Antarctica Sea Ice Extent Min/Max Stats For 1979 – 2014

In Antarctica Sea Ice Extent set an all time record of 20.14215 million sq km.

The average anomaly for the year was 1.09 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean – the highest ever.

Year Min Max day of Max day of Min Avg Anomaly
1979 2.91521 18.36699 256 48 0.04
1980 2.52686 19.09137 267 57 -0.39
1981 2.69524 18.85906 261 51 -0.21
1982 2.8927 18.55004 246 52 -0.02
1983 2.84656 18.81042 263 55 -0.25
1984 2.38292 18.37747 266 58 -0.2
1985 2.60211 18.93215 254 50 -0.04
1986 2.95395 18.02672 261 65 -0.55
1987 3.01642 18.52332 258 52 -0.24
1988 2.63862 18.78456 277 55 -0.14
1989 2.7229 18.27368 266 51 -0.23
1990 2.78435 18.3788 273 53 -0.24
1991 2.55355 18.66993 273 58 -0.11
1992 2.49238 18.4663 255 54 -0.24
1993 2.28078 18.709 263 50 -0.23
1994 3.08286 18.8266 243 43 0.12
1995 3.32988 18.7353 269 55 0.15
1996 2.59733 18.83039 267 56 0.13
1997 2.26415 18.79094 265 58 -0.26
1998 2.7715 19.2433 258 56 0.08
1999 2.70723 18.98068 273 51 0.11
2000 2.58248 19.15817 272 49 0.11
2001 3.44094 18.49324 271 50 0.02
2002 2.69691 18.11556 252 51 -0.43
2003 3.6257 18.67907 268 48 0.32
2004 3.25927 19.12341 252 51 0.32
2005 2.80387 19.29451 272 49 0.04
2006 2.4866 19.35934 264 51 -0.19
2007 2.7227 19.08545 272 50 0.03
2008 3.69176 18.29726 247 51 0.6
2009 2.67096 19.29864 267 53 0.39
2010 2.8422 18.9968 249 47 0.45
2011 2.31884 18.95328 266 53 -0.15
2012 3.11109 19.47713 266 54 0.36
2013 3.67897 19.60692 274 50 0.87
2014 3.51506 20.14215 263 51 1.09

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