{"id":1185,"date":"2024-01-01T18:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T18:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-january-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T23:57:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T23:57:36","slug":"facts-about-the-arctic-in-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-january-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Facts About the Arctic in January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy New Year to one and all.<\/p>\n

Whilst waiting for the all important thickness and volume data to arrive, we\u2019ll start the new year in traditional fashion with a graph of JAXA extent<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The 2023 calendar year finished with this particular extent metric sitting at 15th lowest in the satellite era.<\/p>\n

From Niall Dollard on the Arctic Sea Ice Forum<\/a> comes evidence via the Sentinel 1A satellite that an arch formed in the Nares Strait<\/a> between Greenland and Ellesmere Island in late December:<\/p>\n

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Since it\u2019s a hot topic on (a)social media<\/a> at the moment, here too is the Northern Hemisphere Multisensor Snow Extent<\/a> at the end of 2023:<\/p>\n

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Please note the current record low NH snow extent. Matt predicts all that is about to change:<\/p>\n

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How sure? And in what way “totally different”?<\/p>\n

Have you pointed out to Tony yet that the current daily snow cover data you cite utterly negates his recent assertion that “Autumn\/Winter snow cover has been increasing for almost 60 years”?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Snow White (@GreatWhiteCon) December 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n