{{short description|Mountain in Wyoming, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Francs Peak | image = Francs Peak.jpg | image_caption = Francs Peak from Haymaker Pass | elevation_ft = 13158 | elevation_ref = <ref name=pb>{{cite peakbagger|pid=5311|name=Francs Peak, Wyoming|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 4056 | prominence_ref = <ref name=pb/> | listing = {{unbulleted list |[[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 120th |[[List of the highest major summits of the United States|US highest major peaks]] 100th }} | location = [[Park County, Wyoming|Park County]], [[Wyoming]], U.S. | range = [[Absaroka Range]] | map = Wyoming#USA | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in Wyoming##Location in the United States | coordinates = {{coord|43|57|41|N|109|19|51|W|type:mountain_region:US-WY_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=1599842|name=Francs Peak|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref> | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Francs Peak | type = | age = | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Hike }} '''Francs Peak''', elevation {{convert|13158|ft}}, is the highest point in the [[Absaroka Range]] which extends from north-central [[Wyoming]] into south-central [[Montana]], in the [[United States]]. It is in the [[Washakie Wilderness]] of [[Shoshone National Forest]], and the peak is also the highest point in [[Park County, Wyoming]], which includes much of [[Yellowstone National Park]].<ref name=topo>{{cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Francs Peak, WY|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=43.96134&lon=-109.33070&datum=nad83&zoom=4|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref> It was named after [[Otto Franc]], a cattle baron and homesteader in the [[Big Horn Basin]] in the latter half of the 19th century.<ref name=sp>{{cite summitpost|id=153323|name=Francs Peak|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
==Climate== {{Weather box |location = Francs Peak 43.9586 N, 109.3331 W, Elevation: {{cvt|12671|ft}} (1991–2020 normals) |single line = y
|Jan high F = 17.5 |Feb high F = 16.7 |Mar high F = 21.8 |Apr high F = 26.7 |May high F = 36.0 |Jun high F = 46.7 |Jul high F = 56.7 |Aug high F = 55.7 |Sep high F = 47.0 |Oct high F = 34.5 |Nov high F = 23.0 |Dec high F = 16.9
|Jan mean F = 8.1 |Feb mean F = 6.5 |Mar mean F = 10.9 |Apr mean F = 15.4 |May mean F = 24.2 |Jun mean F = 34.0 |Jul mean F = 42.8 |Aug mean F = 42.0 |Sep mean F = 34.1 |Oct mean F = 23.1 |Nov mean F = 13.7 |Dec mean F = 7.7
|Jan low F = -1.4 |Feb low F = -3.7 |Mar low F = 0.1 |Apr low F = 4.1 |May low F = 12.4 |Jun low F = 21.3 |Jul low F = 28.9 |Aug low F = 28.2 |Sep low F = 21.1 |Oct low F = 11.8 |Nov low F = 4.4 |Dec low F = -1.4
|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation inch = 1.84 |Feb precipitation inch = 2.11 |Mar precipitation inch = 2.35 |Apr precipitation inch = 2.93 |May precipitation inch = 5.26 |Jun precipitation inch = 2.42 |Jul precipitation inch = 1.70 |Aug precipitation inch = 1.68 |Sep precipitation inch = 2.19 |Oct precipitation inch = 2.03 |Nov precipitation inch = 2.02 |Dec precipitation inch = 2.32
|source=PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web |url= http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ |title= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University |publisher= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University |access-date= October 2, 2023 |quote= 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.}}</ref> }}
==See also== * [[4000 meter peaks of North America]] * [[Central Rocky Mountains]] * [[Mountain peaks of North America]] * [[Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains]] * [[Mountain peaks of the United States]]
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