Lancones District

Lancones District is one of eight districts of the province Sullana in Peru.^[1]

Lancones
District
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  (2005 census)
• Total	13,302
• Density	6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	200604

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

Climate data for Lancones, elevation 136 m (446 ft), (1991–2020)
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]