Update: And another record
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 14 2014 – 1,191,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 256. Data here.
Amazing. Day 256 has broken the day 255 all-time record by 110,000 sq km. And the daily record from 2013 was broken by 230,000 sq km.
History making.
Global Sea Ice Extent Sep 13 2014 – 23,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 255. Data here.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 13 2014 – -1,098,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 255. Data here.
Day 255 is a new minimum at 5.11471 million sq km – 4800 sq km lower than day 253. (Day 254 was 20,000 sq km higher than day 253)
Update: A 3rd all-time record has been set
Update: Another record was set the next day.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 13 2014 – 1,121,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 255. Data here.
Global Sea Ice Extent Sept 12 2014 – -17,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 254. Data here.
Update: Antarctica is setting records for sea ice too.
246 Low Max Records Broken or Tied From Sept 1 to Sept 10 according to the NOAA.
A “Low Max” means that the maximum temperatures for the day was the lowest it has ever been. This indicates daytime cooling.
Below is a screenshot showing location and the biggest difference between old record and new record.
The list is just the ones I could capture in a screenshot.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 12 2014 – -1,048,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 254. Data here.
Day 253 is potentially the minimum for 2014.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 12 2014 – 1,030,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 254. Data here.
5th Highest of All-Time – 32,210 sq km From A New Record
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 11 2014 – -1,117,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 253. Data here.
According to the NOAA, August 2014 ranked 110th wettest out of 120 (120 is wettest). 0.48″ above the 1901-2000 average.
The last August that was wetter was 1977.
sunshine hours 