The highest recorded temperature in the continental United States was 134 âF in Death Valley, California, on July 10, 1913.
Largest hurricane in world records. In the Pacific ocean, Super Typhoon Tip (1979) is the largest. In the Atlantic ocean, Hurricane Ike (2008) is the largest. Largest hurricane in world records <br/>In the Pacific ocean, Super Typhoon Tip (1979) is the largest.  In the Atlantic ocean, Hurricane Ike (2008) is the largest.
(A typhoon is the same thing as a hurricane, just in a different part of the world.). There are known records for wind speeds that outstrip anything ever measured in a hurricane. The fastest regular wind that's widely agreed upon was 231 mph, recorded at Mount Washington, New Hampshire, on April 12, 1934.