Sea Ice Update May 23 2014 – Global Sea Ice Skyrocketing

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 142 of 2014:

• Global Sea Ice Extent is 913,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean and is well above the one standard deviation mark.
• Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,378,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
• Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -465,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

NOAA Data here and here here.

Graphs below. Click for bigger.