1948 12 - 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 254.1 254.2 253.4 252.5 252.4 252.2 251.6 250.5 249.5 248.4 247.8 248.8 249.6 249.2 247.8 246.3 246.5 246.7 247.2 247.9 248.4 249.4 250.2 249.7 250.4 251.4 251.2 249.5 249.2 249.1 249.7 34 Hudson Bay 264.2 267.2 266.2 261.5 259.6 258.3 257.0 255.3 252.5 249.8 252.8 254.0 253.0 251.8 252.3 253.4 253.7 255.0 259.7 259.6 258.0 255.4 253.6 253.6 255.7 258.0 260.2 260.2 259.3 262.1 261.6 36 Hudson Strait 254.9 256.2 256.2 254.8 254.9 263.7 267.5 263.7 258.0 251.9 253.4 254.8 255.7 257.2 259.6 255.9 252.0 250.1 256.1 256.4 251.0 252.1 251.9 250.8 252.3 254.0 254.6 252.7 255.7 254.8 259.5 98 Bering Strait 246.7 245.7 245.3 242.4 243.2 240.8 238.8 245.6 248.5 245.8 241.2 245.8 254.9 258.0 254.3 253.4 258.0 258.6 253.7 248.9 248.0 251.0 250.8 248.5 257.0 256.0 252.4 249.3 248.0 244.6 244.2 128 Arctic subocean 232.5 229.9 231.1 233.4 232.9 234.0 234.6 236.3 236.1 236.1 236.7 237.7 237.4 234.9 234.4 236.0 234.4 231.6 232.9 234.0 232.9 237.0 235.4 232.4 229.8 233.3 236.1 234.4 231.9 233.4 237.5 130 Chukchi Sea 239.8 243.8 246.2 246.1 251.1 249.3 246.8 245.6 245.6 242.7 239.4 248.6 262.8 259.4 249.7 248.0 253.0 251.0 248.4 242.1 238.5 240.0 238.7 245.9 251.7 245.8 246.2 242.0 239.3 237.8 236.7 132 Beaufort Sea 249.2 250.4 246.8 243.6 244.9 243.7 242.4 239.2 237.2 240.5 243.3 244.9 244.3 247.7 251.2 249.5 253.6 260.0 257.9 253.4 247.3 247.5 252.0 254.2 253.6 259.3 258.9 253.2 257.2 252.0 248.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.8 248.2 246.7 244.4 241.6 237.1 236.3 238.5 237.1 236.0 239.4 240.3 241.1 238.5 234.8 233.4 236.9 237.5 238.5 239.1 237.3 238.1 238.6 235.5 233.7 235.0 236.5 237.7 239.9 241.8 234.4 136 Foxe Basin 246.6 244.2 238.6 240.4 247.3 248.5 240.6 230.8 230.9 232.5 238.5 245.9 247.0 245.7 243.7 238.3 234.7 234.8 244.6 247.8 243.2 238.6 237.2 233.8 231.7 231.2 231.2 233.3 236.1 234.8 244.5 138 Baffin Bay 229.4 228.2 230.1 232.6 231.1 231.8 232.3 230.6 230.4 231.1 227.0 231.2 233.0 232.1 235.6 239.3 239.9 233.3 232.8 239.8 247.6 248.2 247.3 242.9 243.6 245.0 238.0 228.1 224.5 226.6 233.5 139 South Greenland 240.0 239.8 242.3 242.7 241.3 242.4 243.3 243.9 247.9 248.7 240.2 239.5 239.3 241.0 242.1 243.1 243.5 237.7 244.2 255.4 255.8 259.3 261.8 259.1 257.6 254.6 246.4 239.5 236.1 234.1 234.8 140 Greenland Sea 231.2 232.7 237.9 238.9 236.5 233.5 234.4 235.1 234.5 234.2 231.2 230.4 233.0 232.5 233.6 234.2 234.5 233.0 233.2 237.5 243.0 246.3 250.7 248.0 245.6 247.9 247.6 241.5 237.3 234.6 234.5 142 Norwegian Sea 274.5 274.1 278.1 276.4 273.6 275.4 274.0 271.8 271.1 270.7 268.9 272.3 275.3 275.6 274.3 273.4 271.3 275.4 275.8 270.7 271.0 271.8 271.7 274.9 274.7 274.4 274.9 272.6 273.3 273.4 273.4 144 Barents Sea 265.7 263.4 259.9 259.4 258.8 261.1 263.4 266.4 263.8 262.7 262.1 257.8 257.8 261.5 261.8 259.3 255.9 257.5 264.7 267.6 265.0 255.5 251.6 253.2 259.0 262.0 260.4 259.6 265.1 266.9 269.4 146 Kara Sea 258.8 259.0 261.4 263.0 261.3 258.6 256.3 252.7 252.2 254.3 255.7 255.7 254.5 250.6 244.8 242.2 244.5 247.3 245.5 246.7 250.5 253.8 254.1 251.8 251.5 253.6 254.8 252.9 250.5 249.8 252.3 148 Laptev Sea 256.8 253.0 247.1 248.1 253.4 257.6 256.9 255.2 251.8 243.6 239.7 243.0 245.7 248.5 250.0 243.8 237.1 233.7 233.2 233.3 235.5 238.5 241.4 243.2 243.4 241.2 242.5 244.9 245.9 246.8 246.2 150 East Siberian Sea 251.8 253.7 249.4 241.6 240.7 245.5 251.7 251.2 251.3 251.4 247.4 247.5 244.8 240.6 238.0 241.0 239.5 235.5 234.8 235.7 235.4 236.6 243.7 243.8 241.1 238.9 237.8 236.4 238.2 240.0 243.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 259.5 253.5 253.4 255.9 251.7 248.6 248.8 259.3 262.5 259.7 253.6 252.5 258.3 263.6 259.7 264.1 270.2 268.5 264.7 261.7 262.4 266.9 262.0 257.8 267.8 263.3 261.1 259.2 257.0 257.9 257.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 243.2 248.4 256.7 253.2 250.6 253.7 255.7 264.9 269.2 264.7 255.2 251.7 266.3 268.1 263.5 270.1 272.3 267.9 267.1 266.1 268.8 265.7 255.4 267.7 265.7 265.3 260.8 255.3 247.8 246.3 245.8