July 2003. Highest temperature with 100% relative humidity: A temperature of with 100% relative humidity in Jask, Iran, on 21 July 2012. Coldest Lowest temperatures recorded The coldest temperature recorded is , in Antarctica. By continent Africa Antarctica Asia Europe North America South America Oceania Other low-temperature records Coldest summer (month of July in the Northern Hemisphere): ; Summit Camp, Greenland on 4 July 2017. Lowest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere: ; Greenland Ice Sheet, Greenland on 22 December 1991. Record extreme temperature differences Greatest 2-minute temperature increase: 27 °C (49 °F), from to ; Spearfish, South Dakota, on 22 January 1943. Greatest 24-hour temperature increase: +57 °C (+102.6 °F), from to ; Loma, Montana, on 15 January 1972. Fastest temperature drop: 27.2 °C (49 °F) in 5 minutes; Rapid City, South Dakota, 10 January 1911. Largest temperature range ever in 1 area: 105.8 °C (190.4 °F), from on 15 January 1885, 5,7 February 1892 to on 20 June 2020; Verhoyansk, Sakha Republic, Russia Precipitation Least per year (locale): per year or less, Quillagua, Antofagasta Region, Chile. Rain Most in 60 seconds (1 minute): . Barot, Sainte-Anne, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, France 11:03–11:04 am on 26 November 1970. Most in 180 seconds (3 minutes): . Portobelo, Colón, Panama, 29 November 1911 Most in 300 seconds (5 minutes): . Oklahoma, United States, 29 November 1911 Most in 60 minutes (1 hour): . Holt, Missouri, United States, 22 June 1947. Most in 12 hours (-day): ; Cilaos, Réunion, 8 January 1966, during Tropical Cyclone Denise. Most in 24 hours (1 day): ; Cilaos, Réunion, 7–8 January 1966, during Tropical Cyclone Denise. Most in 48 hours (2 days): ; Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India, 15–16 June 1995. Most in 72 hours (3 days): ; Commerson, Réunion, 24–26 February 2007, during Cyclone Gamede. Most in 96 hours (4 days): ; Commerson, Réunion, 24–27 February 2007, during Cyclone Gamede. Most in one year: ; Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India, 1860–1861. Most from a single tropical cylone: ; Commerson, Réunion, during Cyclone Hyacinthe in January 1980. Highest average annual total (observed over 10 years): (over 38 years) and (1998–2010); Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India or (1980–2011); López de Micay, Cauca, Colombia. Most consecutive days with measurable rain a day with at least of rainfall: 331 days in Oahu, Hawaii, 1939-1940 Snow Most in a 24-hour period: of snow on Mount Ibuki, Japan on 14 February 1927. Most in one calendar month: 9.91 meters (390