1949 08 - 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 285.6 285.7 285.5 285.4 285.4 285.4 285.3 285.0 284.4 284.3 284.4 284.1 283.6 283.1 282.9 283.1 283.2 283.0 282.5 282.1 282.4 282.8 282.6 281.4 280.6 280.7 280.4 280.4 280.3 279.8 279.7 34 Hudson Bay 287.9 289.2 289.7 289.7 290.2 291.2 292.9 291.4 288.3 287.6 288.7 289.5 289.7 289.2 289.6 290.7 291.0 289.5 288.8 289.1 289.6 289.0 288.5 287.5 287.5 286.6 284.5 283.8 283.6 282.6 281.9 36 Hudson Strait 282.7 285.0 286.3 285.1 283.5 280.7 279.9 279.1 278.4 279.5 280.5 280.4 280.4 280.4 280.4 283.4 282.4 278.7 279.6 280.7 282.1 282.1 281.3 280.5 280.4 282.4 280.7 278.3 279.2 281.0 280.7 98 Bering Strait 282.5 282.4 283.2 284.3 283.3 282.7 282.4 282.1 281.0 281.3 281.8 281.0 280.7 280.9 281.5 282.2 281.9 282.6 282.8 283.0 282.6 282.0 281.7 281.8 281.4 281.0 281.8 281.9 284.1 284.8 283.4 128 Arctic subocean 272.3 272.4 272.8 272.9 272.5 272.9 272.9 272.5 271.7 272.2 272.1 271.6 270.9 272.0 272.8 273.0 272.3 270.4 268.6 268.1 268.9 268.3 265.9 264.6 265.5 264.5 264.7 263.2 264.0 264.9 265.3 130 Chukchi Sea 280.7 281.0 280.9 282.1 281.0 278.3 279.0 280.7 280.3 280.0 279.3 277.0 276.8 278.4 279.9 280.9 280.2 279.5 281.4 281.3 281.4 280.4 279.5 280.0 279.0 278.6 279.6 278.4 279.2 279.2 278.6 132 Beaufort Sea 286.6 286.7 286.3 286.7 286.7 286.3 285.9 285.4 284.7 284.5 285.5 286.1 285.0 283.2 283.2 283.5 283.9 283.3 283.4 283.2 284.0 285.0 285.4 284.5 283.3 283.0 283.2 283.7 284.7 286.0 287.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 278.9 279.3 278.1 278.1 279.2 279.5 280.1 280.0 280.3 280.4 281.6 282.3 283.1 283.3 282.3 282.1 282.4 281.9 279.8 277.5 277.3 278.5 278.3 276.7 273.5 273.6 274.0 272.1 271.0 272.5 275.4 136 Foxe Basin 277.6 276.9 277.3 277.2 276.2 276.7 277.5 278.2 278.6 277.4 276.7 277.0 277.1 278.4 277.5 276.9 276.5 278.6 278.7 277.8 277.7 277.1 276.7 273.8 271.7 272.0 272.8 271.5 273.3 274.8 274.7 138 Baffin Bay 268.7 269.0 269.6 269.8 269.7 269.3 269.2 268.8 268.0 268.0 268.4 267.5 265.8 265.0 265.9 266.5 267.3 267.6 264.9 262.9 262.5 264.2 265.7 261.9 261.3 263.1 263.2 264.0 264.5 262.5 263.6 139 South Greenland 269.7 270.4 269.8 268.7 268.6 269.0 267.9 267.9 268.2 269.0 269.5 269.0 268.3 267.7 266.9 267.2 266.5 267.5 267.4 268.7 268.1 269.0 267.7 266.6 266.3 265.8 264.0 266.4 265.5 264.5 265.1 140 Greenland Sea 265.9 266.2 266.7 266.9 267.4 267.6 268.6 267.7 266.6 266.2 265.9 265.5 265.1 265.1 265.5 266.5 266.3 265.3 264.5 263.7 262.9 260.6 259.2 259.1 260.2 259.7 258.9 260.7 261.9 259.9 259.4 142 Norwegian Sea 284.1 284.4 284.7 284.6 282.0 282.9 283.8 284.0 283.9 282.2 281.2 280.5 282.4 281.5 280.3 279.4 279.0 279.0 279.9 281.9 282.1 281.1 280.3 282.1 284.9 285.5 284.6 284.8 284.9 285.5 284.9 144 Barents Sea 286.9 286.7 286.4 286.7 288.2 287.2 286.9 286.4 287.9 288.9 288.8 288.5 285.5 285.5 286.2 283.6 284.1 286.6 287.2 287.3 286.4 287.3 286.6 282.9 280.9 281.9 283.5 282.8 282.3 283.6 283.4 146 Kara Sea 291.1 290.8 290.8 290.8 290.5 290.5 290.5 290.6 290.0 290.1 290.2 289.2 288.4 287.2 286.2 286.4 286.5 286.8 287.3 286.8 287.5 288.0 287.8 285.9 284.5 284.8 284.2 284.5 283.8 282.6 282.2 148 Laptev Sea 290.1 289.4 287.6 286.7 287.3 286.9 285.8 286.4 286.4 286.0 285.0 284.5 283.7 283.4 282.9 282.8 283.2 282.4 280.4 280.1 281.4 282.0 281.3 281.5 280.8 280.8 280.7 280.8 280.3 279.8 280.3 150 East Siberian Sea 283.9 284.8 284.2 283.0 282.6 284.0 283.3 280.3 281.0 279.5 277.9 279.1 282.0 282.8 283.2 282.3 282.7 281.1 278.7 275.9 275.0 276.9 278.7 278.8 279.3 280.8 281.6 281.5 281.0 279.2 275.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.2 281.8 283.2 283.9 283.2 282.4 281.3 281.0 280.8 281.9 282.7 281.8 280.7 280.5 280.9 281.3 281.5 281.7 282.0 282.4 282.4 282.1 282.1 282.1 282.3 281.5 282.2 283.4 285.1 284.8 283.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.2 284.9 285.8 285.0 282.8 282.0 281.8 281.6 282.1 283.2 283.3 282.0 281.0 281.3 282.4 283.3 284.1 284.5 283.9 283.3 283.9 283.1 282.7 282.9 281.0 282.0 283.1 282.6 283.0 283.3 282.5