1. I subscribe to the Washington Post and read the article you tried to link to. But I'm not responsible for fixing your errors.
2. The contiguous U.S. covers less than 2% of the world's surface area (about 5.5% of the world's land area). Some of the historical records (such as the highly dubious world record of 134 °F from Death Valley, or Mount Washington's peak wind speed of 231 mph) were almost certainly erroneous, and outliers and record values manually recorded by amateur volunteers are more likely to be suspect.
3. Of course continental areas are warming faster than oceans. If you don't understand the basics, perhaps that explains your general conclusion.