Hot and Cold Extremes

In following with expendablenlightenment that can help you win trivia contests and impress your friends, here's some information about extremes in the world that I bet you don't know.

First, here's the hot temperatures:

What is the hottest recorded temperature in the world?
136 °F in Libya, September 13, 1922

What is the hottest recorded temperature in North America?
134 °F in Death Valley, California, July 10, 1913

What is the hottest recorded temperature in Asia?
129 °F in Israel, June 21, 1942

What is the hottest recorded temperature in Europe?
118.4 °F in Greece, July 10, 1977

What is the hottest recorded temperature in Oceania?
123.3 °F in Australia, January 2, 1960

What is the hottest recorded temperature in South America?
120.4 °F in Argentina, January 2, 1920

What is the hottest recorded temperature in Antarctica?
59 °F, January 5, 1974

What is the hottest recorded temperature at the South Pole?
7.5 °F, December 27, 1978

And now for the cold temperatures:

What is the coldest recorded temperature in the world?
−128.6 °F in Antarctica, July 21, 1983

What is the coldest recorded temperature in North America?
−87 °F in Greenland, January 9, 1954

What is the coldest recorded temperature in Asia?
−90 °F in Russia, February 7, 1892, and again on February 6, 1933

What is the coldest recorded temperature in Europe?
−72.6°F in Russia, December 31, 1978

What is the coldest recorded temperature in South America?
−38 °F in Argentina, July 17, 1972

What is the coldest recorded temperature in Oceania?
−14.1 °F in New Zealand, July 18, 1903

What is the coldest recorded temperature in Africa?
−11 °F in Morocco, February 11, 1935

What is the coldest recorded temperature in Hawaii?
12 °F, May 17, 1979

Here's some other bizarre temperature facts:

What's the fastest temperature rise recorded?
49 °F in 2 minutes, South Dakota, January 22, 1943

What's the most consecutive recorded days above 100 °F?
160 days in Australia, October 31, 1923 to April 7, 1924

What's the fastest temperature drop recorded?
49 °F in 15 minutes, South Dakota, January 10, 1911

Bet you didn't know that?