Arctic Sea Ice Within One Standard Deviation of ‘Normal’ and 600,000 sq km higher than 2010.

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 162 of 2014:

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 711,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,168,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -457,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 30 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.