Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 9 2014 – 1,274,000 sq km Above Normal – Amazing Climb!

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,274,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 142nd daily record for 2014.

Amazing climb has resumed. 180,000 sq km in last two days.  300,000 sq km above previous record for the same day in 2010.

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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 6 2014 – 1,357,000 sq km Above Normal – 139th Daily Record

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,357,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 139th daily record for 2014.

A pause after a huge jump. Those pauses are not unusual as you can see from the 2013 record breaking run (the black line).

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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 5 2014 – Amazing Rise! 49 Days Ahead of ‘Normal’

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,418,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is so high it is higher than the maximum mean which usual occurs around day 265.  Which means it is now 49 days ahead of normal!

Of course the extent for day 216 is still  1,000,000 sq km below the record set in 2013 … but that occurred on day 273.

And in just 1 day the extent rose 240,000 sq km. And it rose 700,000 sq km in last 7 days.

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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 1 2014 – 1,136,000 sq km Above Normal – 134th Daily Record

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,136,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 134th daily record for the year.

The lowest extent for this day was 16.2 million sq km in 1985. In 2014 it is 18.1 million sq km. A 1.9 million sq km difference.

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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent July 31 2014 – 1,110,000 sq km Above Normal – 133rd Daily Record

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,110,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 133rd daily record for the year.

An interesting note: Both 2013 (black line) and 2012 (orange line) set all time maximum records … yet were 900,000 sq km apart at this day.

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