Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 672,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Which is 23% above the mean.
From day 48 to day 49 extent fell by 22,000 sq km. Extent is still 16,000 sq km higher than day 46.
So day 46 could still turn out to be the day of the minimum Antarctic Sea Ice Extent for 2014. But it could still fall below that.
Data is here. Click for bigger.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 697,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Which is 23.9% above the mean. (Lots of people hate me using the term “normal”).
The mean for day 48 is 2.91 million sq km. Sea Ice Extent for day 48 is 3.61 million sq km.
From day 47 to day 48 extent fell by 27,000 sq km. From day 46 to 47 extent actually rose by 64,000 sq km (I mistakenly said 38,000 yesterday).
So day 46 could turn out to be the day of the minimum Antarctic Sea Ice Extent for 2014. But it could still fall below that. No predictions from me.
Data is here. Click for bigger.
A week ago I was sure a new record would be set for highest minimum. Two days ago I was sure the record would not be set. Now I’m not predicting.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 738,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Which is 24% above. The anomaly was slightly higher today because of the minimal melt – 30,000 sq km.
Extent is 3.805 million sq km, and is still 110,000 sq km above the record highest minimum set in 2008.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. Data is here. Click for bigger.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 717,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Which is 23% above. Today was the first non-record day in 18 days.
Extent is 3.83 million sq km, and is still 140,000 sq km above the record highest minimum set in 2008.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. (But it isn’t looking as good for a new record now). Data is here. Click for bigger.
The 22nd daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Feb 8 (Day 39). The old record was from 2008.
The old record was broken by 78,260 sq km. Sea Ice is 807,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. (But it isn’t looking as good for a new record now). Data is here. Click for bigger.
The 17th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Feb 3 (Day 34).
The old record was broken by 290,000 sq km. Sea Ice is 980,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Thats 28.65%.
And WOW …. I know this is probably just an aberration (but it isn’t a normal time so who knows) but extent only fell 3230 sq km from day 33 to 34. Normally at this time of year extent falls around 40,000-100,000 sq km per day.
Caveat: the raw data has 0.00058 sq km in the missing column (which is usually 0). Not sure what that means, but that is only 580 sq km.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. Data is here. Click for bigger.
The 16th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Feb 2 (Day 33). For the first time this year the old record was from 2012, not 2008. 2012 did not have a high minimum, but did go on to set a new all time record at maximum (which was broken in 2013).
The old record was broken by 240,000 sq km. Sea Ice is 904,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Thats 25.76% above the 1981-2010 mean.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph. Data is here. Click for bigger.
The 14th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Jan 31 (Day 31). The old record was from 2008.
The old record was broken by 159,750 sq km. Sea Ice is 913,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
I’ve added the 2008 Highest Minimum point to this graph Data is here. Click for bigger.
The 11th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Jan 22 (Day 22). The old record was from 2008.
The old record was broken by 184,000 sq km. Sea Ice is 940,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Data is here. Click for bigger.
The 7th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent in 2014 was set yesterday on Jan 24 (Day 24). The old record was from 2008.
The old record was broken by 85,000 sq km. Sea Ice is 1.12 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Data is here. Click for bigger.
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