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I see what you're saying. I had taken the use to mean the situation is tumbling, not the temperatures. But upon a closer reading (of the title specifically) it seems a more reasonable interpretation of the word tumble is:
The object of the verb 'tumble' is "climate records". That is, the climate records are tumbling. A tumbling record is one which has fallen over and been surpassed. So what they're saying by using the word "tumble" is: previous climate records have fallen over and been surpassed.
I do agree it's a weird word choice, but I don't think it's wrong or even playing on a potential uncommon secondary definition. It's not saying temperatures have tumbled, but rather records have tumbled.
Oh. That must be where it's from, the records specifically tumbling. As you say, weird, but not really wrong
Thank you. I believe the other headline was also talking about the heat. Maybe they were also talking about records.
It's been tickling my brain for several days now and when I saw the used this way again I was like "Well that's not going away until I get an answer" haha.