Monthly Sea Ice Area (km^2) for new PAL sampling area (-200 to 600 lines) Dataset: GSFC Bootstrap time series data (version 2.0) for 1/1979 to 12/2014, supplemented by preliminary Near-Real-Time-Sea-Ice (NRTSI) data for Jan-Dec 2015 and Jan 2016; this version also has an updated landmask so values will differ slightly from previous releases of this time series Nodata: -999.00 Area: actual area covered by sea ice inside the outer ice edge (so takes into account the range in sea ice concentration) Caution: The 2015-16 monthly data are preliminary and will be updated when available Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1978 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 177964.89 153140.61 1979 112948.63 86625.23 56946.76 55097.18 121753.33 167686.39 180462.17 183124.47 189309.61 178384.16 164601.03 133884.28 1980 99064.56 65055.61 59958.89 93068.83 140178.30 170993.70 188344.45 191661.91 190500.08 195226.56 179899.73 134278.78 1981 76020.95 53331.88 33850.48 45854.02 120763.17 171333.92 173381.95 180737.64 184203.98 184904.44 155246.61 116187.56 1982 66338.05 37670.40 23739.29 35575.37 70783.64 114928.34 171334.45 188915.47 188377.98 182828.77 168830.25 110938.00 1983 47681.87 28054.26 24749.96 22825.84 23479.14 79378.48 115310.75 139908.09 149029.62 147499.28 76035.98 47533.01 1984 26127.67 18322.84 6501.96 6906.69 36066.23 133945.05 179132.22 181320.78 113279.50 146102.06 108536.73 69264.76 1985 32475.21 15167.89 4431.24 4866.57 24759.81 84172.02 150416.48 167947.48 153269.81 136982.78 109941.45 90615.27 1986 60608.93 33508.73 19645.88 17461.23 60208.71 126470.99 163038.84 187678.34 194332.50 195146.30 185094.20 163062.12 1987 111856.95 62457.80 37535.05 85886.18 101848.52 158195.98 191991.72 195498.30 188894.89 179086.88 133994.00 109700.09 1988 45995.99 30307.42 20180.02 22073.37 45407.59 75175.58 131932.25 173626.77 181732.75 137738.80 77076.22 42182.53 1989 4865.09 1435.66 430.10 6141.56 8925.66 72780.49 92351.73 90935.67 115454.42 56530.28 33734.98 10470.94 1990 2953.15 804.65 319.93 3192.32 24693.11 60038.30 110575.55 155093.45 185598.27 185421.00 173994.08 106651.90 1991 5209.36 1047.62 0.00 0.00 61626.99 170905.52 176637.88 191322.78 183821.69 178914.98 150139.72 91033.17 1992 55477.70 27049.90 26955.60 51423.01 100299.94 166085.88 192026.17 182460.16 156603.77 116216.10 84365.70 42804.87 1993 25745.17 14046.34 8745.29 14447.24 52198.83 129143.61 164057.56 122953.61 171923.69 183304.05 133262.88 84648.30 1994 47821.06 20791.69 13722.56 10506.85 29325.46 128728.05 173952.41 192938.08 175468.91 183421.73 141329.89 67929.10 1995 23866.52 11039.34 6359.75 11466.00 30040.07 126812.20 181114.48 194671.59 193324.45 145929.81 129554.61 83867.15 1996 44169.93 24056.63 14857.47 11534.71 21302.30 96395.51 164809.36 186227.75 150730.70 148910.16 120025.14 63487.18 1997 20056.89 9608.64 5381.44 9098.28 53212.33 102321.99 175969.84 180382.31 188278.70 172047.47 141242.73 48608.79 1998 15000.97 6538.58 3869.21 3140.81 46885.08 71531.97 101087.70 116030.99 165536.98 92722.38 74618.91 44604.36 1999 3606.04 1325.91 450.27 544.60 843.38 67114.48 125975.95 180725.36 182603.83 171045.20 109468.64 57543.02 2000 29913.85 13193.49 6417.65 5661.93 17430.87 44641.25 109752.45 157783.53 173461.89 170936.66 114782.41 75282.07 2001 19614.90 616.64 362.19 1394.07 2905.62 63827.14 150728.92 179099.17 185370.45 118355.90 82135.36 61721.54 2002 38765.56 21943.45 12570.14 9700.63 85506.95 169786.38 182385.47 176399.38 174491.56 167967.09 146591.77 74977.45 2003 21213.39 8204.06 2257.47 2120.07 50338.96 99672.84 132553.44 143277.95 172877.12 168216.72 127276.38 66791.13 2004 9543.45 1139.89 289.75 301.83 37989.39 107985.23 155691.38 186259.34 190027.55 194720.20 178007.56 126153.88 2005 82054.84 38361.30 24248.10 33306.59 76852.44 138205.41 178753.30 192648.12 192918.09 162043.47 122728.45 98392.02 2006 50496.87 28940.36 18238.58 12513.54 31405.90 76435.99 124739.11 177974.00 174567.09 148809.41 94241.90 38288.29 2007 8415.52 2404.93 112.23 4653.72 11499.08 54425.20 128008.75 169611.61 133285.69 76204.38 63038.77 22923.69 2008 2841.17 1291.20 907.23 424.20 2142.68 36349.83 115689.05 151660.34 123545.02 46004.92 28261.32 13736.63 2009 5182.01 1964.25 762.53 2340.29 2899.31 26777.69 125750.91 152863.38 176474.83 157631.45 137522.27 44644.10 2010 5474.11 1908.20 816.61 1224.62 20675.22 69181.66 136888.31 170864.44 149395.48 43294.74 22608.26 20308.51 2011 7045.06 1437.43 938.82 3218.62 7964.21 56330.05 139480.89 190948.05 185978.14 174381.98 112248.46 63220.45 2012 40282.73 13121.79 4474.79 4257.71 8407.17 97835.25 129993.44 169066.52 158103.73 148856.66 148359.48 76865.37 2013 12485.45 1549.03 1055.03 804.37 45344.51 132332.05 169911.98 184944.47 193543.77 171012.88 182843.50 159944.50 2014 52246.30 13655.96 3354.88 10287.07 20613.75 87798.46 142427.09 180808.89 175392.33 176410.41 152408.56 90909.64 2015 19131.83 1943.22 130.94 1088.08 26344.77 135712.02 170594.73 170946.75 165848.97 156113.77 153862.45 124043.27 2016 79172.77 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00 -999.00