Sea Ice Update March 21 2014 – Global Sea Ice Is 430,000 sq km Above Normal

A quick update for sea ice extent:

  • Global Sea Ice is 430,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice is  800,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 3rd highest for this day.
  • Arctic Sea Ice is only 317,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 130,000 sq km inside the one standard deviation mark.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

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Sea Ice Update March 19 2014 – Arctic Sea Ice Within One Standard Deviation of the Mean

A quick update for sea ice extent:

  • Global Sea Ice is 357,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice is  730,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. For 2014, that is 77 days out of 77 in the Top 5. Day 77 was 3rd highest for that day.
  • Arctic Sea Ice is only 373,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 43,000 sq km inside the one standard deviation mark.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

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Sea Ice Update March 17 2014 – Global Sea Ice Is 280,000 sq km Above the Mean

After two days with no data from NSIDC , a quick update for sea ice extent:

  • Global Sea Ice is 280,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice is  730,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
  • Arctic Sea Ice is only 460,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is the smallest anomaly of 2014. It is also only 4800 sq km below the one standard deviation mark.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

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Sea Ice Update March 13 2014 – Global Sea Ice Is Normal / Antarctic 4th Highest / Arctic Up 250,000 km in 2 days

A quick update for sea ice extent:

  • Global Sea Ice is only 152,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 0.8% abovethe mean.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice is  806,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 22% above the mean and 4th highest in the satellite era.
  • Arctic Sea Ice is 654,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 4.2% below the mean . Arctic Sea Ice rose 250,000 sq km in 2 days.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

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Sea Ice Update March 7 2014 – Global Sea Ice Ice 194,000 sq km Above Mean

A quick update for sea ice extent:

  • Global Sea Ice is 194,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 1% above the mean.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice is  835,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 25.6% above the mean.  
  • Arctic Sea Ice is 640,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 4.2% below the mean .

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

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Sea Ice Update March 5 2014 – Global Sea Ice Is Normal

A quick update for sea ice extent:

  • Global Sea Ice is only 25,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 0.135% below the mean.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice is  716,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 22.5% above the mean.  
  • Arctic Sea Ice is 741,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 4.8% below the mean .

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

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Sea Ice Update March 3rd 2014 – Antarctic Sea Ice Extent 23% above normal

A quick update for sea ice extent:

  • Global Sea Ice is only 77,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 0.4% below the mean. Global Sea Ice has been within one standard deviation of the 1981-2010 mean since July 25 2013
  • Antarctic Sea Ice is  704,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 22.9% above the mean.  Day 51 was the 4th highest minimum. Nov 20 2011 was the last time Antarctic Sea Ice was below one standard deviation.
  • Arctic Sea Ice is 781,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 5% below the mean .

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

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Sea Ice Update February 28 2014 – Antarctic Sea Ice Extent 24% above normal

A quick update for sea ice extent:

  • Global Sea Ice is only 50,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 0.3% below the mean.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice is  720,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 24% above the mean.  I’m pretty sure day 51 was minimum. Extent is 170,000 above what it was on Day 51. That would be the 4th highest minimum of all time!
  • Arctic Sea Ice is 769,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.  That is 5% below the mean .

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

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