Antarctic Sea Ice – 14th Daily Record of 2014 – 10th In A Row – Day 31

The 14th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Jan 31 (Day 31). The old record was from 2008.

The old record was broken by 159,750 sq km. Sea Ice is 913,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.

I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph Data is here. Click for bigger.

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_31_1981-2010



Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Day 14 2014: Only 9370 sq km Off The Daily Record

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent on day 14 was only 9370 sq km below the record set in 2008.

Currently extent is 1.47 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Thats 28% higher.

Extent is also more than TWO Standard Deviations above the mean. And has been since Dec 26th.  190 days in 2013 were over TWO standard deviations above the mean.

Data is here. Click for bigger.

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_14_1981-2010

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Is So High It May Set A Record For Highest Minimum of All time

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Is So High It May Set A Record For Highest Minimum of All Time

The Extent for day 10 is 1.48 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. And only 220,000 sq km below 2008.

The highest minimum was in 2008. Sea Ice only fell to 3.69 million sq km on day 51.

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Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_10_1981-2010