Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 09 2014 – 892,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 251. Data here.
168th daily record.
Month: September 2014
Global Sea Ice Extent Sep 08 2014 – -Slightly below the mean
Global Sea Ice Extent Sep 08 2014 – -120,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 250. Data here.
Slightly below the mean – highest Since 2006
MASIE Arctic Sept 8 2014 – Tiny Gain – Central Arctic Losses Shrink
Sept 8 2014 MASIE Update – Tiny Gain – Central Arctic Losses Shrink
Data here. Click for bigger.
| Region | 163 days ago | End | Last 162 | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 181,050 | -422,366 | -107,920 | -65,228 | -33,303 | -23,063 | -20,409 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 2,968,800 | -253,121 | -165,937 | -11,731 | -46,477 | -26,501 | -4,137 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 124,699 | -521,218 | 25,108 | -6,880 | -14,657 | -5,225 | -1,399 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 96,216 | -837,644 | -120,965 | -70,240 | -35,190 | -15,204 | -994 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 20,349 | -1,240,554 | -96,437 | -29,389 | -18,411 | -1,684 | -424 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 6,084 | -891,760 | -131,835 | -15,339 | -20,988 | -3,444 | -326 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 0 | -697,324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 0 | -853,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 281,531 | -684,475 | -241,025 | -123,322 | -43,379 | -22,031 | 397 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 18,010 | -1,670,521 | -9,558 | 7,767 | 531 | 3,039 | 1,754 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 527,541 | -559,596 | -239,256 | -32,520 | -11,800 | -25,367 | 2,131 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 503,775 | -349,439 | -92,054 | -11,719 | 8,357 | -471 | 9,751 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 734,191 | -336,254 | -71,757 | 22,919 | 16,257 | 27,194 | 19,392 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 5,463,388 | -9,341,727 | -1,251,636 | -335,682 | -199,060 | -92,757 | 5,735 |
| NH (Average Loss per Day) | -57,311 | -44,701 | -23,977 | -28,437 | -30,919 | 5,735 |
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Oooops. Germany Forgot About Eclipses and their effect on a power grid with lots of expensive solar.
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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 08 2014 – A Drop But Still A Daily Record And 856,000 sq km above Normal
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 08 2014 – 856,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 250. Data here.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 08 2014 – Small Gain
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 08 2014 – -976,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 250. Data here.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 07 2014 – -1,045,000 sq km below Normal
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 07 2014 – -1,045,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 249. Data here.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 07 2014 – Daily Record Smashed By 290,000 sq km
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 07 2014 – 986,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 249. Data here.
Wow. The old Daily Record is Smashed By 290,000 sq km.
Only 37 days had more Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. One of those days was in 2006. All the rest were in 2012 and 2013.
MASIE Arctic Sept 6 2014 – Central Arctic Takes a Tumble
Sept 6 2014 MASIE Update – Central Arctic Takes a Tumble
Data here. Click for bigger.
| Region | 161 days ago | End | Last 160 | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 2,973,233 | -248,689 | -195,406 | -48,016 | -27,861 | -29,620 | -22,069 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 284,201 | -681,805 | -245,480 | -121,921 | -61,631 | -21,300 | -19,360 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 487,137 | -366,077 | -128,130 | -24,762 | -21,989 | -27,816 | -17,109 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 101,124 | -832,735 | -127,704 | -66,221 | -35,730 | -27,780 | -10,296 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 121,208 | -524,709 | 24,595 | -9,978 | -14,612 | -13,413 | -8,716 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 6,411 | -891,434 | -144,705 | -16,516 | -18,746 | -11,058 | -3,117 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 201,459 | -401,957 | -75,881 | -33,410 | -24,703 | -15,061 | -2,654 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 0 | -697,324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 0 | -853,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 15,151 | -1,673,379 | -37,735 | 4,909 | 698 | 404 | 180 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 23,551 | -1,237,352 | -109,899 | -26,332 | -18,712 | -4,074 | 1,518 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 555,583 | -531,554 | -258,848 | -18,480 | 28,081 | 12,026 | 2,675 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 715,487 | -354,958 | -108,677 | 7,066 | -2,833 | 8,573 | 8,490 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 5,485,686 | -9,319,428 | -1,407,870 | -353,662 | -198,039 | -129,118 | -70,459 |
| NH (Average Loss per Day) | -57,885 | -50,281 | -25,262 | -28,291 | -43,039 | -70,459 |
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 06 2014 – Still Dropping
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 06 2014 – -1,007,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 248. Data here.
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