Mount Patterson | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,654 feet (3,552 m)[1] |
Prominence | 4,193 ft (1,278 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 38°26′12″N 119°18′19″W / 38.43667°N 119.30528°W[2] |
Geography | |
Parent range | Sweetwater Mountains |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Uncertain |
Mountain type | Rhyolitic volcano |
Volcanic arc | Sweetwater Mountains, Sierra Nevada |
Mount Patterson is a mountain peak located in Mono County, California.
The summit is 11,654 feet (3,552 m) in elevation[1] making it the highest mountain in the Sweetwater Mountains.[2]
There is no weather station at the summit, but this climate table contains interpolated data for an area around the summit. The peak of Mount Patterson has an Alpine climate (ET).
Climate data for Mount Patterson 38.4189 N, 119.2930 W, Elevation: 11,411 ft (3,478 m) (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 30.5 (−0.8) |
29.2 (−1.6) |
31.6 (−0.2) |
36.0 (2.2) |
44.1 (6.7) |
54.3 (12.4) |
62.9 (17.2) |
62.3 (16.8) |
56.2 (13.4) |
46.7 (8.2) |
36.4 (2.4) |
30.4 (−0.9) |
43.4 (6.3) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 21.4 (−5.9) |
19.4 (−7.0) |
21.4 (−5.9) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
32.0 (0.0) |
41.3 (5.2) |
49.1 (9.5) |
48.4 (9.1) |
42.7 (5.9) |
34.6 (1.4) |
26.7 (−2.9) |
21.4 (−5.9) |
31.9 (0.0) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 12.2 (−11.0) |
9.6 (−12.4) |
11.3 (−11.5) |
13.2 (−10.4) |
20.0 (−6.7) |
28.2 (−2.1) |
35.3 (1.8) |
34.5 (1.4) |
29.3 (−1.5) |
22.5 (−5.3) |
17.0 (−8.3) |
12.4 (−10.9) |
20.5 (−6.4) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 8.88 (226) |
7.43 (189) |
6.50 (165) |
3.53 (90) |
2.12 (54) |
0.66 (17) |
0.71 (18) |
0.72 (18) |
0.59 (15) |
2.25 (57) |
3.27 (83) |
7.27 (185) |
43.93 (1,117) |
Source: PRISM Climate Group[3] |