Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 18 2014 – -1,179,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 260. Data here.
A Rise of 27,000 sq km, Day 259 with 4.98339 million sq km is now the potential minimum (but I make no predictions since it has been a surprising year).
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Day 261: MASIE shows a small loss of 15,000 Km2 for a new 2014 minimum of 5.11 M Km2, or 32.9% of March max.
Melting was limited to Beaufort, Chukchi, and East Siberian Seas. The end is near, almost a week later than the average minimum date of day 255.
MASIE extent is still slightly higher than NOAA at 5.06 M Km2 on day 261 (up from 2014 minimum of 4.97 on day 259).
Region Date Reported Ann Min %of Max
(0) Northern_Hemisphere 2014261 5112054 32.9%
(1) Beaufort_Sea 2014261 661010 61.8%
(2) Chukchi_Sea 2014261 240193 24.9%
(3) East_Siberian_Sea 2014261 461785 42.5%
(4) Laptev_Sea 2014260 887 0.1%
(5) Kara_Sea 2014260 61733 6.6%
(6) Barents_Sea 2014248 121208 16.5%
(7) Greenland_Sea 2014252 162018 21.3%
(8) Baffin_Bay_Gulf_of_St._Lawrence 2014230 9776 0.5%
(9) Canadian_Archipelago 2014260 331660 38.9%
(10) Hudson_Bay 2014261 1723 0.1%
(11) Central_Arctic 2014259 2950168 90.8%