One-day NSIDC extent is now below the 2009 and 2013 minima, bringing to 30 the number of years whose minima 2014 has passed: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2013.
2014 has now clinched a spot in the six (6) lowest years on record. 2014 is about 400,000 km2 above the 2010 minimum, the next year to be surpassed, but nearly impossible.