Preliminary data from the NSIDC indicates that the average May 2016 Arctic sea ice extent was the lowest extent in the satellite record going back to 1979. It was also over 1 million sq/km below that of May 2012. (2012 was the year with the lowest, minimum sea ice extent in the Arctic in the satellite era).
This year's sea ice extent decline in the Arctic was running anywhere from two to four weeks ahead of 2012.
In addition to May, the months of January, February and April 2016 also set new monthly record low sea ice extents in the Arctic
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