Arctic is 560,000 sq km higher than 2018 and higher than 2018 2016 2006 2017 2015 2005 2011 2014.
Global is a million sq km higher than 2018.
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 |