Bering Sea ice extent monthly 1980-2025

Published by
Erick Burgueño Salas,
Mar 4, 2025

According to National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) data, the Bering sea ice extent was over 481,900 square kilometers in February 2025.
Warmer air temperatures in all seasons and severe sea ice loss, ecological changes, and ice sheet mass loss are rapidly transforming the Arctic environment.

Average monthly Bering Sea ice extent from January 1980 to February 2025 (in square kilometers)

Characteristic19801985199019952000200520102015202020212022202320242025
Dec 428,744.85 195,823.13 367,205.43 280,108.32 227,380.68 486,709.98 197,368.72 304,328.9 168,828.99 360,205.99 169,363.17 249,819.45 189,095.35 -
Nov 99,417.71 115,064.47 82,647.15 64,309.49 57,827.67 118,256.75 28,788.87 38,647.72 24,795 121,335.13 41,065.75 26,290.47 36,108.24 -
Oct 26,045.71 31,882.36 19,234.57 18,523.57 11,998.74 9,330.14 8,270.16 11,888.77 13,977.64 8,541.64 8,506.98 12,255.64 22,275.98 -
Sep 3,898.6 2,130.47 1,948.29 3,477.76 1,005.9 1,949.66 563.28 442.74 944.18 442.54 1,206.62 1,305.74 2,564.65 -
Aug 0 40.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,629.8 5,867.05 -
Jul 6,398.68 5,385.61 4,879.79 5,407.23 3,346.35 2,918 2,102.08 2,433.44 2,161.74 3,054.96 3,015.21 16,935.7 22,552.11 -
Jun 76,716.32 101,215.32 52,450.65 57,273.55 93,052.61 48,534.94 37,209.21 20,433.7 43,422.37 57,748.14 43,795.31 39,601.48 57,953.03 -
May 391,240.6 515,452.36 363,879.56 308,879.5 405,993.36 271,280.66 441,991.28 152,486.59 236,263.3 302,131 199,031.79 317,377.49 313,819.59 -
Apr 726,018.23 788,081.69 666,148.16 786,452.82 696,738.91 654,400.19 819,200.23 552,706.53 414,216.79 531,742.04 578,635.42 552,903.8 610,677.43 -
Mar 811,736.44 730,472.92 821,894 829,461.73 734,070.4 622,102.28 936,364.84 565,101.6 652,598 598,360.3 710,314.09 612,860.41 690,162.65 -
Feb 804,540.71 466,313.46 792,330.61 874,936.26 751,547.83 611,388.39 835,350.93 560,202.9 708,542.18 591,635.8 779,385.4 631,496.35 629,602.22 481,988.69
Jan 645,635.68 416,043.94 624,200.64 729,434.93 869,251.7 427,169.35 650,503.91 327,921.85 466,524.94 461,098.5 651,717.22 531,698.54 496,861.8 452,304.16
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March 2025

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January 1980 to February 2025

Supplementary notes

The figures were obtained from the following source:
Fetterer, F., K. Knowles, W. N. Meier, M. Savoie, and A. K. Windnagel. 2017, updated daily. Sea Ice Index, Version 3. [G02135]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.7265/N5K072F8.

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