August 22 (Day 234) saw the 27th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. This was the 4th record in a row.
It also ties 2013 with 2006 and 2012 for the Number of Daily Records in a year.
| Year | No of Records |
| 2008 | 125 |
| 2010 | 112 |
| 2013 | 27 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2007 | 21 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 |
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
August 21 (Day 233) saw the 25th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. This was the 3rd record in a row.
Day 233 Sea Ice Extent was 990,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
August 20 (Day 232) saw the 25th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. This was the 2nd record in a row.
Day 232 Sea Ice Extent was 950,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
August 19 (Day 231) saw the 24th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent.
Day 231 Sea Ice Extent was 950,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
2013 has a chance at catching 2006 and 2012 for the number of daily records set in a year.
| Year | No of Records |
| 2008 | 125 |
| 2010 | 115 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2007 | 21 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 |
Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
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.
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