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.
Hurricane, which is a Caribbean Indian word for evil spirit and big wind, is a large rotating system of oceanic tropical origin with sustained surface winds of at least 74 mph somewhere in the storm. These storms occur worldwide, and are called different names in different places.