Table 1 Number of days in excess of the 95th percentile value for 1979–2001 for both 1979–2001 and 2002–2023 and percent difference

From: Summer sea ice in the Northwestern Chukchi Sea observed in 2024 for the first time in 25 years

Field

1979–2001

2002–2023

% difference

Number of days in excess of 95th percentile in 7-day change in ice thickness for 1979–2001

32

43

132%

Number of days in excess of 95th percentile in 7-day change in ice area flux for 1979–2001

32

87

270%

Number of days in excess of 95th percentile in 7-day change in ice volume flux for 1979–2001

32

44

134%