Sea Ice Extent – Day 277

If Antarctica has reached max (and certainly I make no predictions this year)

Year Min Max dMax dMin Avg_Anomaly
1979 2.915 18.368 256 48 0.04
1980 2.527 19.092 267 57 -0.39
1981 2.695 18.86 261 51 -0.21
1982 2.893 18.551 246 52 -0.02
1983 2.847 18.811 263 55 -0.25
1984 2.383 18.378 266 58 -0.2
1985 2.602 18.933 254 50 -0.04
1986 2.954 18.027 261 65 -0.55
1987 3.016 18.524 258 52 -0.24
1988 2.639 18.785 277 55 -0.14
1989 2.723 18.274 266 51 -0.23
1990 2.784 18.379 273 53 -0.24
1991 2.554 18.671 273 58 -0.11
1992 2.492 18.467 255 54 -0.24
1993 2.281 18.71 263 50 -0.23
1994 3.083 18.827 243 43 0.12
1995 3.33 18.736 269 55 0.15
1996 2.597 18.831 267 56 0.13
1997 2.264 18.792 265 58 -0.26
1998 2.772 19.244 258 56 0.08
1999 2.707 18.981 273 51 0.11
2000 2.582 19.159 272 49 0.11
2001 3.441 18.494 271 50 0.02
2002 2.697 18.116 252 51 -0.43
2003 3.626 18.68 268 48 0.32
2004 3.259 19.124 252 51 0.32
2005 2.804 19.295 272 49 0.04
2006 2.487 19.36 264 51 -0.19
2007 2.723 19.086 272 50 0.03
2008 3.692 18.298 247 51 0.6
2009 2.671 19.299 267 53 0.39
2010 2.842 18.998 249 47 0.45
2011 2.319 18.954 266 53 -0.15
2012 3.111 19.478 266 54 0.36
2013 3.679 19.608 274 50 0.87
2014 3.548 20.201 263 52 1.12
2015 (ignoring strange data) 3.532 18.874 275 49
2015 (using strange data) 3.532 20.723 266 49

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_277_1981-2010 Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_277_1981-2010 Arctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_277_1981-2010

4 thoughts on “Sea Ice Extent – Day 277

  1. We can probably ignore the “strange data”, even though they seem reluctant to correct it. But, if we ignore it, that makes 2015 the 2nd latest “turn” yet recorded. (1988 being the latest, from your chart.)

    Most interesting.

  2. Do you feel that the data post-blip can be trusted? It is a significant upwards bump — from -1SD to +1SD — in a very short time frame. My suspicion is that a software glitch has not been fully rectified. Thoughts?

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