1949 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 249.2 249.4 249.9 250.1 250.7 251.6 252.2 253.9 255.0 255.3 254.9 253.6 251.3 250.4 249.4 248.3 248.9 248.9 248.2 248.0 247.5 246.6 245.9 245.4 245.9 247.5 248.0 247.2 246.4 246.5 246.3 34 Hudson Bay 262.9 264.0 265.0 263.2 260.8 258.0 256.6 257.6 260.8 262.0 259.5 256.8 253.8 252.7 253.0 254.0 255.2 257.0 254.7 255.1 256.1 252.4 249.1 247.5 251.3 255.7 255.1 252.3 251.2 257.3 258.2 36 Hudson Strait 264.6 261.3 258.2 256.7 262.0 263.2 262.1 262.8 264.4 264.2 264.5 266.1 267.2 259.9 257.1 254.1 253.8 253.0 253.0 258.3 261.6 252.5 257.7 255.1 256.0 255.1 254.6 252.7 255.8 252.6 250.5 98 Bering Strait 247.0 249.9 250.7 251.8 252.9 252.7 250.8 252.7 247.0 250.4 258.6 261.9 257.7 258.2 255.3 252.0 251.8 255.1 257.8 255.5 249.6 246.3 244.5 243.6 244.3 246.9 248.3 248.8 249.2 245.1 244.1 128 Arctic subocean 245.6 239.7 239.0 240.7 240.2 238.9 238.2 239.5 241.2 237.9 235.2 237.6 238.1 239.8 239.8 244.6 244.4 240.5 238.3 237.1 239.0 240.6 240.0 238.0 234.4 237.6 236.8 236.3 237.7 237.8 236.5 130 Chukchi Sea 240.6 238.7 239.3 239.0 242.9 244.7 243.2 239.9 238.4 255.5 263.1 262.9 259.1 256.1 258.0 258.4 255.0 259.0 255.5 247.3 243.1 239.8 240.0 238.7 242.0 245.6 246.5 251.9 252.1 247.3 245.5 132 Beaufort Sea 257.3 258.1 258.2 254.6 258.2 260.1 255.4 257.0 257.0 249.3 245.5 248.4 250.3 252.1 252.4 249.0 249.6 248.7 249.0 253.6 249.3 244.8 244.1 244.6 250.0 248.8 244.9 242.4 242.1 241.3 238.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.5 246.9 244.6 244.0 241.5 249.5 250.7 248.3 246.1 244.7 243.0 241.3 240.5 242.7 246.9 245.1 243.7 239.5 238.1 238.9 237.1 237.9 239.5 240.1 239.7 239.9 238.5 236.5 234.7 231.3 232.3 136 Foxe Basin 248.9 246.1 251.8 247.8 246.7 250.5 254.1 254.5 261.4 259.5 255.0 251.0 253.0 255.7 252.8 249.8 245.9 241.1 241.0 245.7 243.8 239.7 241.4 245.8 241.6 236.4 236.1 235.3 239.9 241.7 239.9 138 Baffin Bay 240.8 241.0 235.1 233.4 233.4 233.4 236.9 245.0 251.3 250.9 246.6 242.4 241.1 241.4 238.3 239.5 242.6 236.9 232.7 232.0 233.8 236.9 239.9 240.7 239.9 240.1 240.8 239.8 238.5 236.0 235.3 139 South Greenland 250.7 249.3 243.6 241.4 241.1 242.6 246.8 252.0 256.6 256.3 249.2 245.5 246.0 249.0 246.2 242.7 242.4 242.3 240.9 239.8 242.3 248.3 247.1 248.9 247.5 247.0 247.6 244.9 242.9 243.4 247.4 140 Greenland Sea 242.9 241.3 239.0 238.1 241.5 239.4 237.6 241.5 247.5 244.6 243.0 239.3 237.8 237.7 237.4 237.1 239.2 236.6 233.4 232.1 237.6 239.9 238.8 239.0 239.2 240.8 242.2 241.0 239.7 238.2 236.6 142 Norwegian Sea 272.7 272.0 272.3 270.0 268.6 265.1 267.7 270.3 270.7 270.2 266.4 269.4 269.6 270.6 271.6 272.4 272.1 269.8 270.5 270.2 270.4 270.9 271.0 271.8 270.7 270.3 269.3 270.6 270.2 269.6 268.6 144 Barents Sea 255.4 256.9 263.7 268.4 269.4 270.3 270.2 268.8 270.2 271.2 268.2 263.0 262.3 263.7 266.3 269.1 268.2 267.1 264.8 266.9 268.2 266.4 264.0 259.6 256.6 254.7 250.9 249.7 248.9 250.3 250.7 146 Kara Sea 242.7 244.1 246.4 248.9 249.9 251.5 253.0 254.8 256.5 258.9 261.2 259.5 255.1 251.8 247.8 245.7 248.2 247.5 246.9 245.0 244.0 245.8 245.9 244.6 244.4 246.5 248.3 248.6 247.5 247.4 246.5 148 Laptev Sea 242.3 241.0 241.2 241.0 242.2 244.4 248.7 251.6 251.8 250.3 248.7 247.1 244.5 240.7 238.4 238.6 239.1 239.4 241.1 241.8 241.5 238.0 238.0 238.9 238.6 242.5 243.5 242.6 241.7 241.7 240.9 150 East Siberian Sea 242.6 242.6 242.6 243.6 243.6 240.7 238.3 240.2 239.6 239.9 242.6 243.5 242.1 247.3 256.1 253.2 250.0 252.6 250.0 246.6 249.6 251.5 248.9 248.9 249.0 248.6 256.3 257.4 256.9 255.5 258.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.7 266.7 265.5 265.6 263.3 262.9 265.2 268.2 259.8 264.3 268.8 268.6 263.9 263.8 261.2 258.0 257.5 263.6 267.9 265.0 260.0 255.5 254.7 256.7 253.3 249.3 250.6 250.9 250.8 248.3 248.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.0 257.3 255.9 256.2 260.0 261.3 262.4 261.3 261.6 271.4 271.1 267.7 263.1 263.5 265.5 265.2 263.2 269.8 267.0 264.4 257.5 255.6 253.2 255.2 249.2 250.8 251.8 254.0 254.5 254.1 258.6