1948 10 - 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 273.7 273.7 274.0 273.8 273.4 272.2 271.4 270.8 270.6 270.1 269.6 268.8 268.1 267.4 267.2 266.7 266.5 266.3 265.9 265.7 265.4 264.8 264.6 265.1 265.5 265.9 266.6 266.4 265.9 265.7 264.0 34 Hudson Bay 278.0 277.6 280.5 283.4 283.4 281.4 280.9 280.3 277.8 277.4 279.2 278.9 278.6 276.2 275.5 270.6 268.8 272.0 272.0 273.3 276.0 274.0 274.0 277.2 277.9 276.3 275.8 275.2 276.0 275.7 276.2 36 Hudson Strait 277.8 274.9 272.9 276.2 279.0 277.9 276.4 277.5 278.6 278.9 276.8 277.8 277.0 275.4 271.2 274.3 274.5 269.6 268.1 268.0 267.5 270.4 272.3 270.6 272.3 274.1 271.2 272.5 272.8 272.4 267.0 98 Bering Strait 272.6 271.9 269.2 268.5 266.9 265.1 265.9 266.3 269.0 267.3 267.4 267.1 266.2 262.7 261.1 265.0 263.0 264.6 263.2 258.9 261.8 263.5 260.7 257.9 257.7 259.4 262.3 264.9 263.5 261.1 259.3 128 Arctic subocean 253.5 255.8 257.4 255.3 254.1 253.6 254.9 253.0 246.2 244.6 246.4 246.9 247.0 247.3 247.0 252.0 250.5 247.7 249.0 248.2 246.7 247.3 246.1 248.7 254.3 253.7 250.2 244.9 244.8 249.6 251.7 130 Chukchi Sea 273.8 271.3 269.6 267.7 265.9 265.4 266.1 266.8 266.3 266.8 267.9 266.6 264.5 263.5 263.5 264.1 259.9 257.4 257.2 260.0 258.4 255.8 256.0 260.0 263.5 258.1 256.9 259.5 259.7 256.6 257.7 132 Beaufort Sea 273.9 276.6 277.0 277.4 275.4 272.7 271.0 270.3 272.2 275.6 273.7 273.5 272.2 270.3 267.7 267.4 273.1 271.1 272.0 271.9 267.6 268.0 270.0 269.9 268.3 267.1 267.9 270.7 270.2 270.4 267.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.9 261.5 263.0 260.8 259.5 260.5 263.1 263.4 261.9 263.7 266.3 262.4 258.2 255.6 254.8 253.9 255.4 255.5 253.8 258.0 257.4 253.7 253.1 252.5 255.2 255.3 257.4 259.3 259.4 264.6 265.6 136 Foxe Basin 267.6 266.6 266.3 268.9 269.1 266.4 264.1 270.3 269.8 271.3 271.9 269.9 267.9 267.3 267.0 267.3 268.2 268.6 266.6 263.4 265.7 270.4 268.4 263.5 261.4 264.8 264.3 265.8 268.8 266.9 268.8 138 Baffin Bay 259.2 261.5 259.8 253.6 249.9 249.1 248.4 248.7 250.3 250.6 249.9 254.6 255.7 254.7 252.5 251.6 250.3 250.8 251.6 249.4 247.3 249.2 254.2 257.3 255.2 250.5 249.2 248.8 249.1 246.9 247.6 139 South Greenland 260.1 261.2 263.8 256.8 255.0 252.5 250.7 253.9 262.6 262.4 258.3 255.9 256.3 255.9 255.9 255.0 254.2 257.4 252.1 251.4 249.8 251.3 252.7 252.4 248.9 248.6 255.9 255.4 254.3 255.1 251.9 140 Greenland Sea 254.9 255.9 257.4 253.5 253.5 252.9 251.5 247.6 245.1 249.0 248.1 245.7 248.6 252.5 253.8 254.5 251.0 248.3 249.0 250.8 248.7 248.5 248.5 252.3 250.5 245.6 242.6 243.7 242.8 244.9 244.1 142 Norwegian Sea 277.5 278.4 275.0 276.0 277.4 278.0 274.6 274.1 274.5 275.8 278.6 278.5 278.6 279.2 279.4 276.9 276.0 276.2 276.9 276.3 274.6 274.5 273.1 270.3 269.8 271.4 270.3 269.7 272.4 272.1 271.1 144 Barents Sea 275.5 274.3 275.7 276.0 275.1 274.7 275.2 274.7 274.5 273.1 271.3 272.0 273.6 273.5 273.2 273.5 274.6 275.5 278.4 279.4 277.6 276.3 275.0 276.5 274.9 273.4 273.3 271.6 269.0 268.5 270.1 146 Kara Sea 280.0 279.8 279.9 280.6 280.2 278.6 277.3 275.4 273.7 273.1 273.1 272.8 271.3 271.5 272.4 272.9 272.0 269.9 269.1 269.1 269.8 269.3 269.4 270.3 271.2 270.6 269.2 268.5 268.5 268.2 265.8 148 Laptev Sea 275.2 274.7 273.5 273.0 273.9 274.2 272.8 272.9 272.3 269.1 266.8 265.2 265.0 264.7 264.7 263.6 263.1 263.2 263.2 261.7 259.5 258.1 256.2 255.4 258.5 264.1 267.0 265.0 264.5 263.0 260.0 150 East Siberian Sea 265.9 265.5 265.0 265.2 266.6 267.5 266.8 263.4 263.9 262.6 261.0 257.0 256.4 258.9 260.4 259.4 260.4 261.2 260.2 259.1 257.3 255.7 255.7 256.2 254.4 256.4 262.3 262.2 257.8 258.9 254.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.3 274.7 275.4 273.0 270.9 269.6 269.2 274.4 276.0 273.8 274.0 274.1 273.0 270.2 270.8 275.1 274.8 274.1 271.8 269.3 273.0 273.4 271.3 270.2 268.4 272.4 271.7 272.8 272.3 269.7 268.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.9 275.2 274.4 273.9 272.2 270.2 269.2 271.9 273.6 270.5 272.7 272.8 271.1 269.9 269.5 271.0 269.7 268.3 264.5 264.6 272.7 271.4 269.6 264.5 262.1 272.0 270.0 273.8 270.4 268.1 271.1