A quick update for sea ice extent for day 188 of 2014

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 33,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 16 for the day.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,369,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,336,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

This is a chart of the number of daily records and 2nd,3rd etc.  2014 now has more daily records (First) than any other year.

2014 is in 3rd place for top 5 … but it is only July 8. 180 days to go in the year.

There are no daily records from before 2007!

Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Top 5
2014	121	25	13	28	1	188
2013	113	101	60	42	12	328
2008	59	82	29	19	19	208
2010	47	81	26	16	8	178
2007	21	0	2	3	10	36
2012	5	22	14	10	29	80
2009	0	6	41	43	34	124
2003	0	1	25	36	43	105
2006	0	27	29	21	12	89
2000	0	4	15	19	10	48
2005	0	4	20	8	14	46
1998	0	4	16	11	14	45
1996	0	0	19	8	16	43
1995	0	0	3	9	29	41
2001	0	0	14	11	13	38
1979	0	2	16	9	9	36
2004	0	5	4	11	16	36
1994	0	0	8	13	11	32
1988	0	1	0	10	16	27
1982	0	0	2	10	9	21
1985	0	0	5	7	7	19
1980	0	1	3	10	4	18
1984	0	0	1	4	6	11
1999	0	0	0	0	10	10
2011	0	0	0	3	7	10
1981	0	0	1	4	2	7
1986	0	0	0	1	3	4
1991	0	0	0	0	1	1
2002	0	0	0	0	1	1

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