1949 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 270.3 269.9 270.4 270.9 271.1 271.5 271.6 271.6 271.9 272.0 272.2 272.2 272.1 272.6 272.9 272.7 272.6 272.9 272.8 273.3 273.9 274.0 274.1 274.3 274.3 274.6 274.9 275.7 276.2 276.8 277.1 34 Hudson Bay 280.4 279.5 279.4 279.4 278.6 277.7 277.7 277.6 275.8 277.5 278.2 276.9 277.6 278.0 279.5 280.4 278.1 276.4 273.2 275.2 277.3 277.3 276.5 277.0 277.3 277.9 279.3 281.1 282.9 284.1 284.9 36 Hudson Strait 264.7 267.5 271.6 271.7 268.4 266.7 266.4 264.8 264.2 262.7 263.4 269.6 271.0 269.2 267.7 268.2 266.4 263.6 265.0 266.4 267.8 269.2 271.3 272.6 271.9 271.6 272.3 276.1 275.3 274.6 273.9 98 Bering Strait 263.9 264.6 265.9 265.3 264.7 265.2 266.1 267.1 270.3 270.4 271.3 270.8 271.0 270.4 272.1 272.0 273.0 273.2 273.9 274.5 275.0 275.7 274.7 273.0 274.4 275.1 274.9 275.1 275.2 275.9 277.3 128 Arctic subocean 257.5 258.9 259.1 258.3 259.2 261.8 261.6 259.9 257.3 255.7 256.5 255.6 255.8 256.4 257.6 258.8 259.8 261.8 263.1 264.4 265.4 266.1 266.0 266.4 266.1 267.3 266.9 267.5 268.1 269.2 271.5 130 Chukchi Sea 258.3 258.2 259.7 261.3 261.3 261.3 262.2 263.3 263.4 263.4 266.5 269.0 270.8 270.5 269.4 270.2 269.0 272.0 272.6 272.1 270.8 270.7 268.4 269.4 273.6 273.3 271.5 273.0 273.1 272.3 272.3 132 Beaufort Sea 271.8 271.0 270.9 270.4 271.1 272.6 272.7 272.0 275.0 275.9 275.9 275.7 275.5 276.1 275.9 274.4 273.8 275.0 275.5 275.8 273.2 270.8 272.2 273.5 273.6 274.1 275.9 276.2 277.3 278.8 278.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.6 259.5 261.2 262.0 263.3 265.0 262.7 261.9 263.2 260.1 258.8 261.2 261.3 262.2 261.9 260.3 262.5 264.3 266.0 267.3 267.9 268.9 268.6 269.1 268.8 269.6 269.5 270.3 270.6 271.9 271.9 136 Foxe Basin 252.2 256.8 258.8 262.3 260.4 260.2 260.6 259.9 260.0 260.0 263.3 262.0 262.2 263.1 262.8 263.7 264.6 265.9 269.7 269.5 271.1 271.3 271.5 272.3 270.4 270.7 270.8 271.0 270.9 270.7 270.9 138 Baffin Bay 253.8 253.3 252.2 254.4 256.3 256.6 255.3 254.8 253.3 253.2 253.1 251.5 250.9 254.1 256.0 258.9 261.6 262.5 263.3 262.5 263.2 264.9 265.5 264.5 263.3 263.1 262.8 262.0 263.7 265.4 268.2 139 South Greenland 253.8 253.3 253.5 256.5 257.9 257.9 259.0 261.4 261.7 261.4 260.7 261.3 259.0 261.2 262.8 264.4 265.0 264.9 264.3 264.9 267.1 268.2 268.8 267.1 264.8 264.4 263.8 265.1 264.2 264.2 264.6 140 Greenland Sea 247.5 252.4 256.0 256.7 254.4 255.1 258.5 258.8 257.0 257.6 259.4 257.8 255.8 257.7 258.4 258.9 260.8 261.2 262.7 264.4 264.5 264.8 263.5 261.3 259.7 260.0 261.1 261.5 260.0 260.7 264.4 142 Norwegian Sea 274.5 275.6 275.9 277.9 279.6 277.7 275.0 273.7 273.5 276.8 278.0 278.9 279.1 279.5 280.6 280.3 280.2 279.9 279.3 280.7 280.5 278.1 278.8 280.9 282.0 282.5 281.3 281.5 280.2 280.3 281.1 144 Barents Sea 274.0 271.8 271.4 271.7 274.3 278.0 281.6 280.2 280.2 278.6 277.5 277.8 279.4 280.9 279.7 280.2 281.4 282.4 280.0 274.9 274.5 273.9 275.5 275.6 277.9 280.6 280.7 281.0 280.2 279.9 278.0 146 Kara Sea 276.8 275.4 276.0 277.0 277.1 277.5 277.0 277.2 277.4 277.6 278.2 278.3 277.2 276.9 276.9 275.5 274.8 275.8 276.0 277.1 277.6 277.7 277.9 278.3 278.2 278.1 277.9 278.2 278.5 278.9 279.3 148 Laptev Sea 269.1 270.0 270.3 270.1 270.1 269.1 269.4 269.2 269.7 269.7 269.6 269.1 270.4 270.5 270.5 270.3 271.0 271.1 271.4 272.0 273.0 274.1 274.5 274.6 274.9 275.2 275.1 276.1 276.7 277.0 276.9 150 East Siberian Sea 267.2 269.4 269.8 269.5 269.7 270.4 270.1 270.3 270.6 270.1 268.5 268.8 269.5 271.5 271.7 272.1 271.6 271.2 270.5 270.3 269.3 270.0 270.2 270.1 268.9 268.3 269.0 270.6 272.0 272.4 271.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.0 267.6 266.9 265.6 268.4 269.8 270.2 272.2 274.2 274.3 273.8 274.4 273.7 273.2 273.5 274.4 275.0 275.2 276.9 277.9 281.1 281.3 278.3 276.1 277.5 278.9 279.7 279.7 278.0 277.9 278.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.3 261.4 259.3 261.7 265.1 266.1 270.9 271.4 271.8 273.6 272.7 273.9 273.4 274.4 275.2 276.1 276.7 277.5 280.5 282.0 283.8 280.2 276.2 277.5 280.3 280.2 279.8 281.2 280.3 280.8 282.1