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.
July 31 (Day 212) saw the 9th Daily Record in 10 Days for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
Day 212 smashed the old record by 300,000 sq km. Day 211 is over 1,050,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
July 30 (Day 211) saw the 8th Daily Record in 9 Days for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
Day 211 smashed the old record by 280,000 sq km. Day 211 is over 1,000,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
July 29 (Day 210) saw the 7th Daily Record in 8 Days for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. Click graph for bigger. Data is here.
Day 210 was 185,000 sq km higher than the previous record which occurred in 2010). And it was 870,000 sq km higher than the 30 year mean.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent for 2013 is only 130,000 sq km under the 11,367,000 mean for day 173. Thats 1.13%.
You have to go back to 2004 before it was closer to the mean.
The Arctic Sea Ice Extent stubbornly is refusing to die in the alleged “Death Spiral”.
Taking the mean of Arctic Sea Ice Extent for May (from 2004) results in a graph that goes up up up (admittedly in small jumps).
Dashed line is linear trend. Green line is loess trend. (NSIDC data here)
As you know, Antarctic Sea Ice Extent hit a maximum record in September 2012. And since that news item finally received a little bit of publicity the AGW cult has come up with a few explanations for why ice is growing in the Antarctic.
For the heck of it I thought I would graph Antarctic Sea Ice Extent for the 121st day of each year. After I did that I had one obvious question.
Why, if Antarctic Sea Ice has been growing for 30 years, has it taken them so damned long to even admit it, let alone come up with such a weak-ass explanation that all sane people laugh at?
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