During the first 9 days of May, 2016 IJIS Extent has lost 610,287 Km2 for a daily average of 67,810 Km2.
For the first ten days of May only one year, 2010, lost more than 600 Km2. That was 2010 with a whopping loss of 861,227 Km2.
For the entire month of may only six years have had IJIS Extent losses greater than 1.5 M Km2. The below table shows the May loss for each of those years and the average daily losses required during the remaining days of May for 2016 to equal the loss of that year:
YEAR Total Loss in May Avg Daily Losses Required in 2016
2010 2,183,976 71,531
2015 1,828,445 55,371
2009 1,767,733 52,611
2011 1,722,843 50,571
2012 1,677,761 48,522
2014 1,508,260 40,817
It will take near record breaking losses for the remainder of this month for 2016 to equal the May losses of 2010. However, it is highly likely that 2016 will exceed the losses in 2012. To exceed the losses of 2015 will only require slightly above average losses for the remainder of the month.