Butunduzi weather in September

In September, Butunduzi sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 126 mm of rain across 21.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in September, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Butunduzi's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Butunduzi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 126 mm; 21.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:51 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical September day in Butunduzi reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	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	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Butunduzi weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 17°	41	8.5	12	6.0
Feb	29° / 18°	47	9.2	12	5.1
Mar	28° / 18°	111	18.6	12	4.5
Apr	27° / 17°	142	22.8	12	4.2
May	27° / 17°	113	20.1	12	5.0
Jun	27° / 17°	48	10.2	12	6.2
Jul	28° / 17°	32	7.4	12	6.6
Aug	27° / 17°	89	15.8	12	5.5
Sep	27° / 16°	126	21.4	12	4.6
Oct	27° / 16°	172	26.4	12	4.0
Nov	26° / 16°	190	26	12	4.0
Dec	27° / 16°	95	15.6	12	5.6

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	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
Clearer (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	21
Cloudier (%)	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	74	74	75	76	76	77	78	78	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	21	79
30	21	79

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Butunduzi gets around 126 mm of rain over 21.4 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 71% and peaks near 78% 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
Rain chance (%)	65	66	67	67	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	78	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	70
19	71
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	74
26	75
27	76
28	77
29	78
30	78

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the humid band about 88% 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
Dry (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comfortable (%)	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5
Humid (%)	80	81	81	83	84	85	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	92	93	94	94	95	95
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	17	80	0
2	3	16	81	0
3	3	16	81	0
4	2	15	83	0
5	2	14	84	0
6	2	13	85	0
7	1	13	86	0
8	1	13	86	0
9	1	12	87	0
10	1	12	87	0
11	1	12	87	0
12	1	12	87	0
13	0	12	88	0
14	0	12	88	0
15	0	12	88	0
16	0	11	89	0
17	0	11	89	0
18	0	11	88	1
19	0	11	88	1
20	0	10	89	1
21	0	10	89	1
22	0	9	90	1
23	0	9	90	1
24	0	8	91	1
25	0	7	92	1
26	0	7	93	0
27	0	6	94	0
28	0	6	94	0
29	0	5	95	0
30	0	5	95	0

Wind in September

Winds average 6 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
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16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
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24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:46 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
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46
Sunset (PM)	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:56	6:57
2	12.0	6:56	6:56
3	12.0	6:55	6:56
4	12.0	6:55	6:56
5	12.0	6:55	6:55
6	12.0	6:54	6:55
7	12.0	6:54	6:54
8	12.0	6:54	6:54
9	12.0	6:53	6:54
10	12.0	6:53	6:53
11	12.0	6:53	6:53
12	12.0	6:52	6:53
13	12.0	6:52	6:52
14	12.0	6:52	6:52
15	12.0	6:51	6:51
16	12.0	6:51	6:51
17	12.0	6:50	6:51
18	12.0	6:50	6:50
19	12.0	6:50	6:50
20	12.0	6:49	6:49
21	12.0	6:49	6:49
22	12.0	6:49	6:49
23	12.0	6:48	6:48
24	12.0	6:48	6:48
25	12.0	6:48	6:48
26	12.0	6:47	6:47
27	12.0	6:47	6:47
28	12.0	6:47	6:46
29	12.0	6:46	6:46
30	12.0	6:46	6:46

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in February across the year — September's 5.63 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	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	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Butunduzi?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Butunduzi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Butunduzi in September

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

In September, Butunduzi sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Butunduzi in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Butunduzi peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 10 (extreme).

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)	12	14	16	14	12	10	11	12	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Butunduzi in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Butunduzi is worst in January — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (April, 20 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)	48	48	28	20	20	27	31	27	25	22	25	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	48	Poor
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Butunduzi?

Butunduzi sits at 0.6°N, 30.9°E, 1,337 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kyegegwa, 22 km away.

Topography around Butunduzi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Butunduzi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m around an average of 1,292 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 379 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,012 m.

The land around Butunduzi is covered by trees (71%) within 3 km, trees (58%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

254 m

trees 71%

16 km

379 m

trees 58%

80 km

2,012 m

trees 45%

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← August Butunduzi year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Kyegegwa 22 km · Kyenjojo 27 km · Katoke 30 km · Rwamwanja Refugee Camp 32 km · Kyaka II Refugee Camp 35 km · Muhorro 42 km · Kagadi 43 km · Kyarusozi 44 km

Uganda travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,206; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 18%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 29.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 518
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 Butunduzi (0.5547°, 30.8548°, elevation 1,337 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	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	16
8	27	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	16
13	27	16
14	27	16
15	27	16
16	27	16
17	27	16
18	27	16
19	27	16
20	27	16
21	27	16
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	27	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	21	79
30	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	70
19	71
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	74
26	75
27	76
28	77
29	78
30	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	17	80	0
2	3	16	81	0
3	3	16	81	0
4	2	15	83	0
5	2	14	84	0
6	2	13	85	0
7	1	13	86	0
8	1	13	86	0
9	1	12	87	0
10	1	12	87	0
11	1	12	87	0
12	1	12	87	0
13	0	12	88	0
14	0	12	88	0
15	0	12	88	0
16	0	11	89	0
17	0	11	89	0
18	0	11	88	1
19	0	11	88	1
20	0	10	89	1
21	0	10	89	1
22	0	9	90	1
23	0	9	90	1
24	0	8	91	1
25	0	7	92	1
26	0	7	93	0
27	0	6	94	0
28	0	6	94	0
29	0	5	95	0
30	0	5	95	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	21	79
30	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	70
19	71
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	74
26	75
27	76
28	77
29	78
30	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	17	80	0
2	3	16	81	0
3	3	16	81	0
4	2	15	83	0
5	2	14	84	0
6	2	13	85	0
7	1	13	86	0
8	1	13	86	0
9	1	12	87	0
10	1	12	87	0
11	1	12	87	0
12	1	12	87	0
13	0	12	88	0
14	0	12	88	0
15	0	12	88	0
16	0	11	89	0
17	0	11	89	0
18	0	11	88	1
19	0	11	88	1
20	0	10	89	1
21	0	10	89	1
22	0	9	90	1
23	0	9	90	1
24	0	8	91	1
25	0	7	92	1
26	0	7	93	0
27	0	6	94	0
28	0	6	94	0
29	0	5	95	0
30	0	5	95	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	25	75
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	21	79
30	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	70
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	70
19	71
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	73
24	74
25	74
26	75
27	76
28	77
29	78
30	78

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	17	80	0
2	3	16	81	0
3	3	16	81	0
4	2	15	83	0
5	2	14	84	0
6	2	13	85	0
7	1	13	86	0
8	1	13	86	0
9	1	12	87	0
10	1	12	87	0
11	1	12	87	0
12	1	12	87	0
13	0	12	88	0
14	0	12	88	0
15	0	12	88	0
16	0	11	89	0
17	0	11	89	0
18	0	11	88	1
19	0	11	88	1
20	0	10	89	1
21	0	10	89	1
22	0	9	90	1
23	0	9	90	1
24	0	8	91	1
25	0	7	92	1
26	0	7	93	0
27	0	6	94	0
28	0	6	94	0
29	0	5	95	0
30	0	5	95	0