Hi!
On march 17
th, JAXA 2018 register 13,891,190 km
2, which is now the max for 2018.
Also, it is 12,903 km
2 above the 2017 max, so 2018 is not the lowest on record anymore. But it is still under the 2015 and 2016 max, so 2018 is now the second lowest max on record.
On march 18
th, JAXA 2018 register 13,833,573 km
2, an important drop of 57,617 km
2. In my opinion, it starts to be difficult to have a max above 2015 (13.94M km2), that now it is the third lowest on record.
Congrats Neven! Max on March 17
th! And also on the range you voted!
We just have to wait some days, to confirm the max and open the melting season thread.
PS: At least 2 times on the year, I become addicted to JAXA! Please give me my daily dosis, JAXA!