temperature records fall Analysis

[GoodTaste]

After 363 years tracking summer heat, U.K. could see an all-time high
By William Booth
Europeans shocked by ‘heat apocalypse’ as temperature records fall
Analysis: Record heat wave deepens Europe’s energy crisis

Source: Washington Post

I don't understand the meaning of "fall" here. It seems to be the typo of "fail" - I am not sure.

 

[Rover_KE]

Old records are being broken.

New record high temperatures are being achieved every day.

 

[teechar]

[temperature records] (noun phrase)
[fall] (verb)
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Otherwise, see Rover_KE's answer above.

 

[emsr2d2]

When a record is broken (beaten), we say that the previous record falls.