Category: Antarctic
Global Sea Ice Extent Minimum – Day 37- 2019
Yesterday I did the Antarctic Minimum. I should have done Global first because it occurred on day 37. 2019 is the 6th lowest and 2nd earliest. (However global is fluctuating enough that it might set a lower minimum)
| Year | Min | Max | dMax | dMin | Avg_Anomaly |
| 2018 | 16 | 25.297 | 308 | 41 | -1.999859551707 |
| 2017 | 16.159 | 25.514 | 301 | 43 | -2.122856811981 |
| 2006 | 16.766 | 27.121 | 298 | 30 | -1.030958181844 |
| 2016 | 16.782 | 24.34 | 189 | 49 | -1.891595298443 |
| 2011 | 16.789 | 26.173 | 307 | 53 | -1.28041571609 |
| 2019 | 16.931 | 37 | |||
| 2005 | 17.137 | 27.383 | 308 | 38 | -0.66262941472 |
| 2007 | 17.238 | 26.257 | 308 | 47 | -1.103281469515 |
| 2010 | 17.467 | 26.72 | 313 | 38 | -0.446300647597 |
| 2009 | 17.471 | 26.2 | 303 | 53 | -0.283922565405 |
| 2000 | 17.642 | 26.972 | 302 | 49 | -0.001786555273 |
| 1997 | 17.705 | 27.047 | 310 | 57 | -0.206818455816 |
| 1984 | 17.784 | 27.234 | 316 | 40 | 0.104608166493 |
| 1996 | 17.844 | 27.505 | 293 | 57 | 0.352727105929 |
| 1993 | 17.877 | 27.994 | 310 | 57 | 0.078507571581 |
| 2012 | 17.891 | 25.914 | 313 | 53 | -0.846652675492 |
| 2015 | 17.891 | 26.453 | 305 | 49 | -0.284566401022 |
| 2014 | 17.957 | 27.3 | 307 | 43 | 0.302137708567 |
| 1985 | 17.97 | 27.636 | 306 | 50 | 0.348808166303 |
| 1999 | 17.983 | 27.626 | 295 | 62 | 0.187663735965 |
| 1991 | 18.003 | 27.067 | 291 | 63 | 0.029647297608 |
| 1992 | 18.013 | 27.608 | 322 | 60 | 0.251910166038 |
| 1989 | 18.038 | 27.536 | 299 | 48 | 0.128050037334 |
| 2002 | 18.123 | 26.83 | 297 | 55 | -0.680010236638 |
| 1988 | 18.197 | 27.872 | 319 | 45 | 0.415307757873 |
| 1981 | 18.245 | 27.531 | 291 | 45 | 0.294626749663 |
| 2013 | 18.295 | 27.49 | 306 | 37 | 0.156236338704 |
| 2004 | 18.341 | 27.094 | 316 | 51 | -0.055256500629 |
| 1990 | 18.407 | 27.407 | 294 | 46 | -0.161048592803 |
| 2008 | 18.488 | 27.312 | 310 | 46 | -0.039934096257 |
| 1998 | 18.521 | 27.603 | 297 | 47 | 0.231269215417 |
| 1995 | 18.543 | 27.135 | 306 | 45 | -0.054618455816 |
| 1995 | 18.543 | 27.135 | 306 | 46 | -0.054618455816 |
| 1980 | 18.59 | 28.145 | 307 | 57 | 0.314510311307 |
| 2001 | 18.602 | 26.748 | 319 | 38 | 0.00815688665 |
| 1994 | 18.614 | 28 | 309 | 47 | 0.520803461992 |
| 2003 | 18.781 | 27.105 | 306 | 37 | 0.1020253798 |
| 1982 | 18.819 | 27.871 | 302 | 42 | 0.827232408727 |
| 1983 | 18.848 | 27.911 | 307 | 41 | 0.448918530485 |
| 1986 | 18.863 | 27.019 | 317 | 45 | 0.020082914047 |
| 1987 | 19.055 | 27.157 | 317 | 46 | 0.429053635272 |
| 1979 | 19.127 | 27.49 | 178 | 38 | 0.768569874292 |
Arctic is 560,000 sqkm Higher Than 2018 – Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 50 – 2019
Antarctic Minimum Approaching – Day 49 – 2019
UPDATE: The post was premature. It may be day 59.
