September 11th (Day 254) saw the 43rd Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. So far, 2013 would be the 3rd highest maximum of All Time behind 2012 and 2006.
2012’s maximum was 19.47713 million sq km
2006’s maximum was 19.35934 million sq km
2013’s maximum so far is 19.35119 million sq km
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September 10th (Day 253) saw the 42nd Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. There has been 250,000 sq km of new ice in last 3 Days.
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September 34 (Day 247) saw the 39th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 19.16 million sq km.
If you add up the number of daily records, 2013 is a distant 3rd behind 2008 and 2010. However, if you also add in 2nd place finishes, 2013 slightly edges out 2010. And 118 days remain in the year.
| Year | Firsts | Seconds | Top 2 |
| 2008 | 125 | 49 | 174 |
| 2013 | 39 | 109 | 148 |
| 2010 | 107 | 39 | 146 |
| 2006 | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| 2009 | 8 | 33 | 41 |
| 2012 | 27 | 11 | 38 |
| 2007 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 1998 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 2005 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 1979 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 1980 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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September 3 (Day 246) saw the 38th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 19.20 million sq km.
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September 2 (Day 245) saw the 37th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 19.17 million sq km. Ice Gain was over 70,000 sq km which is the largest jump in 2 weeks.
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September 1 (Day 244) saw the 36th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 19.09 million sq km which is 800,000 sq km above the 30 year average.
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August 31 (Day 243) saw the 35th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 19.03105 million sq km.
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August 30 (Day 242) saw the 34th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 19.06 million sq km.
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August 26 (Day 238) saw the 31st Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. This was the 8th record in a row.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 19.03962 million sq km. That is 1,000,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
With still 2 – 4 weeks left in the Antarctic Freeze Season, 2013 Sea Ice Extent has already surpassed 25 years yearly maximums.
Only the following years have had more ice: 1980, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012.
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August 24 (Day 236) saw the 29th Daily Record of the Year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. This was the 6th record in a row.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 18.97784 million sq km. The earliest the Antarctic reached 19 million sql km was in 2006 when it happened on day 241.
The most days over 19 million sq km was in 2006 and 2012 when there were 30 days each.
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