1983-7-21;Lowest ever recorded temperature on Earth: -89.2 C (-128.6 F), Vostok Station, Antarctica
2010-8-10;Unconfirmed lowest ever recorded temperature on Earth: -93.2 C (-136 F), Antarctica.
1913-7-10;Highest ever recorded temperature on Earth: 56.7 C (134 F), Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley, California, U.S.
1931-7-7;Highest ever recorded temperature in Africa: 55.0 C (131 F), Kebili, Tunisia
2012-7-31;Highest ever recorded temperature in Asia: 53.6 C (128.5 F), Sulaibya, Kuwait
1960-1-2;Highest ever recorded temperature in Oceania: 50.7 C (123.3 F), Oodnadatta, South Australia
1920-1-2;Highest ever recorded temperature in South America: 49.1 C (120.4 F), Villa de María, Cordoba Province, Argentina
1977-7-10;Highest ever recorded temperature in Europe: 48.0 C (118.4 F), Athens, Greece
2015-3-24;Highest ever recorded temperature in Antarctica: 17.5 C (63.5 F), Hope Bay, Triniti Peninsula
1943-1-22;Fastest ever recorded temperature rise: 27 C (49 F) in two minutes - Spearfish, South Dakota
1892-2-7;Lowest ever recorded temperature in Asia: -68 C (-90 F), Verkhoyansk, Sakha Republic, Russia (equal temperature also measured on February 6th 1933 in Oymyakon)
1933-2-6;Lowest ever recorded temperature in Asia: -68 C (-90 F), Oymyakon, Sakha Republic, Russia (equal temperature also measured on February 7th 1892 in Verkhoyansk)
1954-1-9;Lowest ever recorded temperature in North America: -66.1 C (-87.0 F), North Ice, Greenland
1978-12-31;Lowest ever recorded temperature in Europe: -58.1 C (-72.6 F), Ust Shchugor, Komi Republic, Russia
1972-7-17;Lowest ever recorded temperature in South America: -39 C (-38 F), Valle de los Patos Superior, San Juan, Argentina
1935-2-11;Lowest ever recorded temperature in Africa: -24 C (-11 F), Ifrane, Morocco
1903-7-18;Lowest ever recorded temperature in Oceania: -25.6 C (-14.1 F), Ranfurly, Central Otago, New Zealand
1911-1-10;Fastest ever recorded temperature drop: 27.2 C (49 F) in 15 minutes - Rapid City, South Dakota
1970-11-25;Most ever recorded rain in one minute: 38 mm (1.5 in) - Barot, Guadeloupe
1947-6-22;Most ever recorded rain in one hour: 305 mm (12.0 in) (in 42 minutes) - Holt, Missouri, U.S.
1966-1-8;Most ever recorded rain in 12 hours: 1144 mm (45.0 in) - Cilaos, Reunion, during tropical cyclone Denise
1966-1-7;Most ever recorded rain in 24 hours: 1825 mm (71.9 in) - Cilaos, Reunion, during tropical cyclone Denise
1999-5-3;Fastest ever recorded wind speed: 484 +/- 32 km/h (301 +/- 20 mph) 3-second gust, DOW (Doppler on Wheels) radar unit in a tornado near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
1996-4-10;Fastest ever recorded wind speed with an anemometer: 407 km/h (253 mph) 3-second gust, Barrow Island, Western Australia
1934-4-12;Fastest ever recorded wind speed with an anemometer outside a tropical cyclone - 372 km/h (231 mph) sustained 1-minute average, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, U.S.
1951-3-21;Fastest ever recorded daily wind speed average: 174 km/h (108 mph), Port Martin, Adelie Land, Antarctica
1925-3-18;Deadliest tornado in history in North America, 695 deaths, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, U.S.
1979-10-12;Most intense ever recorded tropical cyclone by minimum surface air pressure: 870 hPa (25.63 inHg), eye of Super Typhoon Tip over the Pacific Oceania
2005-10-19;Most intense tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere by minimum surface air pressure, 882 hPa (26.05 inHg), eye of Hurricane Wilma
1935-9-2;Most intense ever recorded tropical cyclone on land by minimum surface air pressure: 892 hPa (26.35 inHg), Craigs Key Florida, eye of the Labor Day Hurricane. 
1986-4-14;Heaviest officially recorded hail: 1.02 kg (2.25 lb), Gopalganj District, Bangladesh
2010-7-23;Largest diameter hail officially measured: 20 cm (8.0 in) diameter, 47.3 cm (18.625 in) circumference, Vivian, South Dakota, U.S.
2003-6-22;Largest circumference hail officially measured: 47.6 cm (18.75 in) circumference, 18 cm (7.0 in) diameter, Aurora, Nebraska
2001-10-13;Longest ever recorded lightning bolt: 190 km (120 mi)
2003-12-29;World record UV index measured: 43.3 in Licancabur volcano, Bolivia
2001-12-19;Highest air pressure ever recorded (above 750 meters): 1084.8 hPa (32.03 inHg), Tosontsengel, Khovsgol Province, Mongolia (equivalent sea-level pressure)
1989-4-26;The deadliest tornado in world history. Daulatpur-Saturia tornado in Bangladesh, which killed approximately 1300 people.
