8 notches up in the ranking list in two days...
This shows how close many of the years are.
And on this day goes into reverse gear....
JAXA ANTARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 14,805,864 KM2 as at 29-Jun-2021
- Extent gain on this day 14k, 76 k less than the average gain on this day (of the last 10 years) of 90k,
- Extent gain from minimum on this date is 12.02 million km2, 0.21 million km2, (1.8%) more than the 10 year average of 11.81 million km2.
- Extent is 24th lowest, 20th highest, in the 43 year satellite record of which 13 lower values are in the years before 2000
- Extent is 906 k LESS than 2015
- Extent is 1,237 k MORE than 2017
- Extent is 251 k MORE than 2006
- Extent is 359 k MORE than 2020
- Extent is 241 k MORE than the 1980's Average
- Extent is 25 k MORE than the 2010's Average
- On average 75.2% of ice gain from minimum to maximum done, and 85 days to maximum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Ant1)Average remaining freeze (of the last 10 years) would produce a maximum in Sept 2020 of 18.98 million km2, 0.92 million km2 above the 2017 record low maximum of 18.06 million km2.
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