Tag: Global Sea Ice Extent

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Antarctica Records – 2015 Probably Is 4th Highest Minimum

Year	Min	Max	day of Max	day of Min	Avg Anomaly
2008	3.69176	18.29726	247	51	0.6
2013	3.67897	19.60692	274	50	0.87
2003	3.6257	18.67907	268	48	0.32
2015	3.53244	TBA	TBA	49	TBA
2014	3.51506	20.14215	263	51	1.09
2001	3.44094	18.49324	271	50	0.02
1995	3.32988	18.7353	269	55	0.15
2004	3.25927	19.12341	252	51	0.32
2012	3.11109	19.47713	266	54	0.36
1994	3.08286	18.8266	243	43	0.12
1987	3.01642	18.52332	258	52	-0.24
1986	2.95395	18.02672	261	65	-0.55
1979	2.91521	18.36699	256	48	0.04
1982	2.8927	18.55004	246	52	-0.02
1983	2.84656	18.81042	263	55	-0.25
2010	2.8422	18.9968	249	47	0.45
2005	2.80387	19.29451	272	49	0.04
1990	2.78435	18.3788	273	53	-0.24
1998	2.7715	19.2433	258	56	0.08
1989	2.7229	18.27368	266	51	-0.23
2007	2.7227	19.08545	272	50	0.03
1999	2.70723	18.98068	273	51	0.11
2002	2.69691	18.11556	252	51	-0.43
1981	2.69524	18.85906	261	51	-0.21
2009	2.67096	19.29864	267	53	0.39
1988	2.63862	18.78456	277	55	-0.14
1985	2.60211	18.93215	254	50	-0.04
1996	2.59733	18.83039	267	56	0.13
2000	2.58248	19.15817	272	49	0.11
1991	2.55355	18.66993	273	58	-0.11
1980	2.52686	19.09137	267	57	-0.39
1992	2.49238	18.4663	255	54	-0.24
2006	2.4866	19.35934	264	51	-0.19
1984	2.38292	18.37747	266	58	-0.2
2011	2.31884	18.95328	266	53	-0.15
1993	2.28078	18.709	263	50	-0.23
1997	2.26415	18.79094	265	58	-0.26

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Update: I have added a graph at the top.

The red line is the AMO for January’s only. The blue lines are Antarctic Sea Ice (top) and Arctic Sea Ice (bottom) for just day 42.

Note that Antarctica follows the AMO. And the Arctic does the opposite of the AMO. And also the Arctic is a mirror of the Antarctic.

Note also that the January AMO has flattened out around 2005 which is when the Arctic at this time of year bottomed out.

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Both the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice fluctuated by large amounts every few years around this day.

Not so much the last few years.

The Arctic would go up and down by 700,000 or 800,000 …. and now it is only going up and down by 300,000 and the bottom stays the same at 14.2 million sq km.

The Antarctic  would fluctuate by over 1,000,000 sq km . The last 4 years have seen very small changes from year to year.

It could be a portent of stability or just a pause before the process reverses itself.

The AMO is getting ready for the big plunge (see bottom graph’s) and is only staying high in just a few months – Aug/Sep/Oct.

It may take decades for the AMO to hit bottom.

And I suspect the Arctic will refreeze and the Antarctic will melt some. And climate “scientists” will claim they predicted it all along.