Comments on: The third lowest July for Arctic Ice Extent https://habitablezone.com/2016/08/03/the-third-lowest-july-for-arctic-ice-extent/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:45:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2016/08/03/the-third-lowest-july-for-arctic-ice-extent/#comment-37153 ER Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:36:38 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=59004#comment-37153 The September minima for the last 11 years (in million km2): 2005: 5.57 2006: 5.92 2007: 4.30 2008: 4.73 2009: 5.39 2010: 4.93 2011: 4.63 2012: 3.63 2013: 5.35 2014: 5.28 2015: 4.63 http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2016/07/2016-sipn-sea-ice-outlook-july-report.html#more The complete satellite summer minimums record (1979-2015): <img src="http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/2015/10/monthly_ice_09_NH-350x270.png" alt="." /> http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/2015/10/monthly_ice_09_NH-350x270.png So what can we expect this year? My best guess for the 2016 September minimum: 4.0 million km2, or about half the summer ice extent at the pole when the monitoring satellites were launched in 1979. The September minima for the last 11 years (in million km2):

2005: 5.57
2006: 5.92
2007: 4.30
2008: 4.73
2009: 5.39
2010: 4.93
2011: 4.63
2012: 3.63
2013: 5.35
2014: 5.28
2015: 4.63

http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2016/07/2016-sipn-sea-ice-outlook-july-report.html#more

The complete satellite summer minimums record (1979-2015):

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http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/2015/10/monthly_ice_09_NH-350×270.png

So what can we expect this year? My best guess for the 2016 September minimum: 4.0 million km2, or about half the summer ice extent at the pole when the monitoring satellites were launched in 1979.

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