WorldPulse

World Sea Ice Extent

arctic-sea-ice-extentClimate & Environment

Subject

World

Metric

Sea Ice Extent

Data Points

565

Coverage

1978–2026

Latest Value

13.11

as of Jan 1, 2026

Time Series (565 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Jan 1, 202613.11-
Dec 1, 202511.22-
Nov 1, 20258.77-
Oct 1, 20256.32-
Sep 1, 20254.75-
Aug 1, 20255.39-
Jul 1, 20257.66-
Jun 1, 202510.4-
May 1, 202512.49-
Apr 1, 202513.83-
Mar 1, 202514.12-
Feb 1, 202513.75-
Jan 1, 202513.11-
Dec 1, 202411.41-
Nov 1, 20249.15-

Showing most recent 15 of 565 observations

Data Source

CLIMATE

Category

Climate & EnvironmentGlobal Warming

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/arctic-sea-ice-extent

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/arctic-sea-ice-extent?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/arctic-sea-ice-extent?as_of=2024-01-01