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.
There is an item in the National Hurricane Center web site tropical cyclone FAQ page that cites Typhoon Tip as the largest ever, with a radius of tropical storm winds extending 675 miles from the center in 1979, but that was not an Atlantic system.