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Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Poll: May 2021

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By BornFromTheVoid
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Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Extent Poll: May 2021  

8 members have voted

  1. 1. What will the 2021 NSIDC daily sea ice extent minimum be this year? Options are in millions of km2

    • > 7.0
      0
    • 6.75 - 7.0 (80s average)
      0
    • 6.5 to 6.75
      0
    • 6.25 to 6.5 (90s average)
      0
    • 6.0 to 6.25
      0
    • 5.75 to 6.0
      0
    • 5.5 to 5.75
      0
    • 5.25 to 5.5 (00s average)
      0
    • 5.0 to 5.25
      0
    • 4.75 to 5.0
      0
    • 4.5 to 4.75
      0
    • 4.25 to 4.5 (10s average)
      2
    • 4.0 to 4.25 (2007)
      3
    • 3.75 to 4.0
      0
    • 3.5 to 3.75
      2
    • 3.25 to 3.5 (2012)
      0
    • 3.0 to 3.25
      1
    • 2.75 to 3.0
      0
    • 2.5 to 2.75
      0
    • 2.25 to 2.5
      0
    • 2.0 to 2.25
      0
    • 1.75 to 2.0
      0
    • 1.5 to 1.75
      0
    • 1.25 to 1.5
      0
    • 1.0 to 1.25
      0
    • <1.0
      0

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  • Poll closed on 31/05/21 at 23:00

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  • Location: Ireland, probably South Tipperary
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snow, Windstorms and Thunderstorms
  • Location: Ireland, probably South Tipperary
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Here's the new sea ice poll for May.

In March, from 11 votes the average was 4.1 million km2 with a standard deviation of 0.5 million km2.
In April, from 49 votes the average was also 4.1 million km2 with a standard deviation of 1.0 million km2.

Extent has varied between 12th and 5th lowest over the last 4 weeks.
Volume is at 7th lowest on the latest update from PIOMAS (mid May), while the combined SMOS and CryoSat dataset was lowest on record at the end of it's reliable seasonal measurements at the end of April.

As a reminder, the extent minima since 2010 in millions of km2 from the daily NSIDC data are:

2020:    3.7
2019:    4.1
2018:    4.6
2017:    4.6
2016:    4.1
2015:    4.4
2014:    5.0
2013:    5.0
2012:    3.3
2011:    4.3
2010:    4.6

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