After 11 days of 2nds and 3rds, Antarctica Sets Another Daily Record
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 202 of 2014
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
Antarctica only 2180 sq km Below Record for the Day.
Arctic 660,000 sq km above the lowest extent for the day — 2011.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 201 of 2014
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
Antarctica is only 50,000 sq km from the record for the day. And the Arctic is melting slowly.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 200 of 2014
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
Despite a big drop a few days ago Antarctica is still trying to set a new record. And the Arctic didn’t melt for 1 day … again.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 199 of 2014
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 197 of 2014
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 196 of 2014
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
UPDATE: A new set of data has been published. But there is still a value in the missing column. 0.01597 million sq km.
The updated graph:
I have been a bit worried about the deep deep dive in Antarctica Sea Ice Extent.
It appears to be a processing or sensor error. As of today the NSIDC data confirms it.
The table of data on the right of this image is the last 5 days. The data does have a value in the Missing column – 1.97873 million sq km.
The Missing column is usually empty. Sometimes it takes NSIDC a couple of days to sort things out.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 193 of 2014
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 190 of 2014
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
A quick update for sea ice extent for day 188 of 2014
This is a chart of the number of daily records and 2nd,3rd etc. 2014 now has more daily records (First) than any other year.
2014 is in 3rd place for top 5 … but it is only July 8. 180 days to go in the year.
There are no daily records from before 2007!
| Year | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Top 5 |
| 2014 |
121 |
25 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 188 |
| 2013 | 113 | 101 | 60 | 42 | 12 | 328 |
| 2008 | 59 | 82 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 208 |
| 2010 | 47 | 81 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 178 |
| 2007 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 36 |
| 2012 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 80 |
| 2009 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 43 | 34 | 124 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 36 | 43 | 105 |
| 2006 | 0 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 89 |
| 2000 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 48 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 46 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 45 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 43 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 41 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 38 |
| 1979 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 36 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 1988 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 27 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 1980 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
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