Name: SH PSC NAT area Units: million km2 Level: 460 K Month: August Source: GMAO MERRA2 Missing: -9999.0 Mean: 23.76 Year Data Minumum Maximum 1979 23.46 19.32 26.72 1980 23.59 21.88 26.78 1981 21.42 17.10 23.83 1982 22.25 20.89 23.45 1983 21.07 19.22 23.05 1984 22.95 19.44 25.21 1985 21.88 18.50 24.50 1986 18.74 16.32 22.63 1987 25.23 21.16 28.03 1988 21.02 15.56 23.65 1989 24.74 23.11 26.52 1990 22.37 21.10 24.63 1991 23.04 19.89 25.28 1992 21.58 20.05 23.40 1993 22.16 16.85 25.05 1994 21.91 19.18 25.60 1995 23.16 19.02 26.32 1996 21.90 19.39 25.78 1997 23.16 18.83 28.44 1998 25.64 23.55 27.87 1999 25.70 23.26 26.96 2000 27.48 24.29 29.94 2001 26.86 23.75 29.58 2002 21.30 15.72 23.79 2003 26.74 24.54 28.82 2004 23.78 20.50 26.17 2005 25.21 23.74 26.05 2006 27.09 24.46 29.72 2007 23.95 21.98 25.59 2008 25.91 23.76 28.72 2009 25.91 23.80 27.64 2010 20.54 19.11 22.20 2011 25.00 22.67 26.84 2012 22.15 19.90 24.05 2013 24.37 21.50 25.47 2014 23.96 19.34 26.01 2015 25.78 23.51 28.15 2016 24.54 21.72 26.37 2017 21.89 16.36 25.05 2018 25.96 23.41 27.88 2019 23.53 18.69 25.50 2020 26.03 22.61 27.30 2021 25.32 23.26 28.55 2022 26.19 23.12 28.76 2023 22.97 21.59 24.60