NSIDC ANTARCTIC SEA ICE AREA (5 day trailing average): 6,035,084 KM2 as at 06-May-2024
- Area gain on this day 84k, 16 k less than the average gain on this day (of the last 10 years) of 100k,
- Area gain from minimum on this date is 4.63 million km2, 0.26 million km2 (5.4%) less than the 10 year average of 4.89 million km2.
- AREA is 8th lowest in the 45 year satellite record, of which 2 lower values are in the years before 2000
- AREA is 1,006 k LESS than 2016
- AREA is 375 k MORE than 2017
- AREA is 86 k MORE than 2006
- Area is 226 k LESS than 2022
- Area is 565 k MORE than 2023
- AREA is 267 k (4.2%) LESS than the 1980's Average
- AREA is 823 k (12.0%) LESS than the 2010's Average
- On average 37.5% of ice gain from minimum to maximum done, and on average 131 days to maximum
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Projections. (Table NSIDC Antarctic-Area-1)
Average remaining freeze (of the last 10 years) would produce a maximum in Sept 2024 of 14.18 million km2, 0.81 million km2 above the 2023 record low maximum of 13.37 million km2, and would be 4th lowest in the 46 year satellite record
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