1948 01 - daily - mean of NCEP mean Daily Air temperature at 2 m, degK. BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 249.7 252.1 251.7 251.5 251.8 251.7 251.4 251.6 251.8 251.0 250.3 250.8 250.5 250.4 250.2 250.2 249.2 248.2 247.3 247.1 248.1 248.8 249.0 248.9 248.7 249.8 250.7 250.2 249.1 248.6 248.7 34 Hudson Bay 254.5 259.6 263.0 262.4 262.5 263.1 262.1 258.6 260.1 258.7 258.1 254.4 250.9 249.8 247.3 245.6 247.6 246.9 248.0 250.4 247.7 246.5 250.0 251.6 251.5 250.8 252.1 253.3 255.3 256.5 257.6 36 Hudson Strait 247.7 250.5 257.9 263.2 261.7 257.8 251.9 253.6 254.4 247.9 245.9 254.1 247.5 239.9 241.5 241.8 240.9 237.5 235.1 239.8 239.4 239.4 243.9 240.4 243.7 244.0 244.8 243.3 244.6 244.6 243.4 98 Bering Strait 248.1 250.0 245.6 245.2 244.2 243.6 244.4 247.2 249.0 247.1 245.2 248.5 250.7 249.5 255.1 261.2 258.2 261.7 256.5 259.0 260.5 259.3 253.1 252.4 258.7 260.1 257.3 252.9 250.4 252.4 251.5 128 Arctic subocean 236.6 235.6 234.5 234.4 234.8 235.5 236.8 239.2 239.9 240.8 238.2 239.4 234.8 235.2 234.6 229.4 234.7 236.1 234.4 232.7 237.1 240.3 237.6 234.4 231.7 232.6 237.9 240.5 239.3 233.8 229.8 130 Chukchi Sea 242.6 241.0 237.0 236.8 237.0 235.3 234.3 238.0 241.0 241.2 240.9 244.0 244.5 243.7 247.6 257.5 257.8 250.9 247.4 254.2 254.8 256.7 245.7 247.7 258.9 255.7 247.0 242.5 246.5 248.9 255.0 132 Beaufort Sea 252.9 257.8 253.2 252.9 252.1 252.6 250.5 253.6 253.1 249.4 246.2 246.4 247.5 252.0 249.2 256.2 258.3 258.6 262.3 255.4 258.6 261.5 259.3 255.3 250.4 255.6 262.5 262.7 257.6 254.1 249.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.7 240.2 241.2 241.2 241.4 240.8 238.0 238.5 239.2 239.4 241.4 243.9 241.9 238.7 240.1 239.6 236.6 234.3 233.9 232.1 235.0 239.3 238.3 238.4 237.1 235.2 235.1 241.9 242.3 239.7 238.6 136 Foxe Basin 241.4 243.7 248.0 254.2 252.9 250.4 252.4 253.9 246.9 246.0 241.1 239.5 235.7 237.9 238.3 238.6 237.7 232.9 231.1 236.0 236.6 235.5 236.6 238.4 235.8 231.4 231.4 230.1 234.9 237.8 240.8 138 Baffin Bay 238.1 235.7 232.4 234.1 237.1 235.7 234.9 236.1 242.5 246.7 243.9 242.3 241.0 239.1 238.1 234.6 233.5 234.2 236.0 242.4 247.1 246.8 242.7 240.9 241.0 244.0 244.8 241.7 239.8 235.0 232.6 139 South Greenland 243.1 241.4 239.5 238.4 241.3 241.2 241.0 241.0 243.3 247.0 246.3 245.5 245.5 245.3 244.0 243.9 241.4 247.2 248.0 251.6 252.5 248.5 250.0 251.7 251.3 253.4 250.0 250.0 248.9 247.0 246.6 140 Greenland Sea 237.7 234.3 230.8 228.8 231.6 234.4 234.8 233.9 237.9 242.5 240.3 237.1 237.9 236.0 234.9 230.8 233.0 237.2 236.4 237.6 243.8 248.3 243.4 241.3 240.3 242.3 246.7 243.4 240.7 237.8 235.1 142 Norwegian Sea 267.8 270.5 269.4 268.4 268.3 264.7 261.7 260.3 259.3 260.5 262.8 264.2 266.4 263.6 261.5 261.2 262.9 266.4 266.9 265.1 266.9 267.2 267.8 269.6 269.4 267.9 269.0 269.9 270.1 271.7 271.9 144 Barents Sea 260.6 262.1 259.4 258.9 260.2 259.4 257.0 254.1 251.7 256.9 260.5 258.6 254.7 254.8 256.5 258.5 257.8 256.4 258.1 258.9 260.3 263.2 266.7 267.6 266.3 262.1 259.1 260.5 259.1 262.4 267.1 146 Kara Sea 255.5 258.0 258.7 259.0 260.2 260.9 259.5 258.2 257.8 254.8 254.1 258.0 259.8 258.3 257.2 257.1 256.6 254.0 250.4 247.7 248.4 248.7 250.2 250.8 251.5 254.7 256.3 254.6 251.7 249.1 250.1 148 Laptev Sea 241.9 245.7 244.8 242.1 240.5 241.0 247.2 249.7 246.3 244.6 244.1 241.3 243.0 247.0 248.4 244.8 239.3 237.1 236.7 237.6 238.9 240.9 241.4 239.7 236.6 236.2 238.8 240.0 240.9 242.4 241.8 150 East Siberian Sea 241.6 242.9 245.3 243.7 242.1 239.7 237.8 241.8 248.2 253.9 251.8 249.4 245.8 243.8 242.8 242.1 239.8 236.7 235.6 234.4 235.4 236.3 236.6 239.5 240.5 240.5 238.7 233.3 231.6 235.9 236.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.5 261.8 257.8 262.6 264.9 262.7 264.2 263.5 260.3 257.2 258.1 266.1 264.2 264.3 271.0 270.7 271.1 270.5 267.4 270.4 270.4 268.8 262.7 261.3 268.6 270.0 268.4 266.8 262.5 263.5 262.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.7 248.2 245.5 255.3 259.9 249.5 244.2 245.2 243.7 246.9 253.7 265.4 263.6 267.0 272.7 272.1 271.0 268.5 271.0 272.0 271.6 269.9 259.2 264.1 270.6 267.5 258.6 254.1 257.9 264.8 269.7