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Data shows Northern Hemisphere ice extent remains greater than the 17 year average for this particular month.
The animation shows Arctic ice extents on day 151 (end of May) through yesterday June 30, 2023 As usual, the Pacific basins Bering and Okhotsk (far left) became ice-free and are no longer included in these updates. Years vary as to which regions retain more or less ice. For example, this year Hudson Bay (bottom right) lost half its ice by June 30, earlier than average. That is a shallow basin and can quickly lose its ice in coming days. Despite this early melting, the NH Ice extent remains greater than the 17 year average.
The graph below compares the June monthly ice extents 2007 to 2023 and compared to the SII 17 year average.
Clearly June ice appears as a plateau, and most years MASIE shows greater extents than SII, with differences of only a few 100k km2. Previously 2019-20 were in deficit to average, but June 2022-3 have…
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No no no “THEY” cry, with a wailing and hand-wrenching at 7am on a remote Highland Scotland Wild-camping campsite. Been Oh-sooo cold at nights again. THe Oil Stove is lit once again, those Mediterr. plants which for once were GOING t o be doing so well for a change at the beginning of June, are now frozen in time, struggling with the cool darkish ( DULL) days. Unusually dark outside by 10pm ( Sunset) . Talking to someone up at https://nordkapp.panomax.com/ last night ( Day all day = all night this now – who would know! – Low cloud, Mist n rain and 3-5C in mid summer. Brrr. Not enough magic Gas beans hovering around up there then… Ahh that’s it – why there’s so much ice. stoopit boy!
Last update on Arctic Ice Volume to May 2023 (Still waiting for June data)
Once again we have a complex multi-cause phenomenon reduced to a single metric – temperature. What’s clear is that Arctic ice varies significantly year on year and decade on decade regardless of global average temperature and some largely fictitious Arctic temperature. Natural variability is high and almost certainly swamps any “climate change” signal. And we’ve had 30 years of “Arctic ice will be gone in 10 years” without anybody noticing it hasn’t and the forecasts are wrong. Such us “the science.”
Of course the Met Office switches its attention to the Antarctic…
Posted on 30 June, 2023 by Met Office Press Office