Day 342 and 343 (Dec 8th/9th) were daily records for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. That makes them the 106th and 107th records for 2013.
2008 still leads with 122 daily records. 2013 does have 244 1st and 2nd place finishes for in front of 2008 with 160 1st and 2nds.
2013 will probably only set 2 or 3 more records before the records set in 2007 prevent any more.
sunshine hours 
Off topic, but should be of interest to you.
Is there something wrong with the UAH satellite temperatures see these 2 posts at Warwick Hughes blog Errors in IPCC climate science.
http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=2501
and
http://www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=2496
Any theories on why the ice build up is slow in the Alaska strait side of the Arctic?
Record highs.
http://northwestpassage2013.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/while-most-of-us-froze-parts-of-alaska.html
magnetic north moved further into Siberia causing changes in jet stream and storm rotation in the Artic.
that same move of magnetic south happened in Antarctica and down there the change in magnetic South has generated the record temperatures….just a theory but can anyone figure out or verify this theory….?