1948 03 - 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 251.3 250.0 250.2 251.3 252.1 253.0 253.5 253.1 252.8 252.6 253.0 253.5 254.9 255.9 254.4 253.2 253.6 254.3 254.2 253.9 254.7 256.6 257.8 257.8 258.5 259.6 260.8 261.5 261.2 261.0 261.2 34 Hudson Bay 253.2 253.4 252.0 253.7 259.2 259.7 254.4 249.9 249.0 248.3 252.4 256.8 260.7 263.2 261.6 258.3 254.7 260.6 265.1 264.1 263.0 265.4 265.8 260.9 260.0 261.1 262.5 264.2 263.3 263.8 263.6 36 Hudson Strait 248.9 243.9 242.8 238.6 242.8 251.5 247.1 244.9 248.6 252.7 244.1 246.0 247.4 253.8 257.6 254.7 246.1 247.5 255.5 264.6 256.6 254.8 257.3 250.9 249.1 254.0 252.7 250.3 255.2 263.0 261.5 98 Bering Strait 248.1 250.2 250.8 250.5 252.8 253.6 255.0 255.7 259.0 260.9 258.2 254.9 257.6 259.7 257.3 259.3 258.3 255.5 250.2 249.4 252.6 250.3 250.1 250.0 251.5 257.4 258.9 262.8 257.0 254.0 257.7 128 Arctic subocean 223.8 226.0 227.0 223.7 226.6 235.8 233.8 238.8 239.5 240.2 238.0 234.1 233.3 231.1 235.1 240.4 244.6 244.1 242.2 242.1 240.8 242.1 243.8 244.8 244.3 245.8 245.4 244.4 248.2 244.1 239.8 130 Chukchi Sea 243.8 244.4 244.9 246.1 251.1 253.1 253.3 254.4 257.4 252.1 249.8 248.0 254.0 257.0 254.9 257.0 256.6 249.3 243.5 244.1 244.2 242.4 242.8 249.0 248.2 258.8 254.3 254.4 253.2 250.4 252.7 132 Beaufort Sea 247.3 246.7 250.2 254.6 254.4 250.7 248.2 248.4 247.8 255.1 258.3 258.2 257.0 254.4 252.4 250.8 257.1 257.0 254.7 253.2 256.4 255.8 252.8 251.4 255.6 259.0 261.0 261.6 263.7 259.3 257.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 232.0 237.6 239.7 239.6 235.1 235.5 240.2 238.2 241.2 245.6 243.9 245.7 244.6 240.1 238.1 239.7 242.5 244.0 243.5 244.1 243.7 241.7 242.6 247.0 248.4 247.5 246.1 244.8 246.2 246.5 245.1 136 Foxe Basin 235.1 230.5 227.5 225.5 235.1 238.9 238.5 239.2 240.2 244.5 248.8 247.8 243.7 246.7 243.4 240.5 238.1 240.8 241.2 246.6 245.4 244.6 244.6 245.0 246.9 245.3 243.3 243.8 248.9 252.7 253.1 138 Baffin Bay 232.3 226.0 227.9 228.9 227.7 228.1 231.1 233.1 230.7 232.4 237.3 239.6 238.9 240.2 235.7 233.0 233.9 234.9 238.2 237.2 239.3 242.3 249.8 251.3 246.8 240.9 244.8 251.7 249.5 243.8 240.7 139 South Greenland 252.5 242.8 243.1 243.6 239.2 239.2 244.3 246.8 243.1 243.9 247.4 249.2 253.0 254.4 246.0 242.9 243.2 246.3 248.7 247.5 249.4 254.3 256.8 256.0 254.2 253.8 262.0 263.2 260.9 259.7 256.9 140 Greenland Sea 240.3 235.3 230.7 228.8 229.7 230.5 229.9 233.4 233.4 232.6 234.2 237.5 238.4 250.2 250.6 243.7 238.4 240.9 245.5 249.0 248.3 247.4 247.8 249.6 253.8 251.4 251.0 258.7 258.3 253.9 250.9 142 Norwegian Sea 274.5 274.2 274.3 274.4 274.9 273.4 270.4 272.1 274.6 273.8 272.5 272.1 270.8 271.7 273.1 271.9 269.8 269.4 272.0 273.4 272.9 270.8 271.6 272.9 273.2 275.7 275.0 273.9 275.8 275.7 276.0 144 Barents Sea 265.9 265.5 268.4 266.2 260.5 262.5 258.6 255.4 258.0 259.3 256.8 257.8 261.6 264.0 260.4 255.6 256.8 259.4 261.7 263.1 262.8 262.8 262.0 263.3 264.1 265.5 268.2 268.7 267.2 265.1 266.5 146 Kara Sea 254.5 251.6 255.0 258.3 258.9 258.3 260.2 259.5 256.4 253.4 255.2 258.0 258.9 257.9 258.7 259.4 260.3 260.0 260.2 260.6 261.8 263.7 266.0 268.1 269.2 269.0 267.3 267.7 268.8 269.4 268.7 148 Laptev Sea 254.8 253.6 246.4 245.1 247.7 252.3 256.4 258.6 260.8 258.3 252.9 247.2 249.7 254.7 250.9 249.3 251.9 250.2 244.6 242.2 245.1 251.8 254.8 254.4 254.8 256.5 260.6 259.0 257.7 259.8 263.1 150 East Siberian Sea 251.4 255.4 255.6 254.8 253.7 255.6 255.2 254.0 253.5 254.1 256.7 253.6 249.0 247.3 249.2 245.4 243.1 245.0 246.3 245.5 243.5 245.6 246.4 244.3 245.1 246.7 247.9 248.1 247.1 248.5 253.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 259.2 260.7 262.9 262.0 262.2 264.9 266.7 266.7 266.9 267.7 264.9 262.6 264.8 266.4 266.6 265.5 266.5 264.8 260.1 260.6 260.1 257.7 256.4 260.8 259.9 260.4 264.4 269.0 262.2 265.3 262.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 253.0 254.1 254.4 253.2 255.8 262.2 267.3 268.6 270.8 267.5 260.0 264.9 270.7 269.8 266.9 270.5 268.3 265.0 263.5 259.4 255.5 256.7 257.8 259.3 257.2 268.1 271.8 267.5 264.8 263.9 261.9