Lancones District
Lancones | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Piura |
| Province | Sullana |
| Founded | December 3, 1917 |
| Capital | Lancones |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,189.35 km2 (845.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 13,302 |
| • Density | 6.1/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 200604 |
Lancones District is one of eight districts of the province Sullana in Peru.[1]
In 2016, the Lancones District recorded a temperature of 39.8 °C (103.6 °F), which is the joint highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Peru along with Chulucanas.[2]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Lancones, elevation 136 m (446 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.8 (92.8) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.9 (93.0) | 33.5 (92.3) | 31.5 (88.7) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.7 (87.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.6 (90.7) | 31.8 (89.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.1 (66.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.7 (1.84) | 102.2 (4.02) | 149.5 (5.89) | 47.3 (1.86) | 6.9 (0.27) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.3 (0.05) | 0.4 (0.02) | 21.3 (0.84) | 375.8 (14.8) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
- ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (2019-01-26). "Récords de calor en el norte | OPINION". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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