A quick update for sea ice extent:
Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent won’t be breaking the record set in 2008 for highest minimum. Extent is already 40,000 sq km below the record.
Extent is still 673,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent only dropped 5960 sq km from day 43 to day 44. Which brings it to within 9310 sq km of the 2008 record for highest minimum. That means at least one more day with the chance of a new record occurring. Maybe two. It isn’t impossible for this to be minimum, just unlikely. The earliest minimum was day 43 in 1996.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is still 702,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean, which is 23.4% above the mean.
A week ago I was sure a new record would be set for highest minimum. Two days ago I was sure the record would not be set. Now I’m not predicting.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 738,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Which is 24% above. The anomaly was slightly higher today because of the minimal melt – 30,000 sq km.
Extent is 3.805 million sq km, and is still 110,000 sq km above the record highest minimum set in 2008.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. Data is here. Click for bigger.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 717,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Which is 23% above. Today was the first non-record day in 18 days.
Extent is 3.83 million sq km, and is still 140,000 sq km above the record highest minimum set in 2008.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. (But it isn’t looking as good for a new record now). Data is here. Click for bigger.
A quick update for sea ice extent:
Graphs below. Click for bigger.
The 22nd daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Feb 8 (Day 39). The old record was from 2008.
The old record was broken by 78,260 sq km. Sea Ice is 807,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. (But it isn’t looking as good for a new record now). Data is here. Click for bigger.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is really on track to have the highest minimum in the modern satellite era.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent as of Feb 7 2014 was 904,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean and 220,000 sq km above 2008.
904,000 sq km above normal is 27.4%. Day 37 was the 20th daily record of the year.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. Data is here. Click for bigger.
The 17th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Feb 3 (Day 34).
The old record was broken by 290,000 sq km. Sea Ice is 980,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Thats 28.65%.
And WOW …. I know this is probably just an aberration (but it isn’t a normal time so who knows) but extent only fell 3230 sq km from day 33 to 34. Normally at this time of year extent falls around 40,000-100,000 sq km per day.
Caveat: the raw data has 0.00058 sq km in the missing column (which is usually 0). Not sure what that means, but that is only 580 sq km.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. Data is here. Click for bigger.
The 16th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Feb 2 (Day 33). For the first time this year the old record was from 2012, not 2008. 2012 did not have a high minimum, but did go on to set a new all time record at maximum (which was broken in 2013).
The old record was broken by 240,000 sq km. Sea Ice is 904,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Thats 25.76% above the 1981-2010 mean.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. Data is here. Click for bigger.
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