Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Update – 2013 is the 2nd Highest Average Of All Time (So Far)

Update: This post has been updated to include 2011 which is was missing (due to dumbness on my part).

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent 2013 is the 2nd highest average to the same day (115)

2008 is still well out in front.

Year Anomaly (sq km)
2008 1,179,278
2013 745,503
2003 558,855
1995 538,814
2009 493,850
2012 464,446
2004 460,238
2001 423,453
1982 334,477
1996 292,814
1994 244,300
1979 237,085
1991 96,172
1987 67,523
1990 -26,984
1986 -27,273
2005 -37,556
2000 -81,299
1999 -82,009
2010 -93,560
1983 -134,642
1998 -148,875
1989 -256,004
2007 -286,537
2002 -305,094
1992 -306,598
1988 -352,354
1985 -388,609
1984 -406,363
1993 -443,665
1981 -591,105
1997 -592,872
2011 -621,510
2006 -737,201
1980 -746,627

Click to enlarge:

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2013_Day_118_1981-2010

4 thoughts on “Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Update – 2013 is the 2nd Highest Average Of All Time (So Far)

  1. Where is the data for 2011? I see it in neither the table nor the graph (it’s orange in the graph’s legend, but there’s no orange line in the graph itself).

    Someone “hiding the decline”, perhaps?

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