NSIDC Daily Extent:
2015, 07, 14, 8.746,
2015, 07, 15, 8.615, -131k
2015, 07, 16, 8.403, -212k
2015, 07, 17, 8.271, -132k
2015, 07, 18, 8.120, -151k
2015, 07, 19, 7.932, -188k
5 day loss: 814K, averaging -162/day. Climatology ('79 to 2010) for 7/14-7/19 is -461k
For reference 2012:
2012, 07, 14, 7.868..............2015, 07, 14, 8.746, ...................+878k
2012, 07, 15, 7.705, -163k....2015, 07, 15, 8.615, -131k
2012, 07, 16, 7.606, -99k.....2015, 07, 16, 8.403, -212k
2012, 07, 17, 7.481, -125k....2015, 07, 17, 8.271, -132k
2012, 07, 18, 7.420, -61k.....2015, 07, 18, 8.120, -151k
2012, 07, 19, 7.350, -70k.....2015, 07, 19, 7.932, -188k..........+582
2012, 07, 20, 7.340, -10k
2012, 07, 21, 7.297, -113k
2012, 07, 22, 7.184, -113k
2012, 07, 23, 7.118, -66k
2012, 07, 24, 7.035, -83k
2012, 07, 25, 6.931, -104k
2012, 07, 26, 6.809, -122k
2012, 07, 27, 6.677, -132k
2012, 07, 28, 6.600, -77k
2012, 07, 29, 6.478, -122k
2012, 07, 30, 6.400, -78k
2012, 07, 31, 6.368, -32k
The 2012 lead is evaporating, er, melting. 2015 caught up by 296k in 5 days.
Verg
Edit: Tomorrow,....I see some low hanging fruit.