Name: SH PSC ice area Units: million km2 Level: 460 K Month: September Source: GMAO MERRA2 Missing: -9999.0 Mean: 4.17 Year Data Minumum Maximum 1979 2.36 0.00 7.64 1980 2.06 0.00 8.51 1981 0.94 0.00 3.82 1982 1.09 0.00 5.27 1983 2.04 0.00 7.39 1984 1.39 0.00 5.82 1985 2.36 0.00 6.70 1986 1.59 0.00 7.05 1987 4.87 0.00 8.87 1988 0.28 0.00 3.67 1989 3.12 0.00 11.53 1990 2.12 0.00 8.46 1991 1.64 0.00 4.53 1992 0.96 0.00 5.25 1993 2.69 0.00 5.96 1994 3.38 0.00 10.23 1995 3.18 0.00 8.81 1996 3.23 0.00 9.60 1997 2.37 0.00 8.66 1998 6.70 2.29 9.99 1999 7.28 1.34 13.93 2000 8.49 0.87 15.71 2001 5.12 0.00 11.19 2002 2.32 0.00 7.39 2003 6.48 0.10 13.40 2004 1.99 0.00 5.06 2005 6.82 0.00 15.03 2006 8.78 1.12 11.49 2007 7.77 0.03 13.01 2008 5.95 0.00 14.97 2009 7.83 1.29 12.60 2010 2.24 0.00 8.73 2011 8.44 2.85 13.64 2012 3.96 0.00 9.08 2013 5.21 0.00 11.71 2014 5.50 0.00 10.07 2015 3.73 0.00 10.73 2016 3.93 0.00 10.76 2017 2.17 0.00 6.93 2018 5.78 0.00 11.79 2019 1.87 0.00 10.89 2020 6.71 3.21 10.95 2021 7.83 2.86 13.22 2022 5.05 0.00 10.74 2023 7.96 0.13 12.30