Tadmur weather in October

In October, Tadmur sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Tadmur's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tadmur's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 5:38 AM – 4:45 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 5th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Tadmur is ancient city in Homs Governorate, Syria.

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 30°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical October day in Tadmur reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 8°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)	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23
Avg low (°C)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11

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

How October really feels in Tadmur

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tadmur 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	12° / 3°	17	4.6	9.9	3.5
Feb	14° / 4°	14	3.4	10.7	5.0
Mar	19° / 7°	16	3.6	11.7	7.3
Apr	24° / 11°	8	2	12.8	8.5
May	30° / 16°	5	1	13.8	6.5
Jun	35° / 20°	0	0.1	14.3	3.8
Jul	37° / 23°	0	0	14.1	2.1
Aug	37° / 22°	0	0	13.3	2.2
Sep	33° / 19°	0	0.1	12.2	4.7
Oct	27° / 14°	5	1	11.1	8.0
Nov	19° / 8°	11	2.6	10.2	7.4
Dec	13° / 4°	14	3.7	9.7	4.4

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 13%. 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 (%)	95	95	93	93	92	91	90	90	90	88	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	83	82	82	82	81
Cloudier (%)	5	5	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Tadmur gets around 5 mm of rain over 1 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 7% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

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 93% 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 (%)	91	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94
Comfortable (%)	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

Wind in October

Winds average 8 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
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7	9	calm
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13	9	calm
14	8	calm
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16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
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25	8	calm
26	8	calm
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28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 4:29 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	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52
Sunset (PM)	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:30	4:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:26	5:06
2	11.6	5:27	5:04
3	11.6	5:28	5:03
4	11.5	5:28	5:01
5	11.5	5:29	5:00
6	11.5	5:30	4:59
7	11.4	5:31	4:57
8	11.4	5:32	4:56
9	11.4	5:33	4:54
10	11.3	5:33	4:53
11	11.3	5:34	4:52
12	11.3	5:35	4:51
13	11.2	5:36	4:49
14	11.2	5:37	4:48
15	11.2	5:38	4:47
16	11.1	5:38	4:45
17	11.1	5:39	4:44
18	11.0	5:40	4:43
19	11.0	5:41	4:42
20	11.0	5:42	4:41
21	10.9	5:43	4:39
22	10.9	5:44	4:38
23	10.9	5:45	4:37
24	10.8	5:45	4:36
25	10.8	5:46	4:35
26	10.8	5:47	4:34
27	10.7	5:48	4:33
28	10.7	5:49	4:32
29	10.7	5:50	4:31
30	10.6	5:51	4:30
31	10.6	5:52	4:29

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.79 kWh/m² to a high of 8.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.76 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)	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Tadmur

In seasonPeak

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

Tadmur sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

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Is October a good time to visit Tadmur?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Tadmur for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tadmur in October

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

In October, Tadmur sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Tadmur in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tadmur peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	7	8	11	9	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Tadmur 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 Tadmur is worst in May — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 28 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)	28	31	42	44	47	42	42	40	36	35	28	30
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	42	Poor
Apr	44	Poor
May	47	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	42	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	35	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	30	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tadmur?

Tadmur sits at 34.6°N, 38.3°E, 418 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Qaryatayn, 103 km away.

Topography around Tadmur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tadmur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 423 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 561 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,039 m.

The land around Tadmur is covered by bare terrain (68%) within 3 km, bare terrain (89%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

174 m

bare terrain 68%

16 km

561 m

bare terrain 89%

80 km

1,039 m

bare terrain 86%

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← September Tadmur year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Al Qaryatayn 103 km · As Salamīyah 123 km · Homs 144 km · Al-Tabqa 144 km · Rukban 144 km · Tallbīsah 145 km · Ar Rastan 147 km · Qārah 149 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2022
GDP per capita: $1,057; 2022
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate: 2.1; per 100k, 2010
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 456
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 Tadmur (34.5624°, 38.284°, elevation 418 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	17
2	30	17
3	30	16
4	30	16
5	30	16
6	30	16
7	30	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	15
12	29	15
13	28	15
14	28	15
15	28	15
16	28	15
17	27	15
18	27	14
19	27	14
20	27	14
21	26	14
22	26	14
23	26	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	23	12
31	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	92	8
6	91	9
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6