The August Arctic
Arctic sea ice extent averaged for August 2015 was the fourth lowest in the satellite data record. Through 2015, the linear rate of decline for August extent is 10.3% per decade.
Arctic sea ice extent will bottom out in mid-September, and then start climbing back up as the Sun heads South. These NSIDC maps I publish every month are for the average for that whole month, (as opposed to the lowest ice day in that month).
The September average, which I will publish early next October, will probably not break the 2012 low ice record, but I suspect it will be close.