Antarctic minimum is approaching (or may have occurred) 2017 and 2018 were lowest minimums. 2019 is 10th lowest (although that may change a bit).
That kind of oscillation is “normal” and getting larger. The oscillation graph is just Day 49 but thats close to the normal day of min.
| Year | Min | Max | day of Max | day of Min | Avg_Anomaly |
| 2017 | 2.08 | 18.145 | 282 | 60 | -0.904021753581 |
| 2018 | 2.15 | 18.222 | 273 | 49 | -0.715287507005 |
| 1997 | 2.264 | 18.792 | 265 | 58 | -0.262895726184 |
| 1993 | 2.281 | 18.71 | 263 | 50 | -0.233008054951 |
| 2011 | 2.319 | 18.954 | 266 | 53 | -0.152375178238 |
| 1984 | 2.382 | 18.37 | 266 | 58 | -0.20397636284 |
| 2006 | 2.487 | 19.36 | 264 | 51 | -0.192035452211 |
| 1992 | 2.492 | 18.467 | 255 | 54 | -0.241630203122 |
| 1980 | 2.521 | 19.092 | 267 | 57 | -0.390551802967 |
| 2019 | 2.544 | 48 | |||
| 1991 | 2.554 | 18.671 | 273 | 58 | -0.108073808375 |
| 2000 | 2.582 | 19.159 | 272 | 49 | 0.106979086495 |
| 1996 | 2.597 | 18.831 | 267 | 56 | 0.12888072584 |
| 1985 | 2.602 | 18.931 | 254 | 50 | -0.045367912714 |
| 2016 | 2.616 | 18.581 | 242 | 48 | -0.438132935363 |
| 1988 | 2.639 | 18.785 | 277 | 55 | -0.142789879716 |
| 2009 | 2.671 | 19.299 | 267 | 53 | 0.395643999844 |
| 1981 | 2.694 | 18.856 | 261 | 51 | -0.210032677284 |
| 2002 | 2.697 | 18.116 | 252 | 51 | -0.4313395618 |
| 1999 | 2.707 | 18.981 | 273 | 51 | 0.107734410803 |
| 1989 | 2.723 | 18.274 | 266 | 51 | -0.227268328923 |
| 2007 | 2.723 | 19.086 | 272 | 50 | 0.034159068337 |
| 1998 | 2.772 | 19.244 | 258 | 56 | 0.085424821762 |
| 1990 | 2.784 | 18.379 | 273 | 53 | -0.24335326043 |
| 2005 | 2.804 | 19.295 | 272 | 49 | 0.041931671077 |
| 2010 | 2.842 | 18.998 | 249 | 47 | 0.453843999844 |
| 1983 | 2.843 | 18.811 | 263 | 55 | -0.256928852148 |
| 1982 | 2.89 | 18.55 | 246 | 54 | -0.021131648978 |
| 1979 | 2.911 | 18.361 | 256 | 48 | 0.039939779594 |
| 1986 | 2.953 | 18.027 | 261 | 65 | -0.555519016082 |
| 1987 | 3.01 | 18.524 | 258 | 52 | -0.249198161098 |
| 1994 | 3.083 | 18.827 | 243 | 43 | 0.121022082036 |
| 2012 | 3.111 | 19.478 | 266 | 54 | 0.364189469009 |
| 2004 | 3.259 | 19.124 | 252 | 51 | 0.321249578299 |
| 1995 | 3.33 | 18.762 | 269 | 55 | 0.141808383406 |
| 2001 | 3.441 | 18.494 | 271 | 50 | 0.019676876556 |
| 2015 | 3.544 | 18.912 | 275 | 49 | 0.761153588885 |
| 2014 | 3.548 | 20.201 | 263 | 52 | 1.123178246419 |
| 2003 | 3.626 | 18.68 | 268 | 48 | 0.316339890255 |
| 2013 | 3.679 | 19.608 | 274 | 50 | 0.870657698474 |
| 2008 | 3.692 | 18.298 | 247 | 51 | 0.599159414364 |
sunshine hours 