A quick update for sea ice extent for day 161 of 2014:
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
Arctic Sea Ice actually rose from day 156 to 158 and it is still higher on day 159 than day 156. A strange turn of events that is not terribly common at this time of year.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 159 of 2014:
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
June 4 2014 MASIE Update – Greenland Sea and Sea of Okhotsk stubbornly gain some ice.
| Region | Start | End | Last69 | Last28 | Last14 | Last7 | Last3 | Last1 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 704,416 | -193,429 | -193,429 | -140,139 | -114,439 | -39,703 | -23,197 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 1,001,337 | -687,193 | -289,451 | -182,322 | -102,281 | -54,574 | -22,648 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 1,163,482 | -97,422 | -94,674 | -67,207 | -61,975 | -56,955 | -5,924 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 340,785 | -305,132 | -330,643 | -107,180 | -56,322 | -36,933 | 2,164 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 862,854 | -103,153 | -90,531 | -51,824 | -40,148 | -34,210 | -6,618 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 1,037,039 | -33,406 | -33,406 | -30,100 | -29,604 | -19,317 | -6,823 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 640,036 | 36,621 | 30,036 | -121,973 | -14,988 | 15,509 | 11,209 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 799,599 | -53,616 | -50,666 | -25,763 | -10,672 | -7,872 | -1,801 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 103,387 | -593,937 | -259,667 | -14,249 | -6,908 | 1,942 | -3,014 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 864,570 | -69,289 | -70,453 | -19,735 | -5,255 | -9,543 | -1,089 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 1,031,259 | -55,879 | -55,879 | 10,358 | -3,028 | -9,477 | 224 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 3,240,529 | 18,608 | -7,484 | -6,237 | -819 | 723 | -73 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | -7,864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 78,049 | -775,191 | -91,319 | -3,103 | 5,721 | 29,484 | 12,685 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 11,868,484 | -2,936,631 | -1,545,864 | -759,503 | -441,057 | -220,926 | -44,904 |
| NH (Average Loss per Day) | -41,952 | -55,209 | -54,250 | -63,008 | -73,642 | -44,904 |
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 153 of 2014:
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
June 4 2014 MASIE Update – Arctic Sea Ice actually rose 31,421 sq km over the last day because of the Chukchi Sea, Greenland Sea, East Siberian Sea and Baffin Bay.
This is the gain/loss up to day 154. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.
| Region | Start | End | Last 66 | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 744,119 | -153,726 | -153,726 | -141,132 | -85,355 | -68,528 | 0 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 377,719 | -268,198 | -321,345 | -101,635 | -46,684 | -9,736 | 0 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 48,565 | -804,675 | -160,912 | -38,775 | -24,371 | -23,554 | 0 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 897,063 | -68,943 | -64,211 | -12,895 | -21,302 | -9,445 | 12,327 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 874,113 | -59,746 | -60,910 | -18,958 | -15,004 | -2,806 | 0 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 101,445 | -595,879 | -263,045 | -15,050 | -13,627 | -6,230 | -1,836 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 624,527 | 21,112 | -16,305 | -74,602 | -12,264 | -15,805 | 2,607 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 1,055,912 | -632,619 | -255,952 | -160,732 | -11,265 | -13,623 | 10,196 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 1,220,436 | -40,467 | -37,052 | -14,444 | -10,029 | 1,782 | -1,304 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 1,056,356 | -14,089 | -3,767 | -7,416 | -9,749 | -8,730 | 0 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 807,471 | -45,744 | -45,744 | -22,296 | -7,728 | -2,262 | 0 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 3,239,806 | 17,885 | -8,207 | -7,104 | -4,176 | -1,505 | 0 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | -8,402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 1,040,736 | -46,401 | -46,401 | 12,341 | 14,074 | 5,682 | 9,431 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 12,089,410 | -2,715,704 | -1,447,027 | -602,763 | -247,817 | -154,761 | 31,421 |
| NH (Average Loss per Day) | -40,533 | -51,680 | -43,054 | -35,402 | -51,587 | 31,421 |
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 153 of 2014:
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
June 2 2014 MASIE Update
This is the gain/loss up to day 152. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.
| Region | Start | End | Last 64 | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 1,043,246 | -645,284 | -307,375 | -174,654 | -94,659 | -67,951 | -26,289 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 625,730 | 22,314 | -12,228 | -88,003 | -77,276 | -16,113 | -14,602 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 384,752 | -261,165 | -294,758 | -121,072 | -63,635 | -35,573 | -2,703 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 812,647 | -85,198 | -85,198 | -80,695 | -27,269 | -13,638 | 0 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 1,218,054 | -42,849 | -36,638 | -1,601 | -21,791 | -14,010 | -600 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 48,565 | -804,675 | -211,784 | -51,509 | -19,439 | -22,078 | -23,554 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 807,471 | -45,744 | -45,744 | -26,055 | -15,659 | -6,206 | -2,262 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 103,281 | -594,042 | -251,810 | -43,526 | -13,488 | -12,554 | -4,393 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 1,056,356 | -14,089 | -7,785 | 3,780 | -13,149 | -10,567 | -8,730 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 872,281 | -61,578 | -62,742 | -44,356 | -12,319 | -6,623 | -4,639 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 884,736 | -81,270 | -66,680 | -25,163 | -10,418 | -24,745 | -21,772 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 3,240,263 | 18,342 | -7,750 | -6,557 | -7,153 | -1,375 | -1,048 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | -8,219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 1,035,054 | -52,083 | -52,083 | -52,083 | 20,938 | 1,015 | 0 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 12,133,578 | -2,671,537 | -1,451,859 | -711,559 | -355,671 | -230,756 | -110,593 |
| NH (Average Loss per Day) | -41,101 | -51,852 | -50,826 | -50,810 | -76,919 | -110,593 |
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 152 of 2014:
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger. 
UPDATE: Sorry about the title. Not sure what happened. Fixed now.
The AMO is definitely linked with climate cycles. And probably has more to do with Arctic Sea Ice than any other factor. This is loess trend of each month of the AMO on the same graph.
The winter months started trending down around 2005/2008. Spring months have been flattish since the same time. Only July-Sept have stayed high. June has been flat.
The first four months of 2014 were all negative.
Same graph, but from 1856 and 1979. The spread in months now seems to be repeating the pattern way back in 1856. But that could be an endpoint artifact.
Same graphs, but the data and the trends.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 151 of 2014:
Graphs below. Click for bigger.
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