Day 218 of 2014 – Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,033,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.
Still slowly approaching the Standard Deviation bounds. And 1,000,000 sq km higher than 2012.
MASIE Arctic Aug 6 2014 – Steady Melting
Aug 8 2014 MASIE Update – Steady Melting … but the Central Arctic is barely changing. In fact it is actually 4,463 sq km higher than it was 14 days ago.
NOTE: NSIDC/MASIE data for day 215 was missing (I assume for the same reason NSIDC data stopped being updated) and NSIDC were quick to fix it.
Data here. Click for bigger.
| Region | 130 days ago | End | Last 129 | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 822,445 | -248,000 | -69,244 | -3,166 | -17,569 | -31,204 | -28,565 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 561,262 | -404,744 | -147,978 | -86,115 | -50,374 | -34,264 | -22,355 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 868,784 | -218,353 | -144,199 | -137,194 | -79,372 | -26,721 | -17,484 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 140,166 | -1,120,738 | -470,713 | -113,117 | -25,550 | -14,703 | -6,106 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 656,561 | -196,653 | -87,247 | -53,545 | -39,432 | -21,661 | -3,203 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 55,677 | -1,632,853 | -195,060 | -61,857 | -18,821 | -16,871 | -3,105 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 282,868 | -650,992 | -448,132 | -214,643 | -47,588 | -33,220 | 0 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 0 | -697,324 | -8,943 | -1,339 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 0 | -853,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 347,046 | -256,369 | -85,109 | -49,343 | -2,950 | -4,984 | 1,032 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 199,784 | -698,061 | -272,530 | -177,737 | -73,430 | -13,255 | 1,470 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 3,200,691 | -21,230 | -26,401 | 4,463 | -6,564 | -4,297 | 1,962 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 94,317 | -551,600 | -14,868 | 3,765 | 17,641 | -301 | 4,026 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 7,230,743 | -7,574,371 | -1,970,795 | -889,828 | -344,008 | -201,479 | -72,329 |
| NH (Average Loss per Day) | -58,264 | -70,386 | -63,559 | -49,144 | -67,160 | -72,329 |
Global Sea Ice Extent Aug 6 2014 – 293,000 sq km Above Normal
Global Sea Ice Extent is 293,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Still higher than any year (for day 217) since 2000.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 6 2014 – 1,357,000 sq km Above Normal – 139th Daily Record
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,357,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 139th daily record for 2014.
A pause after a huge jump. Those pauses are not unusual as you can see from the 2013 record breaking run (the black line).
Arctic Sea Ice Extent – Aug 6 2014 – 13% Below ‘Normal’
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,064,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. 13% below “normal’. Slowly approaching the Standard Deviation bounds.
Global Sea Ice Extent Aug 5 2014 – 305,000 sq km Above ‘Normal’ – Highest Since 2000
Thanks to an amazing rise in Antarctica, Global Sea Ice Extent is 305,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
It is the highest for this day since 2000.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 5 2014 – Amazing Rise! 49 Days Ahead of ‘Normal’
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,418,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is so high it is higher than the maximum mean which usual occurs around day 265. Which means it is now 49 days ahead of normal!
Of course the extent for day 216 is still 1,000,000 sq km below the record set in 2013 … but that occurred on day 273.
And in just 1 day the extent rose 240,000 sq km. And it rose 700,000 sq km in last 7 days.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent – Aug 4 2014
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,097,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 4 2014 – 1,231,000 sq km Above Normal – 137th Daily Record
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,231,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 137th daily record for the year.
140,000 sq km increase in the last day is pretty awesome.
Global Sea Ice Extent Aug 4 2014 – 135,000 sq km Above ‘Normal’
Global Sea Ice Extent is 135,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Today’s global sea ice extent is the 2nd highest for this day from 2001 – 2014. 2004 was 200,000 sq km higher.
There have been no global daily records set in 2014. But there have been 72 in the top 5.
Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth Top 5 2014 0 0 14 37 21 72
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