1974-4-3;One of the most extensive tornado outbreak on record, in almost every category - the Super Outbreak, affected a large area of the central United States and extreme southern Ontario in Canada. It featured 148 tornadoes in only 18 hours and unprecedented number of them were violent: 7 were F5 intensity and 23 were F4 intensity. During the peak of this outbreak there were 16 tornadoes on the ground at the same time. More than 300 people, possibly as many as 330, were killed. 
2011-4-27;Most tornadoes in single 24-hour period. 3-day tornado outbreak produced 355 tornadoes, with 211 in just one 24 hour period, including 11 F4 and 4 F5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occured in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related. 
1925-3-18;The Tri-State Todnado killed 695 people in Missouri (11), Illinois (613) and Indiana (71), making it the deadliest single tornado in US history. It is also the longest known track for a single tornado, with a path of 151 to 235 mi (243 to 378 km).
1896-3-27;St.Louis-East St.Louis tornado incurred the most damages adjusted for wealth and inflation in world history - an estimated 2.9 billion (1997 USD) in raw numbers.
2011-5-22;The costliest tornado in recent history, with damage totals near 2.8 USD (2011 USD).
1999-5-3;F5 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado - DOW near the tornado measured winds of 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h) momentarily in a small area inside the funnel approximately 100 m above the ground making it the highest observed wind speed in a tornado ever recorded.
2013-5-31;Officially the widest tornado on record - El Reno, Oklahoma tornado, with a width of 2.6 mi (4.2 km) at its peak. This is the width found by the NWS based on preliminary data from University of Oklahoma RaxPol mobile radar.
1054-4-30;Earliest known tornado in Europe - struck Rosdalia, near Kilbeggan, Ireland.
1521-8-21;The earliest known tornado in the Americas - an apparent tornado struck Tlateloclo (today Mexico City), two day before the Azetc capital´s fall to Cortes.
2006-3-12;Matt Suter of Fordland, Missouri holds the record for the longest-known distance traveled by anyone picked up by a tornado who lived to tell about it. He was carried 1307 ft (398 m), according to NWS measurements.
2013-11-7;Most intense (official 1-minute maximum sustained surface winds) tropical cyclone: 195 mph (315 km/h) - Typhoon Haiyan in northwest Pacific Basin.
1961-9-12;Most intense (unofficial 1-minute maximum sustained winds): 215 mph (345 km/h) tropical cyclone - Typhoon Nancy in northwest Pacific Basin.
1979-10-12;Most intenst (10-minute maximum sustained winds) tropical cyclone: 160 mph (260 km/h) - Typhoon Tip in northwest Pacific Basin.
1983-9-21;Fastest tropical cyclone intensification ever recorded: 100 hPa (985 to 885) in just 24 hours - Typhoon Forrest in northwest Pacific Ocean
1996-4-10;Highest wind gusts measured during tropical cyclone - Cyclone Olivia in Barrow Island, Australia.
1899-3-5;Highest strom surge during tropical cyclone: 14.5 m (48 ft) - Cyclone Mahina in Bathurst Bay, Queensland, Australia.
1979-10-12;Largest tropical cyclone (winds from center): gale winds 39 mph (63 km/h) extending 2220 km (1380 mi) from center - Typhoon Tip in northwest Pacific Ocean.
2008-10-7;Smallest ever observed tropical cyclone (winds from center): gale winds 17 m/s (39 mph) extending 16 km (10 mi) from center.
1960-8-20;Largest ever recorded tropical cyclone eye: 370 km (230 mi) - Typhoon Carmen in northwest Pacific Ocean
2005-10-19;Smallest ever recorded tropical cyclone eye: 3.7 km (2.3 mi) - Hurricane Wilma in Caribbean Sea.
1973-10-6;Warmest ever recorded tropical cyclone eye: 30 C (86 F) at 700 hPa - Typhoon Nora west Pacific Basin.
2005-8-29;Costliest tropical cyclone in history: 108 billion (2005 USD) in damages - Hurricane Katrina in western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
1970-11-12;Deadliest ever tropical cyclone: c. over 500 thousand fatalities - 1970 Bhola cyclone in Bay of Bengal.
2001-12-26;Closest ever formation of tropical cyclone to the equator: 1.4 N - Tropical Storm Vamei in the South China Sea.
2013-11-8;Heaviest natural object moved by tropical cyclone - 177 short tons (354k lb) - Typhoon Haiyan on Samar Island, Phillippines.
1927-2-14;World record for snow depth: 1182 cm (38.78 ft). It was measured on the slope of Mt. Ibuki in Shiga Prefecture, Japan at altitude of 1200 m (3900 ft)