August 19 (Day 231) saw the 24th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent.

Day 231 Sea Ice Extent was 950,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.

2013 has a chance at catching 2006 and 2012 for the number of daily records set in a year.

Year	No of Records
2008	125
2010	115
2006	27
2012	27
2013	24
2007	21
2009	8
2004	5
1998	4
2000	4
2005	3
1979	2
1980	1

Click graph for bigger. Data is here.