1949 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 262.5 262.7 262.0 261.2 261.0 260.8 259.9 258.7 258.0 256.9 256.0 255.8 255.5 254.6 254.2 254.0 255.2 257.3 257.2 255.9 255.5 254.9 253.8 253.5 253.3 252.0 252.1 252.0 251.2 250.5 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 268.7 267.7 270.4 270.7 272.5 272.9 273.5 267.6 267.7 269.4 271.1 270.8 270.8 269.9 268.9 268.5 266.0 268.0 266.4 262.1 260.5 263.0 259.2 259.1 261.0 262.2 262.9 268.4 269.5 265.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 263.8 264.9 263.9 264.3 261.6 263.0 265.4 267.4 266.8 267.9 267.4 264.9 258.7 258.1 258.6 259.8 263.6 264.7 261.6 257.1 257.0 255.6 253.8 258.3 257.0 254.8 256.4 255.5 261.4 265.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 262.9 265.9 263.5 259.5 260.2 265.5 267.0 261.9 257.4 257.7 256.8 257.9 262.2 258.5 256.6 256.4 258.7 261.1 265.5 265.1 266.7 267.3 267.1 261.7 256.4 253.2 250.1 250.0 249.8 247.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.2 242.8 243.0 246.9 245.7 240.9 240.5 243.2 245.5 243.7 242.2 240.6 240.7 241.3 242.4 241.4 240.7 240.8 238.7 239.4 236.9 234.4 236.2 239.7 245.9 250.9 249.2 245.3 247.3 245.5 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 259.6 258.5 259.7 258.8 260.2 264.1 264.1 261.7 259.7 259.1 258.1 259.1 259.1 257.1 255.5 257.5 260.9 265.6 266.3 266.8 268.2 267.3 264.0 262.3 257.7 254.3 250.0 246.0 248.1 247.3 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.9 271.8 273.0 271.6 270.4 269.5 266.1 267.8 267.7 266.0 264.8 264.4 264.1 265.1 263.3 257.9 262.8 264.2 262.0 262.4 265.3 264.3 263.8 261.5 257.8 256.8 262.3 261.5 258.1 257.2 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.2 250.5 251.1 254.1 254.8 251.6 246.8 245.8 246.4 247.4 250.9 255.1 257.8 257.9 257.1 251.7 246.6 247.5 244.0 243.4 243.6 237.6 238.4 241.8 244.4 243.0 245.1 249.0 252.3 252.4 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 261.7 259.6 256.1 252.0 252.2 254.0 253.7 260.4 263.8 259.3 256.3 257.2 263.2 261.1 262.2 258.9 253.7 254.3 256.2 256.6 254.3 257.0 258.2 259.4 259.9 254.9 251.6 255.2 256.5 255.8 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 249.4 249.2 248.4 247.8 246.3 244.2 245.2 246.2 245.6 244.1 244.1 240.9 240.0 238.0 238.4 238.1 237.4 238.9 246.2 247.1 248.0 249.3 250.1 253.4 259.0 254.3 250.6 247.4 241.8 242.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 255.5 256.4 253.8 252.6 251.1 249.8 247.8 249.5 250.9 252.8 253.4 250.8 249.5 249.8 248.5 247.5 247.3 253.4 258.5 258.9 257.6 257.3 256.8 260.0 259.7 252.9 257.8 254.8 246.7 248.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 242.2 243.9 246.9 248.1 248.1 246.3 248.5 251.6 253.0 249.9 246.1 243.1 238.5 234.3 233.8 233.9 234.9 239.8 246.5 247.6 247.6 246.0 245.3 244.1 250.6 251.5 248.2 247.5 247.0 247.2 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.8 275.4 277.5 277.5 278.5 276.0 275.2 275.5 274.8 273.3 274.4 274.2 272.7 272.5 269.9 271.8 273.1 274.2 272.2 271.2 274.4 275.2 273.8 271.7 271.1 268.9 266.7 262.5 265.4 271.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.2 270.1 268.8 270.5 274.6 272.6 268.5 270.6 271.7 271.1 270.1 269.1 267.9 268.4 269.8 269.3 268.7 269.2 268.6 268.3 265.1 264.0 263.9 263.9 259.5 257.9 258.5 255.8 252.0 254.9 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 266.2 265.8 265.0 262.9 260.7 260.7 260.2 258.4 256.8 254.1 251.9 252.9 253.0 250.8 250.6 253.7 257.2 260.5 260.2 258.8 258.4 256.4 251.9 250.0 251.6 251.3 248.6 246.3 247.0 245.4 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 257.9 257.9 255.0 254.7 254.8 254.1 252.7 251.2 250.8 248.7 246.1 244.4 241.8 242.6 243.2 242.2 243.2 244.2 242.7 240.7 238.8 238.9 242.0 243.5 242.7 242.3 244.2 244.5 241.8 242.7 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 255.8 252.1 249.5 248.2 246.6 247.2 248.9 248.7 247.1 245.4 245.7 245.6 245.4 244.2 244.4 244.5 245.7 245.2 243.5 242.7 243.0 245.3 249.6 251.2 246.0 239.4 242.0 243.5 242.8 242.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.6 274.4 271.1 268.5 272.5 274.4 273.2 269.3 267.2 267.8 266.0 264.9 271.5 268.6 268.2 267.6 267.8 269.8 274.6 272.4 274.7 273.7 272.0 267.3 266.0 264.7 260.2 263.6 261.6 265.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.3 267.1 265.2 264.8 272.2 273.7 273.0 273.0 268.4 266.2 264.0 264.0 270.2 266.1 263.1 262.8 272.4 271.0 274.4 274.4 274.8 273.9 273.5 270.9 267.6 261.7 257.7 255.2 257.5 257.6 -9999.0