Name: PSC ice area Units: million km2 Level: 460 K Date range (mmdd-mmdd): 0712-0815 Source: GMAO MERRA2 Missing: -9999.0 Year Data Minumum Maximum 1979 12.38 10.42 13.88 1980 11.91 10.31 14.58 1981 9.41 7.62 10.97 1982 8.81 5.93 11.69 1983 10.40 8.18 12.40 1984 10.36 6.79 11.77 1985 8.17 5.88 10.70 1986 9.44 5.16 13.95 1987 13.91 11.80 16.98 1988 11.55 9.33 13.41 1989 11.66 9.40 13.41 1990 13.47 11.55 15.58 1991 10.92 6.68 14.83 1992 11.46 8.96 13.69 1993 12.56 8.97 14.27 1994 12.38 10.48 14.95 1995 12.62 10.21 15.76 1996 12.18 7.92 14.90 1997 13.07 9.46 15.90 1998 13.03 9.73 14.97 1999 15.79 13.46 17.82 2000 16.30 14.03 18.30 2001 15.38 11.18 18.04 2002 13.26 9.19 14.84 2003 15.87 14.71 17.17 2004 11.68 9.42 13.66 2005 14.88 10.90 16.67 2006 14.58 11.08 17.61 2007 13.93 9.69 16.62 2008 15.07 13.32 17.51 2009 14.41 12.43 15.90 2010 8.86 6.32 12.94 2011 14.39 13.02 15.69 2012 11.75 10.17 13.45 2013 14.95 13.64 16.04 2014 13.10 10.92 14.46 2015 13.26 10.99 15.90 2016 15.69 13.94 17.31 2017 14.46 11.47 17.53 2018 14.68 11.80 16.04 2019 14.26 12.44 16.23 2020 14.70 11.92 16.31 2021 16.05 14.64 17.26 2022 14.64 12.49 16.24 2023 14.13 11.91 16.24