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Mount Agassiz
Mount Agassiz
	West side of Mt. Agassiz
Highest point
Elevation	12,433 ft (3,790 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	1,018 ft (310 m)
Coordinates	40°42′40″N 110°49′25″W / 40.7110572°N 110.823503°W
Geography
	Mount Agassiz Location in Utah
Location	Duchesne / Summit counties, Utah, U.S.
Parent range	Uinta Mountains
Topo map	USGS Hayden Peak

Mount Agassiz is a peak in the Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah with an elevation of 12,433 feet (3,790 m). It is located in the High Uintas Wilderness and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The summit is named in honor of Louis Agassiz,^[3] a well-known paleontologist, glaciologist and geologist.

Climate

Climate data for Mount Agassiz 40.7107 N, 110.8239 W, Elevation: 12,041 ft (3,670 m) (1991–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	23.4 (−4.8)	23.6 (−4.7)	30.1 (−1.1)	35.6 (2.0)	43.8 (6.6)	54.7 (12.6)	62.5 (16.9)	60.9 (16.1)	53.0 (11.7)	41.3 (5.2)	29.6 (−1.3)	23.6 (−4.7)	40.2 (4.5)
Daily mean °F (°C)	13.8 (−10.1)	13.1 (−10.5)	18.4 (−7.6)	23.3 (−4.8)	31.8 (−0.1)	42.0 (5.6)	50.1 (10.1)	48.7 (9.3)	41.1 (5.1)	30.4 (−0.9)	20.0 (−6.7)	13.9 (−10.1)	28.9 (−1.7)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	4.2 (−15.4)	2.6 (−16.3)	6.7 (−14.1)	11.0 (−11.7)	19.7 (−6.8)	29.2 (−1.6)	37.6 (3.1)	36.5 (2.5)	29.3 (−1.5)	19.4 (−7.0)	10.4 (−12.0)	4.1 (−15.5)	17.6 (−8.0)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	4.93 (125)	4.62 (117)	4.41 (112)	4.53 (115)	3.89 (99)	2.53 (64)	2.00 (51)	2.07 (53)	3.09 (78)	3.80 (97)	3.78 (96)	4.43 (113)	44.08 (1,120)
Source: PRISM Climate Group^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Mount Agassiz, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
^ "Mount Agassiz". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
^ "What Utah mountain range honors prominent geoscientists of the 19th century and who were they?". Utah Geological Survey. Utah Department of Natural Resource. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
^ "PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University". PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. Retrieved November 6, 2023. To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.