Riyāḑ al Khabrā’ 246 km · Al Bukayrīyah 248 km · Al Khabrā’ 251 km · Ar Rass 257 km · Buraydah 263 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $34,537; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2019
Road deaths: 35.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 404

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 Ha'il (27.5219°, 41.6907°, elevation 1,002 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	36	21
2	36	21
3	35	21
4	35	21
5	35	21
6	35	21
7	35	21
8	34	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	33	20
14	33	19
15	33	19
16	33	19
17	33	19
18	32	19
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	31	18
22	31	18
23	31	18
24	31	17
25	30	17
26	30	17
27	30	17
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	16
31	28	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	35	21
4	35	21
5	35	21
6	35	21
7	35	21
8	34	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	33	20
14	33	19
15	33	19
16	33	19
17	33	19
18	32	19
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	31	18
22	31	18
23	31	18
24	31	17
25	30	17
26	30	17
27	30	17
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	16
31	28	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	35	21
4	35	21
5	35	21
6	35	21
7	35	21
8	34	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	33	20
14	33	19
15	33	19
16	33	19
17	33	19
18	32	19
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	31	18
22	31	18
23	31	18
24	31	17
25	30	17
26	30	17
27	30	17
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	16
31	28	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6