Accumulated Freezing Degree Days N80 thru Jan 26, 2017

Accumulated Freezing Degree Days N80 thru Jan 26, 2017:
Climatology: 2899.4
2016:            1683.9
Anomaly:     -1215.4

Implied new ice thickness to date:
Per Lebedev:
Climo: 1.688 m
2016:   1.225 m

Per Billelo
Climo:  1.355 m
2016:    0.989 m

Note: Anyone claiming a "recovery" in extent is ignoring new ice thickness this year is 27% less than climatology and 10 to 15% less than the average of the past decade.  The accumulated FDD anomaly is now greater than at *any* time in the DMI N80 dataset with 40% of the freezing season still to go.