Month: January 2015

Global Sea Ice Extent averaged 0.34 million sq km above the 1981-2010 average.

Highest Average since 1998.

In terms of Max, 2014 was the 18th highest out of 36.

In terms of Min, 2014 was the 13th highest out of 36.

Year	Min	Max	day of Max	day of Min	Avg Anomaly (million sq km)
1979	19.09222	27.48859	176	38	0.79
1980	18.5996	28.11968	289	57	0.37
1981	18.18091	27.48105	291	45	0.35
1982	18.76482	27.83626	306	42	0.85
1983	18.84029	27.89772	307	47	0.5
1984	17.71544	27.18759	316	40	0.13
1985	17.92867	27.61347	306	50	0.37
1986	18.80319	27.00445	317	45	0.08
1987	18.98408	27.15319	317	46	0.46
1988	18.15105	27.88244	319	45	0.46
1989	18.00758	27.50341	299	48	0.17
1990	18.3706	27.36396	294	45	-0.12
1991	17.96976	27.05178	309	63	0.07
1992	17.95822	27.58992	322	60	0.29
1993	17.84281	27.99757	310	57	0.12
1994	18.57179	27.97479	309	43	0.56
1995	18.49688	27.11473	306	45	-0.01
1996	17.79264	27.46173	293	57	0.39
1997	17.65372	27.04273	310	57	-0.17
1998	18.47935	27.58827	297	47	0.27
1999	17.94246	27.58386	306	62	0.23
2000	17.5882	26.93691	302	49	0.04
2001	18.52515	26.75864	319	38	0.05
2002	18.08847	26.81604	297	55	-0.64
2003	18.72494	27.09882	306	43	0.14
2004	18.31746	27.09686	316	51	-0.01
2005	17.07721	27.37923	308	38	-0.62
2006	16.7209	27.09882	298	30	-0.99
2007	17.21196	26.24784	308	47	-1.05
2008	18.43071	27.30686	310	46	0
2009	17.43751	26.17157	303	53	-0.24
2010	17.39862	26.71555	313	42	-0.4
2011	16.74368	26.17913	307	42	-1.24
2012	17.82476	25.90133	313	51	-0.81
2013	18.23868	27.49155	306	37	0.2
2014	17.87416	27.35877	307	43	0.34

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