1948 11 - 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 262.3 261.1 261.3 260.9 260.1 260.0 260.2 261.2 261.6 261.3 261.0 261.1 261.1 260.5 259.9 258.9 257.6 255.9 255.4 254.6 253.7 254.5 254.9 254.9 255.1 255.2 254.3 254.3 254.8 254.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 274.6 272.0 272.8 275.6 274.9 272.8 270.8 268.9 268.3 268.1 266.1 264.7 264.9 265.8 267.3 268.3 267.4 264.7 263.8 264.8 261.8 262.5 265.8 264.5 263.6 263.4 261.2 259.9 261.9 261.1 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 266.5 269.2 271.6 268.6 265.9 266.3 272.9 272.6 269.5 269.0 271.2 269.5 268.4 265.4 265.5 264.7 264.0 269.7 268.0 260.6 256.7 258.4 262.2 264.6 266.6 262.2 257.0 260.5 258.2 254.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 259.1 259.3 259.4 257.2 255.1 254.0 258.1 262.2 263.7 268.2 267.5 260.9 257.1 253.8 255.5 256.9 253.5 251.8 250.7 248.2 247.0 245.5 244.1 243.2 242.4 242.0 241.9 240.3 243.0 244.3 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 254.3 250.8 248.5 248.4 246.8 246.7 248.3 250.4 254.1 254.1 246.5 242.3 242.9 241.0 240.0 241.1 241.8 239.1 238.9 240.4 240.9 240.0 239.8 238.0 236.9 236.5 234.1 234.6 235.3 234.4 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 262.0 259.3 258.4 257.7 254.7 255.4 254.2 256.8 258.3 268.1 266.4 261.0 258.9 253.9 254.2 261.6 262.5 257.4 252.0 250.8 247.4 246.9 246.2 241.8 246.9 252.9 251.5 244.3 241.6 243.7 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 264.2 263.0 266.7 267.8 265.9 262.9 260.3 264.8 266.8 264.7 267.5 267.7 264.9 259.8 259.4 259.2 258.6 257.8 258.4 256.8 254.7 255.7 250.0 249.1 249.6 247.9 244.0 245.4 244.6 246.9 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.8 255.4 253.9 254.9 258.2 257.4 255.7 255.8 253.7 250.5 247.4 247.1 248.1 249.0 248.5 246.1 243.8 243.2 246.1 246.0 241.1 240.5 241.5 242.4 238.7 237.5 236.4 234.7 234.7 238.3 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 269.8 270.3 267.7 261.5 263.2 267.5 266.7 267.6 264.0 261.1 262.8 261.7 258.5 255.3 256.9 255.5 256.1 254.6 251.8 260.9 265.1 257.7 261.5 263.9 264.0 255.9 251.3 247.7 250.7 248.6 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 251.8 256.5 259.5 254.2 250.0 247.8 244.3 245.4 249.2 251.9 249.7 251.8 254.2 251.1 245.4 241.6 244.0 242.7 240.3 236.0 239.0 242.5 243.1 243.2 243.6 242.4 242.7 240.0 237.6 233.5 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 249.1 251.7 253.8 253.5 248.3 247.2 246.0 247.4 251.4 253.4 258.3 264.2 264.4 260.9 255.3 249.8 248.3 247.1 249.1 246.4 245.1 249.6 255.7 260.0 259.5 256.8 254.3 249.4 244.9 241.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 245.4 249.5 250.6 249.1 245.8 244.7 244.2 247.2 248.5 253.6 249.6 248.6 251.4 250.0 245.1 238.5 239.1 240.4 236.8 236.2 236.6 239.3 238.3 239.4 242.4 240.8 241.3 242.3 239.3 235.3 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 272.4 275.0 275.0 275.7 275.2 270.4 268.4 268.4 270.9 271.3 268.0 268.8 274.5 274.4 275.8 274.8 275.3 274.9 274.3 275.6 273.9 269.8 266.0 270.6 275.9 276.7 277.1 276.9 275.2 276.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 267.5 269.6 271.3 272.4 274.7 276.5 272.8 270.4 266.9 263.0 262.3 264.7 264.9 266.6 267.4 266.1 266.4 266.1 269.0 268.7 268.9 269.1 268.7 267.4 266.2 262.7 264.8 268.2 270.1 266.0 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 263.3 261.3 261.1 260.7 261.6 262.8 263.1 263.3 262.5 261.5 262.3 264.0 264.7 264.9 264.9 265.1 262.9 260.4 258.7 257.3 257.5 258.7 259.4 258.6 258.9 260.3 259.8 261.2 262.0 262.4 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 259.3 257.5 254.4 251.2 249.5 251.4 255.9 258.9 261.3 260.0 258.3 257.7 258.2 259.1 257.9 254.3 252.0 249.9 250.3 250.3 249.9 250.5 250.2 251.7 252.6 255.5 257.0 256.2 257.2 256.4 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 250.0 246.1 247.8 249.5 246.2 244.9 243.4 245.9 246.7 247.9 247.6 247.3 249.1 250.6 248.1 248.2 246.8 244.8 245.3 244.4 245.1 246.9 246.7 248.6 252.2 251.9 249.8 250.3 250.9 251.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.8 272.0 270.7 266.8 265.5 263.4 273.3 272.7 270.5 273.9 272.3 269.1 266.0 264.1 262.6 263.2 261.4 262.6 262.0 260.8 260.9 258.1 259.6 253.8 250.2 249.7 250.5 249.7 258.6 256.2 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.9 266.9 264.6 262.6 262.7 267.2 274.3 272.5 271.7 274.2 271.3 269.8 266.5 260.4 257.3 257.0 257.8 257.6 252.4 250.7 250.8 248.9 247.2 244.1 246.1 250.6 253.6 255.3 255.6 245.9 -9999.0