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{{Short description|Mountain in Utah, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
 | name = Delano Peak
 | photo = Delano Peak.JPG
 | photo_caption = Delano Peak on January 1, 2006
 | elevation_ft = 12174
 | elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="ngs">{{cite ngs |id=JO0502 |designation=Delano Peak M 5 |access-date=2016-04-12}}</ref>
 | prominence_ft = 4689
 | prominence_ref = <ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=3824 |name=Delano Peak, Utah |access-date=2008-11-01}}</ref>
 | listing = {{unbulleted list
  | [[List of the most isolated major summits of North America|North America isolated peaks]] 111th
  | Utah County High Points 7th<ref name="pbl">{{cite peakbagger |lid=13209 |title=Utah County High Points |access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref>
}}
 | location = [[Beaver County, Utah|Beaver]] / [[Piute County, Utah|Piute]] counties, [[Utah|Utah, U.S.]]
 | range = [[Tushar Mountains]]
 | coordinates = {{coord|38.369194964|N|112.371398381|W|type:mountain_region:US-UT_scale:100000_source:ngs|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | range_coordinates = 
 | coordinates_ref = <ref name="ngs"/>
 | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Delano Peak
 | first_ascent = 
 | easiest_route = 
}}

'''Delano Peak''' is a mountain in the [[Tushar Mountains]] in the [[Fishlake National Forest]] in [[Beaver County, Utah|Beaver]] and [[Piute County, Utah|Piute]] counties in [[Utah]], United States.<ref>{{gnis|1440404|Delano Peak}}</ref>

==Description==
The peak (pronounced deh-lah-no), is the highest point in the Tushar Mountains and in both Beaver and Piute counties. The Tushar Mountains are the third-highest range in the state, after the [[Uinta Mountains]] and the [[La Sal Range]], though Delano Peak itself is surpassed in height by at least thirty-one other Utah peaks. The mountain is named for [[Columbus Delano]] (1809–1896), [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] during the [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant]] administration.<ref>{{cite summitpost |id=152064 |name=Delano Peak (UT) |access-date=2011-05-09}}</ref> Delano Peak is located just east of [[Beaver, Utah|Beaver]], and can be seen clearly from [[Interstate 70 in Utah|Interstate 70]] and [[Interstate 15 in Utah|Interstate 15]].

==Climate==
{{Weather box
|location = Delano Peak 38.3652 N, 112.3766 W, Elevation: {{cvt|11821|ft}} (1991–2020 normals)
|single line = y

|Jan high F = 27.4
|Feb high F = 27.4
|Mar high F = 32.3
|Apr high F = 37.7
|May high F = 46.4
|Jun high F = 57.9
|Jul high F = 64.6
|Aug high F = 62.7
|Sep high F = 55.8
|Oct high F = 45.0
|Nov high F = 33.8
|Dec high F = 27.1

|Jan mean F = 17.6
|Feb mean F = 16.9
|Mar mean F = 21.1
|Apr mean F = 25.7
|May mean F = 34.2
|Jun mean F = 44.8
|Jul mean F = 51.9
|Aug mean F = 50.3
|Sep mean F = 43.4
|Oct mean F = 33.5
|Nov mean F = 23.9
|Dec mean F = 17.5

|Jan low F = 7.8
|Feb low F = 6.4
|Mar low F = 9.9
|Apr low F = 13.7
|May low F = 22.0
|Jun low F = 31.6
|Jul low F = 39.1
|Aug low F = 37.9
|Sep low F = 31.0
|Oct low F = 22.0
|Nov low F = 14.0
|Dec low F = 7.9

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.32
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.20
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.38
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.57
|May precipitation inch = 2.85
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.12
|Jul precipitation inch = 2.25
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.79
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.31
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.35
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.45
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.18

|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= November 6, 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==
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* [[List of mountains in Utah]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Delano Peak}}

{{US isolated |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Mountains of Utah]]
[[Category:Fishlake National Forest]]
[[Category:Mountains of Beaver County, Utah]]
[[Category:Mountains of Piute County, Utah]]


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