1948 05 - 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 270.7 270.8 270.2 270.2 270.3 270.5 270.2 270.3 270.2 271.1 271.8 272.3 272.3 272.6 273.2 273.7 274.3 274.3 274.5 274.5 275.1 276.1 276.5 276.9 277.1 277.1 276.6 276.7 277.8 278.8 279.2 34 Hudson Bay 276.0 275.9 276.0 276.3 276.1 275.6 274.6 274.8 274.3 275.8 276.4 277.9 278.5 279.0 278.8 279.4 279.9 279.7 280.9 281.3 281.4 281.9 280.7 280.6 281.8 281.9 279.2 277.8 279.8 282.8 285.4 36 Hudson Strait 268.6 268.1 268.1 268.6 266.2 267.9 265.5 267.1 269.1 269.2 267.5 267.6 268.2 268.6 266.9 266.7 270.1 267.0 265.2 268.9 272.4 274.2 276.8 278.0 276.8 275.6 274.1 274.3 274.2 273.7 273.9 98 Bering Strait 267.0 265.0 266.6 267.0 266.1 268.4 267.0 268.5 270.1 270.7 271.1 270.4 271.7 271.5 273.1 275.3 275.8 275.8 275.4 274.8 275.0 275.9 275.7 276.2 279.1 280.3 279.8 279.1 279.1 278.7 277.9 128 Arctic subocean 260.2 258.3 255.3 256.7 256.5 255.3 254.7 256.2 258.9 260.3 258.9 260.3 262.0 262.9 263.2 264.0 264.5 265.4 267.0 266.3 266.9 267.2 268.5 269.3 270.4 270.3 270.4 270.5 271.9 272.2 271.6 130 Chukchi Sea 260.4 259.0 260.7 261.6 260.6 262.4 261.5 263.9 266.2 267.7 268.1 270.0 270.2 269.6 270.1 271.0 270.1 271.2 272.1 271.4 272.2 273.1 274.5 274.1 275.2 275.7 275.4 276.0 275.0 274.5 274.5 132 Beaufort Sea 273.2 272.8 272.6 273.1 273.2 273.9 275.1 276.2 275.5 275.9 277.7 277.9 277.5 277.3 277.1 277.3 278.3 278.8 278.5 279.6 280.8 282.2 283.0 282.9 281.5 279.6 281.0 284.1 285.9 285.6 284.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 270.3 265.9 262.4 260.2 260.3 263.7 266.9 266.5 267.5 267.6 265.4 264.4 265.3 266.7 267.3 267.0 267.7 270.4 270.7 270.9 270.3 269.5 269.4 270.6 270.7 270.6 270.3 271.5 274.4 274.7 273.1 136 Foxe Basin 265.9 270.2 263.5 258.2 257.4 258.4 261.0 267.0 268.6 269.6 269.5 268.2 268.3 267.7 265.7 263.8 264.0 265.8 267.3 270.7 269.9 269.6 272.4 271.4 272.0 273.1 273.1 272.4 272.0 271.3 271.2 138 Baffin Bay 257.3 257.7 252.8 249.1 247.3 248.5 251.1 252.6 253.1 257.6 258.8 257.4 255.7 257.6 258.5 259.5 259.9 260.7 262.6 261.3 263.6 264.8 265.6 266.8 266.7 267.1 267.2 268.6 269.4 269.3 268.0 139 South Greenland 259.2 261.9 260.9 255.5 255.9 257.6 257.7 257.3 258.4 259.2 258.8 257.7 257.9 259.9 260.3 260.2 262.0 264.4 266.2 263.4 265.2 268.4 270.2 270.9 270.3 270.9 270.2 269.5 269.2 269.3 268.4 140 Greenland Sea 253.4 255.5 253.0 254.1 254.7 255.4 257.0 256.0 253.2 253.1 254.0 254.6 254.7 255.6 257.6 259.0 259.4 259.8 262.6 261.0 260.8 263.0 262.9 263.4 263.8 265.9 266.7 267.6 268.7 268.8 269.3 142 Norwegian Sea 274.9 274.9 273.8 274.4 276.1 278.1 279.0 280.1 281.1 282.8 283.0 281.8 280.9 280.1 279.2 279.8 282.1 281.2 279.4 276.4 277.8 275.7 275.8 276.7 277.2 278.6 280.8 280.3 277.8 279.1 280.7 144 Barents Sea 273.3 276.6 275.9 277.4 277.8 275.1 273.6 273.6 273.4 276.2 278.5 279.4 280.4 280.0 282.1 281.3 278.8 277.7 280.2 281.5 280.1 283.5 284.6 281.7 279.2 281.5 280.2 281.4 283.9 285.8 285.8 146 Kara Sea 275.2 274.9 274.5 274.8 275.0 274.6 274.1 273.6 273.2 273.7 274.4 274.7 274.1 273.8 274.5 275.9 277.0 276.5 275.9 276.0 276.9 278.0 278.9 279.8 280.2 279.2 278.7 278.5 278.6 279.9 280.8 148 Laptev Sea 267.5 268.1 268.9 269.9 270.5 270.3 269.5 268.9 268.2 268.1 269.4 271.7 271.4 272.5 273.0 272.3 272.5 272.8 272.2 271.7 272.2 272.7 273.2 273.7 273.5 274.1 274.7 275.2 276.8 277.9 278.3 150 East Siberian Sea 270.7 271.2 270.6 270.8 271.1 271.1 270.1 269.3 268.9 270.7 272.4 271.9 271.9 272.2 272.7 272.8 272.9 271.9 272.6 272.0 271.6 271.3 271.9 272.4 273.1 273.3 272.6 271.9 273.0 275.0 275.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.2 270.0 270.4 270.0 270.9 271.5 270.8 272.4 274.3 274.5 273.8 272.7 275.3 276.0 276.7 276.8 276.8 276.1 275.8 275.0 275.9 277.1 275.9 277.6 280.5 280.1 279.5 278.8 280.7 278.3 277.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.5 271.5 268.5 266.8 268.8 269.0 267.5 271.6 274.0 274.0 273.7 272.5 273.6 273.7 276.5 278.6 278.6 278.4 277.6 276.5 277.4 278.5 276.9 278.0 280.2 281.5 279.7 278.3 279.8 280.4 280.7