Oroville weather in October

In October, Oroville sees average daytime highs of 76°F and overnight lows near 52°F, with 2.2 in of rain across 3.6 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 81°F in the first days to 71°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Oroville's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oroville's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 76°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 52°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 2.2 in; 3.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:23 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Oroville is city and county seat of Butte County, California, United States.

Density: 482/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1906

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 81°F in the first days to 71°F by the end.

A typical October day in Oroville reaches about 76°F in the afternoon and slips back to 52°F overnight — a 25°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 65°F and 87°F. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 10°F cooler than September and about 13°F 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 (°F)	82	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70
Avg low (°F)	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	82	56
2	82	55
3	82	55
4	81	55
5	81	55
6	80	54
7	80	54
8	80	54
9	79	53
10	79	53
11	79	53
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	52
15	77	52
16	77	52
17	76	51
18	76	51
19	76	51
20	75	51
21	75	50
22	74	50
23	74	50
24	73	49
25	73	49
26	72	49
27	72	49
28	71	48
29	71	48
30	70	48
31	70	47

How October really feels in Oroville

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

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.

Oroville weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	56° / 40°	7.8	11.1	1.9	9.5	3.8
Feb	60° / 42°	7.4	10.5	2.7	10.4	4.6
Mar	64° / 44°	6.4	11.1	1.9	11.7	5.7
Apr	70° / 48°	3.2	7.7	0.6	13	7.0
May	79° / 55°	2.0	5.3	0	14.1	7.7
Jun	88° / 61°	0.5	1.9	0	14.7	5.6
Jul	94° / 65°	0.0	0	0	14.5	3.9
Aug	92° / 64°	0.1	0.3	0	13.6	4.4
Sep	87° / 59°	0.3	1.1	0	12.3	6.3
Oct	76° / 52°	2.2	3.6	0	10.9	8.3
Nov	63° / 44°	4.5	8.3	0.8	9.8	5.8
Dec	56° / 39°	8.5	11.8	1.8	9.3	3.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. 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 (%)	88	87	87	86	86	84	84	83	83	83	82	81	81	80	80	80	78	78	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	69	68
Cloudier (%)	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	22	22	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	31	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	70	30
30	69	31
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Oroville gets around 2.2 in of rain over 3.6 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 12% and peaks near 18% 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 (%)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	18

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

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 (%)	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Wind in October

Winds average 5 mph in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph 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 (mph)	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 (mph)	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
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16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
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25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:00 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)	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:40
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:03	5:02	5:01	5:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:07	5:43
2	11.5	6:08	5:41
3	11.5	6:10	5:40
4	11.5	6:11	5:38
5	11.4	6:12	5:36
6	11.4	6:13	5:35
7	11.3	6:14	5:33
8	11.3	6:15	5:32
9	11.2	6:16	5:30
10	11.2	6:17	5:29
11	11.2	6:18	5:27
12	11.1	6:19	5:25
13	11.1	6:20	5:24
14	11.0	6:21	5:22
15	11.0	6:22	5:21
16	10.9	6:23	5:20
17	10.9	6:24	5:18
18	10.9	6:25	5:17
19	10.8	6:26	5:15
20	10.8	6:27	5:14
21	10.7	6:28	5:12
22	10.7	6:30	5:11
23	10.7	6:31	5:10
24	10.6	6:32	5:08
25	10.6	6:33	5:07
26	10.5	6:34	5:06
27	10.5	6:35	5:05
28	10.5	6:36	5:03
29	10.4	6:37	5:02
30	10.4	6:38	5:01
31	10.3	6:40	5:00

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.97 kWh/m² to a high of 8.24 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 4.16 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)	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.5	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Oroville

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Oroville?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Oroville in October

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

In October, Oroville sees daytime highs around 76°F and nights near 52°F. Worth packing: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Oroville in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Oroville peaks around July 10 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	6	9	10	10	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Oroville 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 Oroville is worst in July — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.2× the cleanest month (December, 8 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)	9	11	13	13	10	10	64	59	63	17	37	8
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Poor	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	64	Unhealthy
Aug	59	Unhealthy
Sep	63	Unhealthy
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Oroville?

Oroville sits at 39.5°N, 121.6°W, 167 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Paradise, 17 mi away.

Topography around Oroville

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Oroville.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Oroville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 472 ft around an average of 256 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,290 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8,333 ft.

The land around Oroville is covered by trees (36%), grassland (32%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 2 miles, trees (39%) and grassland (38%) within 10 miles, and trees (56%) and grassland (23%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

472 ft

trees 36%

10 miles

2,290 ft

trees 39%

50 miles

8,333 ft

trees 56%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

October weather nearby: Paradise 17 mi · Chico 21 mi · Yuba City 26 mi · Linda 27 mi · South Yuba City 28 mi · Lincoln 45 mi · Rocklin 53 mi · Roseville 55 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Oroville (39.5139°, -121.5578°, elevation 167 ft), 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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	82	56
2	82	55
3	82	55
4	81	55
5	81	55
6	80	54
7	80	54
8	80	54
9	79	53
10	79	53
11	79	53
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	52
15	77	52
16	77	52
17	76	51
18	76	51
19	76	51
20	75	51
21	75	50
22	74	50
23	74	50
24	73	49
25	73	49
26	72	49
27	72	49
28	71	48
29	71	48
30	70	48
31	70	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	70	30
30	69	31
31	68	32

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

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

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	82	56
2	82	55
3	82	55
4	81	55
5	81	55
6	80	54
7	80	54
8	80	54
9	79	53
10	79	53
11	79	53
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	52
15	77	52
16	77	52
17	76	51
18	76	51
19	76	51
20	75	51
21	75	50
22	74	50
23	74	50
24	73	49
25	73	49
26	72	49
27	72	49
28	71	48
29	71	48
30	70	48
31	70	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	70	30
30	69	31
31	68	32

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

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

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	82	56
2	82	55
3	82	55
4	81	55
5	81	55
6	80	54
7	80	54
8	80	54
9	79	53
10	79	53
11	79	53
12	78	53
13	78	53
14	78	52
15	77	52
16	77	52
17	76	51
18	76	51
19	76	51
20	75	51
21	75	50
22	74	50
23	74	50
24	73	49
25	73	49
26	72	49
27	72	49
28	71	48
29	71	48
30	70	48
31	70	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	70	30
30	69	31
31	68	32

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

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