1949 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 271.8 271.6 271.7 271.3 271.1 270.9 270.6 270.4 269.9 269.6 269.7 269.1 267.9 267.3 267.0 265.7 264.6 264.7 265.1 265.0 264.9 264.9 263.8 263.8 264.5 264.8 265.3 265.5 265.4 264.7 263.7 34 Hudson Bay 278.2 280.9 280.8 278.9 278.9 279.2 277.8 276.2 275.8 277.5 278.8 276.2 274.7 273.8 277.8 276.0 271.5 270.3 269.5 269.1 269.6 271.1 267.8 265.8 267.1 269.0 271.8 274.1 273.5 269.5 268.4 36 Hudson Strait 269.8 270.8 277.4 279.2 275.8 271.3 271.1 276.8 276.1 272.6 276.3 276.5 272.5 271.9 270.4 270.0 273.2 270.2 269.7 267.6 265.2 268.9 273.7 267.5 266.7 269.5 267.9 267.8 267.6 267.3 266.1 98 Bering Strait 271.8 270.4 270.7 270.0 268.2 267.6 268.3 270.1 268.2 264.9 263.6 263.0 263.8 262.2 263.2 264.3 265.0 269.2 268.3 267.6 268.2 265.8 263.2 262.4 265.5 267.0 265.9 261.0 258.8 264.7 264.9 128 Arctic subocean 247.2 247.4 248.3 246.6 243.7 245.6 247.7 247.8 246.0 244.8 240.5 236.1 240.2 243.4 247.0 250.2 249.2 248.1 249.1 249.4 246.5 248.8 252.1 251.6 252.5 248.1 251.0 251.8 251.1 249.6 247.4 130 Chukchi Sea 272.0 270.6 268.1 267.5 265.7 266.3 266.5 267.5 266.5 265.9 266.7 265.9 262.5 259.5 264.7 268.6 269.7 270.3 269.5 266.3 268.8 272.2 268.9 263.7 265.3 266.7 265.7 264.7 262.9 265.2 261.7 132 Beaufort Sea 277.7 274.9 272.7 272.5 272.8 271.1 268.1 268.4 271.0 269.8 268.2 267.3 268.4 271.9 268.4 264.6 263.0 264.2 269.6 270.3 270.2 265.9 260.7 263.0 264.0 266.8 267.7 265.4 263.1 266.9 271.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.8 261.7 259.1 257.4 256.8 257.7 258.8 260.5 261.1 262.6 263.5 262.1 260.1 259.8 262.7 263.0 259.9 257.5 258.2 258.5 253.2 251.5 256.1 258.0 262.3 261.0 257.3 254.3 254.2 252.3 252.1 136 Foxe Basin 264.5 265.2 265.9 265.7 263.4 261.5 263.0 267.5 268.7 267.2 266.4 265.5 265.2 265.1 263.0 263.8 266.5 265.8 263.6 265.2 267.1 265.1 266.4 270.4 267.6 266.9 266.7 264.6 264.7 266.6 265.6 138 Baffin Bay 248.4 246.9 246.8 246.2 244.3 243.9 245.5 245.6 245.5 248.1 250.0 247.7 244.2 242.1 243.4 245.7 248.7 248.2 248.8 247.3 248.0 252.4 252.5 254.7 257.2 254.9 255.2 256.2 256.0 255.6 253.7 139 South Greenland 257.2 252.0 253.3 255.4 260.4 260.2 260.7 260.3 261.3 264.2 264.7 263.4 259.8 260.0 254.9 250.7 250.6 249.7 248.6 248.3 249.3 250.1 251.6 256.2 256.6 257.4 260.1 260.5 261.6 259.9 256.6 140 Greenland Sea 246.9 246.1 246.2 245.9 243.2 241.5 241.1 239.9 240.0 241.3 243.9 247.4 246.1 241.9 243.7 244.3 247.2 246.8 245.4 243.8 242.9 246.6 249.5 251.3 252.3 249.2 249.3 251.3 252.3 249.6 246.9 142 Norwegian Sea 275.6 276.6 275.4 276.2 275.5 273.4 274.8 274.8 273.5 277.8 276.3 277.7 281.2 280.3 280.9 281.4 282.0 281.1 279.0 278.4 277.9 277.2 275.9 273.4 273.6 270.8 269.0 270.9 272.2 274.3 276.3 144 Barents Sea 276.1 275.2 274.4 275.6 274.5 273.1 272.9 272.1 271.3 270.4 271.5 270.0 270.2 272.9 269.6 267.5 266.7 271.5 276.2 277.1 275.9 276.8 276.8 275.9 276.7 274.9 274.0 272.5 268.0 267.7 269.6 146 Kara Sea 276.8 277.1 277.7 277.3 277.5 277.5 277.2 276.3 274.9 274.1 273.8 274.2 271.9 270.3 269.9 269.1 269.0 268.6 268.1 268.0 269.1 269.3 267.9 268.8 268.6 268.3 268.9 269.9 271.1 268.9 266.9 148 Laptev Sea 271.5 271.1 271.8 272.3 272.4 272.1 272.0 271.7 271.7 270.8 270.9 270.1 268.9 268.3 266.3 263.9 262.0 261.9 262.1 262.5 262.2 260.6 259.5 258.7 258.2 257.8 258.9 261.3 262.0 262.0 258.6 150 East Siberian Sea 264.6 267.2 268.3 266.3 265.9 268.3 268.8 267.4 265.1 265.1 263.9 264.8 265.8 264.4 264.5 262.4 258.4 257.7 258.1 257.8 256.9 259.4 260.4 255.9 254.9 256.5 256.2 255.3 255.6 256.2 257.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.9 275.2 275.4 274.1 273.1 272.5 273.9 274.9 272.3 271.1 269.5 271.7 273.8 269.7 267.8 267.2 271.3 274.5 274.7 274.5 271.4 269.0 269.4 272.2 275.6 275.3 273.0 269.0 271.1 274.4 272.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.5 277.9 275.4 271.8 269.8 270.0 275.8 275.9 272.9 270.7 272.5 273.6 270.5 268.9 272.8 274.0 277.0 276.5 276.3 274.8 272.6 271.5 269.2 268.0 273.6 275.0 274.3 271.0 270.4 268.9 266.9