Using the anomaly from the 1981-2010 mean for Arctic + Antarctic Sea Ice Extent here is the graph of the data since July 2012.
The global anomaly is pretty small right now, but it was pretty low in 2012 and almost 1,000,000 sq km earlier this year.
About average.
August 4 (Day 216) saw the 23rd Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. This is the 12th daily record in a row.
Day 216 Sea Ice Extent was 900,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
Day 215 in the Antarctic was August 3 2013. By graphing all the previous day 215’s, you can see how much ice extent has grown in the last 30 years.
Sea Ice Extent is up 1,500,000 sq. km. from 1980 to 2013 and up 1,800,000 sq km from the lowest extent in 1986.
August 3 (Day 215) saw the 22nd Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. This is the 11th daily record in a row.
2013 is now closing in on the record for the 3rd and 4th number of daily records in a year (2006 and 2012).
| Year | No of Records |
| 2008 | 125 |
| 2010 | 117 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2007 | 21 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 |
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
August 2 (Day 214) saw the 21st Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent tying 2007 for the number of daily records.
| Year | No of Daily Records in Year |
| 2008 | 125 |
| 2010 | 118 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 21 |
| 2007 | 21 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 |
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
Day 214 was 220,000 sq km higher than the previous record (which occurred in 2010). And it was 970,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
August 1 (Day 213) saw the 10th Daily Record in 11 Days for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
Normally I graph Arctic and Antarctic Ice Extent from NSIDC data. But I do keep an eye on Norsex and Jaxa and DMI.
Norsex Arctic Ice Area looks amazingly upwards!
July 31 (Day 212) saw the 9th Daily Record in 10 Days for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
Day 212 smashed the old record by 300,000 sq km. Day 211 is over 1,050,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
July 30 (Day 211) saw the 8th Daily Record in 9 Days for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
Day 211 smashed the old record by 280,000 sq km. Day 211 is over 1,000,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
According to DMI, Arctic temperatures are dropping to zero early! The blue line is 0C.
Full graph for 2013 of arctic temperatures.
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