Hat-tip to HeisenIceBerg over on the Forum.

I think most of us vividly remember last year's events on and around Greenland. It started with albedo going down considerably, causing widespread melt - at one point involving practically all of the ice sheet's surface - ending in a record mass loss of over 500 GT, 2σ below the 2003–2012 mean. Just like with the Arctic sea ice, one would expect this record to remain standing this year, but signs so far indicate this is far from a done deal. As I mentioned in the 2012/2013 Winter Analysis temp anomalies in the Greenland and Baffin Bay region were quite positive almost all winter long (see image on the right).

Now Dr. Jason Box reports the following on his Meltfactor blog: