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Antarctica Sea Ice Extent All-Time Record Maximum on Sept 22 2013

Published on September 22, 2013 by sunshinehours15 Comments

Antarctica Sea Ice Extent set another all-time record of 19.51394 million sq km on Sept 22 2013.

The old record was 19.51234 million sq km which was set on September 14 2013 (Day 257).

The record was broken by .00264 million sqk km.

Click graph for bigger. Data is here.

52nd Daily Record of Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent on Sept 20th

Published on September 21, 2013 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Sept 20th (Day 263) Antarctic Sea Ice Extent set its 52nd daily record for the year. (12th in a row) Of course Antarctic Sea Ice hit an all-time record on the 14th.

Antarctic Sea Ice gained 31,000 sq km on day 263. It also looks like there is a decent chance of a new all-time record on day 264 or day 265. 2012 had a double peak.

Click graph for bigger. Data is here.

50th Daily Record of Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent on Sept 19th

Published on September 19, 2013 by sunshinehours14 Comments

Sept 19th (Day 261) Antarctic Sea Ice Extent set its 50th daily record for the year. Of course Antarctic Sea Ice hit an all-time record on the 14th.

The last two days have also seen a small ice gain of 13,000 and 3,000 sq km. and it is 980,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.

Click graph for bigger. Data is here.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Stats for 2013 (so far)

Published on September 17, 2013 by sunshinehours14 Comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent has dropped two days in a row (see below) after setting an all time record.

It may very well rise again. But I thought I would publish some stats.

Maximum Sea Ice Extent for 2013 occurred (so far) on day 257 which was the 10th earliest. The earliest was day 243 in 1994. The latest was day 277 in 1988. The lowest max was in 1986.

Minimum Sea Ice Extent for 2013 occurred on day 50 which was the 7th earliest. It was the 2nd highest minimum behind 2008. The earliest minimum was also in 1994 on day 43. The latest minimum occurred on day 65 in 1986. The lowest minimum was in 1997.

Year	Min	Max	day of Max	day of Min
2013	3.6504	19.51234	257	50
2012	3.11109	19.47713	266	54
2011	2.31884	18.95328	266	53
2010	2.8422	18.9968	249	47
2009	2.67096	19.29864	267	53
2008	3.69176	18.29726	247	51
2007	2.7227	19.08545	272	50
2006	2.4866	19.35934	264	51
2005	2.80387	19.29451	272	49
2004	3.25927	19.12341	252	51
2003	3.6257	18.67907	268	48
2002	2.69691	18.11556	252	51
2001	3.44094	18.49324	271	50
2000	2.58248	19.15817	272	49
1999	2.70723	18.98068	273	51
1998	2.7715	19.2433	258	56
1997	2.26415	18.79094	265	58
1996	2.59733	18.83039	267	56
1995	3.32988	18.7353	269	55
1994	3.08286	18.8266	243	43
1993	2.28078	18.709	263	50
1992	2.49238	18.4663	255	54
1991	2.55355	18.66993	273	58
1990	2.78435	18.3788	273	53
1989	2.7229	18.27368	266	51
1988	2.63862	18.78456	277	55
1987	3.01642	18.52332	258	52
1986	2.95395	18.02672	261	65
1985	2.60211	18.93215	254	50
1984	2.38292	18.37747	266	58
1983	2.84656	18.81042	263	55
1982	2.8927	18.55004	246	52
1981	2.69524	18.85906	261	51
1980	2.52686	19.09137	267	57
1979	2.91521	18.36699	256	48

47th Daily Record of Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent on Sept 15th

Published on September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Sept 14th (Day 257) Antarctic Sea Ice Extent set an all time record (during the satellite era).

But Sept 15th (Day 258) also saw the 47th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent (even though it was the first ice loss in 9 days).

Click graph for bigger. Data is here.

Antarctica Sea Ice Extent All-Time Record Maximum on Sept 14 2013

Published on September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 by sunshinehours115 Comments

Antarctica Sea Ice Extent set an all-time record of 19.51234 million sq km on September 14 2013 (Day 257).

The old record was 19.47713 million sq km set in 2012.

Click graph for bigger. Data is here. This post is a day late because NSIDC was closed due to flooding in Boulder.

IPCC: We Predicted Less Antartic Ice and We Have No Idea Why It Is Increasing

Published on September 15, 2013September 16, 2013 by sunshinehours11 Comment

UPDATE: Antarctica Set An All Time Record For Sea Ice Extent on Sept 14th. Read about it here.

David Rose is getting a lot of hate for telling the truth about shoddy climate models.

But this quote from the leaked upcoming AR5 jumped out at me:

“‘Most models simulate a small decreasing trend in Antarctic sea ice extent, in contrast to the small increasing trend in observations… There is low confidence in the scientific understanding of the small observed increase in Antarctic sea ice extent.’

Read the full article here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2420783/Global-warming-just-HALF-said-Worlds-climate-scientists-admit-computers-got-effects-greenhouse-gases-wrong.html

43rd Daily Record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent – 2013 would be 3rd Highest Maximum of All Time

Published on September 12, 2013 by sunshinehours12 Comments

September 11th (Day 254) saw the 43rd Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. So far, 2013 would be the 3rd highest maximum of All Time behind 2012 and 2006.

2012’s maximum was 19.47713 million sq km
2006’s maximum was 19.35934 million sq km
2013’s maximum so far is 19.35119 million sq km

Click graph for bigger. Data is here.

42nd Daily Record of Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent – 250,000 sq km of New Ice in 3 Days

Published on September 11, 2013 by sunshinehours15 Comments

September 10th (Day 253) saw the 42nd Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. There has been 250,000 sq km of new ice in last 3 Days.

Click graph for bigger. Data is here.

41st Daily Record of Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent

Published on September 10, 2013 by sunshinehours13 Comments

September 9th (Day 252) saw the 41st Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. For a few days it looked like the growth was over, but the last 2 days have seen 74,000 sq km gains each day.

Click graph for bigger. Data is here.