The Door into Summer
July 2014 is the 4th lowest Arctic sea ice extent in the satellite record, 340,000 square kilometers (131,000 square miles) above the previous record lows in July 2011, 2012, and 2007. The monthly linear rate of decline for July is 7.4% per decade.
Aug 5 sea ice extent for the last decade (x10^6 km^2)
"*" indicate low-ice record for this date.
2003 7.2
2004 7.5
2005 6.6*
2006 6.7
2007 5.8*
2008 6.6
2009 6.6
2010 6.4
2011 6.1
2012 5.6*
2013 6.4
2014 6.5