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The highest temperature forecast for the next 7 days (129.2° F/54.0° C is probably the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth)
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I say sad. Barstow is how you know you've made it back to California on a long road trip. You stop for gas and a little break, then get back on the 10 and stay on it until you burst out of the McClure Tunnel onto PCH.