Three days ago I did a post about it being the 8th largest refreeze at the same days as 2012.

The most recent data is from day 294 (34 days past minimum), so the post is about the most new ice from minimum to the 34th day after minimum.

2012 has moved up from 8th to 5th in terms of area, and of course it is even further ahead in percentage change at 92.7%.

Arctic Sea Ice has increased by 500,000 sq km in just 3 days.

Year	Minimum_Extent	ExtentDay	Extent	Extent_Change	Extent_Change_Pct
2008	4.55469	296	8.34631	3.79162	83.2
1990	6.0191	298	9.62753	3.60843	59.9
2005	5.31832	299	8.74216	3.42384	64.4
2010	4.59918	296	7.73029	3.13111	68.1
2012	3.36855	294	6.49108	3.12253	92.7
1999	5.68009	289	8.66543	2.98534	52.6
1989	6.88931	299	9.81185	2.92254	42.4
1991	6.26027	293	9.13597	2.8757	45.9
1979	6.89236	298	9.67205	2.77969	40.3
2004	5.77608	297	8.41616	2.64008	45.7
2002	5.62456	290	8.22117	2.59661	46.2
1982	7.15423	290	9.73903	2.5848	36.1
1998	6.29922	294	8.87962	2.5804	41
2003	5.97198	294	8.53999	2.56801	43
2000	5.9442	289	8.4217	2.4775	41.7
1988	7.04905	289	9.25929	2.21024	31.4
1984	6.39916	294	8.60637	2.20721	34.5
1993	6.15699	283	8.33967	2.18268	35.5
2006	5.74877	291	7.88317	2.1344	37.1
2001	6.56774	296	8.56063	1.99289	30.3
1981	6.88784	287	8.85254	1.9647	28.5
1986	7.12351	283	9.05756	1.93405	27.2
1996	7.15283	288	9.08053	1.9277	27
1992	7.16324	285	9.05854	1.8953	26.5
1983	7.19145	285	9.07326	1.88181	26.2
2009	5.05488	289	6.82818	1.7733	35.1
2007	4.1607	291	5.88829	1.72759	41.5
1987	6.89159	279	8.54745	1.65586	24
1985	6.4799	284	8.10411	1.62421	25.1
2011	4.30207	285	5.70884	1.40677	32.7
1980	7.52476	283	8.74495	1.22019	16.2
1994	6.92645	282	8.14096	1.21451	17.5
1995	5.98945	286	6.96936	0.97991	16.4
1997	6.61353	280	7.39169	0.77816	11.8