Leslie weather in March

In March, Leslie sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 93 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Leslie's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leslie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 93 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:08 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

← February Leslie year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical March day in Leslie reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

	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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Leslie weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 15°	129	16.1	13.5	5.9
Feb	26° / 15°	100	13.2	12.9	6.2
Mar	25° / 14°	93	11.4	12.2	6.9
Apr	23° / 11°	41	6.6	11.4	7.6
May	21° / 7°	15	2.6	10.7	8.2
Jun	18° / 4°	6	1.2	10.4	8.1
Jul	18° / 4°	5	0.7	10.5	8.2
Aug	21° / 7°	11	2	11.1	8.6
Sep	25° / 10°	23	3.3	11.8	8.6
Oct	25° / 12°	84	11	12.6	7.0
Nov	25° / 14°	104	14.2	13.3	6.2
Dec	25° / 15°	137	17.5	13.6	5.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

	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 (%)	65	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	35	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Leslie gets around 93 mm of rain over 11.4 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	33	32	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	41
3	40
4	39
5	38
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	37
25	36
26	36
27	35
28	34
29	33
30	32
31	31

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 53% 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 (%)	39	41	42	44	45	47	48	49	50	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	55	55	56	57	58	59	61	63	65	67	70
Comfortable (%)	43	42	41	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	35	34	32	30	28
Humid (%)	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	39	43	19
2	41	42	18
3	42	41	17
4	44	40	16
5	45	40	15
6	47	40	14
7	48	39	13
8	49	39	12
9	50	39	11
10	51	39	10
11	51	39	10
12	52	39	9
13	52	40	8
14	52	40	8
15	52	41	7
16	52	41	7
17	53	41	6
18	53	41	6
19	53	41	6
20	53	41	6
21	55	40	5
22	55	40	5
23	56	39	5
24	57	38	5
25	58	38	4
26	59	37	4
27	61	35	4
28	63	34	3
29	65	32	3
30	67	30	3
31	70	28	2

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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
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4	10	calm
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8	10	calm
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12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	9	calm
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29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:03 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)	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:00	6:35
2	12.6	6:01	6:34
3	12.5	6:01	6:33
4	12.5	6:02	6:32
5	12.5	6:02	6:31
6	12.5	6:03	6:30
7	12.4	6:03	6:29
8	12.4	6:04	6:28
9	12.4	6:05	6:27
10	12.4	6:05	6:26
11	12.3	6:06	6:25
12	12.3	6:06	6:24
13	12.3	6:07	6:23
14	12.2	6:07	6:22
15	12.2	6:08	6:21
16	12.2	6:08	6:20
17	12.2	6:09	6:19
18	12.1	6:09	6:18
19	12.1	6:10	6:16
20	12.1	6:10	6:15
21	12.1	6:11	6:14
22	12.0	6:11	6:13
23	12.0	6:12	6:12
24	12.0	6:12	6:11
25	12.0	6:13	6:10
26	11.9	6:13	6:09
27	11.9	6:14	6:08
28	11.9	6:14	6:06
29	11.8	6:15	6:05
30	11.8	6:15	6:04
31	11.8	6:15	6:03

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.51 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	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	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	5.2	5.2	5.2	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	6.0	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	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	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	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 March

Hazard calendar for Leslie

In seasonPeak

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

Leslie's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Leslie?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Leslie for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Leslie in March

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

In March, Leslie sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Leslie in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March 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 Leslie peaks around January 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 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)	14	13	12	9	6	5	6	7	9	10	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Leslie in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Leslie is worst in July — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (January, 24 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)	24	31	39	56	73	83	87	72	55	35	26	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	56	Unhealthy
May	73	Unhealthy
Jun	83	Unhealthy
Jul	87	Unhealthy
Aug	72	Unhealthy
Sep	55	Poor
Oct	35	Moderate
Nov	26	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Leslie?

Leslie sits at 26.4°S, 28.9°E, 1,675 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Lebohang, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Leslie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leslie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 1,659 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 661 m.

The land around Leslie is covered by grassland (65%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

grassland 65%

16 km

187 m

grassland 59%

80 km

661 m

grassland 54%

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← February Leslie year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Lebohang 1.0 km · Kinross 18 km · eMbalenhle 24 km · Secunda 32 km · Trichardt 34 km · Delmas 34 km · Kriel 36 km · Thubelihle 41 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / M / N; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 5.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 68%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 43.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 22.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
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 Leslie (-26.3674°, 28.9189°, elevation 1,675 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	25	15
2	25	15
3	25	15
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	25	14
17	25	14
18	25	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	41
3	40
4	39
5	38
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	37
25	36
26	36
27	35
28	34
29	33
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	39	43	19
2	41	42	18
3	42	41	17
4	44	40	16
5	45	40	15
6	47	40	14
7	48	39	13
8	49	39	12
9	50	39	11
10	51	39	10
11	51	39	10
12	52	39	9
13	52	40	8
14	52	40	8
15	52	41	7
16	52	41	7
17	53	41	6
18	53	41	6
19	53	41	6
20	53	41	6
21	55	40	5
22	55	40	5
23	56	39	5
24	57	38	5
25	58	38	4
26	59	37	4
27	61	35	4
28	63	34	3
29	65	32	3
30	67	30	3
31	70	28	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	41
3	40
4	39
5	38
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	37
25	36
26	36
27	35
28	34
29	33
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	39	43	19
2	41	42	18
3	42	41	17
4	44	40	16
5	45	40	15
6	47	40	14
7	48	39	13
8	49	39	12
9	50	39	11
10	51	39	10
11	51	39	10
12	52	39	9
13	52	40	8
14	52	40	8
15	52	41	7
16	52	41	7
17	53	41	6
18	53	41	6
19	53	41	6
20	53	41	6
21	55	40	5
22	55	40	5
23	56	39	5
24	57	38	5
25	58	38	4
26	59	37	4
27	61	35	4
28	63	34	3
29	65	32	3
30	67	30	3
31	70	28	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	66	34
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	41
3	40
4	39
5	38
6	37
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	36
16	37
17	37
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	37
25	36
26	36
27	35
28	34
29	33
30	32
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	39	43	19
2	41	42	18
3	42	41	17
4	44	40	16
5	45	40	15
6	47	40	14
7	48	39	13
8	49	39	12
9	50	39	11
10	51	39	10
11	51	39	10
12	52	39	9
13	52	40	8
14	52	40	8
15	52	41	7
16	52	41	7
17	53	41	6
18	53	41	6
19	53	41	6
20	53	41	6
21	55	40	5
22	55	40	5
23	56	39	5
24	57	38	5
25	58	38	4
26	59	37	4
27	61	35	4
28	63	34	3
29	65	32	3
30	67	30	3
31	70	28	2