Urganch weather in May

In May, Urganch sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Urganch's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Urganch's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 12 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 5:44 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 6th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Urganch is city in Uzbekistan.

Density: 5,000/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1643

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Urganch reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	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)	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18

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

How May really feels in Urganch

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 1 day 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 May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Urganch weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -6°	10	2.7	1.5	9.3	0.0
Feb	6° / -4°	11	2.6	1.1	10.3	0.7
Mar	14° / 2°	17	3.5	0.3	11.7	4.7
Apr	22° / 10°	16	3.6	0	13.1	7.8
May	29° / 16°	12	2.6	0	14.3	6.6
Jun	34° / 20°	4	1.2	0	14.9	3.8
Jul	36° / 22°	1	0.3	0	14.7	2.8
Aug	34° / 20°	1	0.1	0	13.7	4.3
Sep	28° / 14°	1	0.3	0	12.3	8.0
Oct	20° / 7°	5	1.7	0	10.9	8.1
Nov	11° / 0°	9	2.6	0.4	9.7	3.1
Dec	4° / -4°	7	2.2	0.8	9	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	63	64	64	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	73	73	75	77	77	78	80	80	81	82	83	83	84
Cloudier (%)	37	36	36	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	27	27	25	23	23	22	20	20	19	18	17	17	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	75	25
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Urganch gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 10% 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 (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6

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

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 94% 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	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, 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)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
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	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 7:48 PM to 8:17 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)	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:32
Sunset (PM)	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.8	6:02	7:48
2	13.8	6:00	7:49
3	13.8	5:59	7:50
4	13.9	5:58	7:51
5	13.9	5:56	7:52
6	14.0	5:55	7:53
7	14.0	5:54	7:54
8	14.0	5:53	7:55
9	14.1	5:51	7:56
10	14.1	5:50	7:57
11	14.2	5:49	7:58
12	14.2	5:48	8:00
13	14.2	5:47	8:01
14	14.3	5:46	8:02
15	14.3	5:45	8:03
16	14.3	5:44	8:04
17	14.4	5:43	8:05
18	14.4	5:42	8:06
19	14.4	5:41	8:07
20	14.5	5:40	8:08
21	14.5	5:39	8:09
22	14.5	5:38	8:10
23	14.5	5:38	8:10
24	14.6	5:37	8:11
25	14.6	5:36	8:12
26	14.6	5:35	8:13
27	14.7	5:35	8:14
28	14.7	5:34	8:15
29	14.7	5:33	8:16
30	14.7	5:33	8:17
31	14.8	5:32	8:17

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.57 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)	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.6	Intense
19	6.7	Intense
20	6.7	Intense
21	6.7	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.8	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.9	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	6.9	Intense
29	7.0	Intense
30	7.0	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Urganch

In seasonPeak

In May, Urganch sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Dust

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May

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Nov

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Is May a good time to visit Urganch?

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

6.6

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

8.1

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Urganch in May

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

In May, Urganch sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Urganch in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Urganch peaks around June 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	5	7	9	7	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Urganch in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Urganch is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 27 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)	27	37	55	51	44	37	38	40	48	41	43	31
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	51	Poor
May	44	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	38	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Urganch?

Urganch sits at 41.6°N, 60.6°E, 94 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Beruniy, 18 km away.

Topography around Urganch

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Urganch has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 99 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 369 m.

The land around Urganch is covered by artificial surfaces (84%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (57%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

artificial surfaces 84%

16 km

20 m

cropland 73%

80 km

369 m

bare terrain 57%

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← April Urganch year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Beruniy 18 km · Qo’shko’pir 24 km · Khiva 29 km · Shovot 30 km · Novyy Turtkul’ 32 km · Gurlan 38 km · Hazorasp 45 km · Görogly 60 km

Uzbekistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,968; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 82%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 11.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 439
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 Urganch (41.5518°, 60.6314°, elevation 94 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	26	13
2	26	13
3	26	13
4	27	13
5	27	14
6	27	14
7	27	14
8	28	14
9	28	14
10	28	15
11	28	15
12	29	15
13	29	15
14	29	15
15	29	15
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	30	16
19	30	16
20	30	16
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	17
24	31	17
25	31	17
26	31	17
27	31	17
28	31	17
29	32	18
30	32	18
31	32	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	75	25
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	75	25
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	75	25
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	84	16

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11