1950 03 - 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 252.9 252.8 252.2 252.4 252.7 253.2 253.9 254.2 255.3 256.8 257.6 257.6 257.1 257.2 257.3 256.9 257.4 257.7 258.7 260.2 261.1 261.5 260.8 259.6 258.8 258.2 258.1 258.5 258.8 258.3 258.5 34 Hudson Bay 252.9 250.9 254.2 262.9 262.2 260.4 258.5 253.1 249.7 249.4 251.4 254.0 253.9 254.3 254.7 257.0 257.5 257.9 260.7 264.2 265.9 266.3 266.0 264.7 262.6 261.5 261.0 261.8 263.6 264.6 264.4 36 Hudson Strait 242.6 250.8 250.0 246.7 253.4 250.1 251.3 254.1 258.0 264.4 251.1 248.4 253.6 253.5 258.8 262.3 262.6 258.5 256.6 257.1 257.1 260.2 262.6 263.7 260.6 258.0 257.1 257.1 261.1 257.6 257.1 98 Bering Strait 259.2 261.0 258.7 257.5 257.0 259.1 258.2 257.7 255.5 259.0 258.2 259.3 260.2 259.4 258.7 258.1 261.9 258.7 256.9 258.0 257.8 256.0 258.9 256.4 258.9 258.9 256.9 257.2 258.3 259.9 258.3 128 Arctic subocean 231.6 231.8 231.4 231.8 237.0 240.0 241.5 240.9 240.3 241.7 241.1 244.9 246.5 246.9 245.8 244.2 242.7 245.1 249.2 248.0 244.4 241.4 241.3 239.7 240.5 240.3 241.4 241.3 242.8 243.6 243.6 130 Chukchi Sea 255.0 259.0 257.5 253.8 249.9 257.2 264.2 261.4 254.8 252.6 257.5 258.5 255.0 253.1 256.9 255.3 252.5 250.0 245.6 246.7 250.3 254.1 250.6 251.4 252.6 254.4 252.8 249.7 251.2 254.1 251.9 132 Beaufort Sea 254.8 262.0 264.2 262.0 260.3 257.2 252.2 249.2 250.6 252.7 254.5 252.2 252.0 251.8 253.3 253.4 255.1 257.2 261.1 262.1 260.7 260.5 261.6 263.7 264.4 265.2 263.5 262.7 262.1 260.0 261.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 235.2 241.5 243.5 242.0 243.9 241.1 240.9 243.0 242.3 246.0 247.3 250.2 251.3 255.2 258.5 255.6 255.7 255.8 254.8 252.2 251.8 250.8 249.6 247.9 248.8 250.3 253.6 255.5 252.2 246.2 246.8 136 Foxe Basin 239.7 237.9 238.9 241.8 241.3 240.2 239.2 244.6 245.8 248.5 262.3 264.6 265.6 262.2 256.4 252.6 251.7 255.9 256.4 255.9 253.9 249.3 249.3 249.6 250.5 251.6 249.8 249.0 252.2 252.0 246.5 138 Baffin Bay 232.8 229.6 227.6 226.9 226.9 231.9 239.7 239.9 244.5 243.5 250.5 255.1 253.4 251.6 248.9 246.5 242.1 242.9 243.7 247.7 248.9 246.6 242.4 239.1 235.7 239.5 243.7 245.6 243.9 243.7 241.5 139 South Greenland 244.4 242.0 241.0 240.6 239.0 246.0 248.4 252.8 259.4 262.1 262.6 259.2 257.0 253.2 250.7 248.1 246.4 245.3 247.4 251.0 255.3 255.1 252.1 249.6 247.7 252.2 260.0 262.3 261.0 254.8 250.9 140 Greenland Sea 232.6 233.3 231.8 230.1 230.2 234.5 239.4 240.0 243.5 245.5 245.0 247.1 244.3 242.5 243.6 237.7 238.1 237.6 240.0 246.1 247.4 247.7 243.5 239.5 236.4 236.6 241.2 246.0 246.2 241.9 239.2 142 Norwegian Sea 270.1 269.8 274.0 273.1 273.6 273.7 269.7 269.0 267.7 268.3 266.8 264.0 263.6 263.5 267.0 270.4 274.4 276.0 274.7 271.9 270.1 270.9 274.3 274.5 275.0 274.8 270.1 271.2 270.8 273.1 275.0 144 Barents Sea 259.4 259.8 261.7 266.7 269.1 268.2 266.5 263.8 260.0 259.4 260.6 262.0 264.8 266.4 265.3 264.5 264.6 269.2 271.2 271.0 269.9 268.8 266.3 269.1 269.0 269.0 270.4 269.7 268.9 269.6 269.5 146 Kara Sea 259.8 258.2 255.7 254.4 255.0 256.3 259.4 262.2 264.9 265.9 265.8 263.8 261.9 262.6 263.3 263.0 263.6 263.2 263.3 265.1 266.2 267.3 266.0 263.4 261.7 260.3 260.7 261.4 261.3 260.4 261.3 148 Laptev Sea 252.7 249.9 247.7 245.1 246.1 245.9 246.6 248.0 251.5 255.2 256.1 255.8 255.1 255.3 254.5 254.1 254.5 255.7 256.1 256.0 258.0 259.9 260.8 259.6 259.3 256.0 251.5 251.2 253.0 255.9 258.7 150 East Siberian Sea 244.8 245.0 243.8 243.4 244.6 243.7 246.0 247.9 249.1 248.1 250.1 252.5 252.4 251.7 249.4 248.0 249.6 249.9 252.5 256.4 256.9 258.0 255.6 254.4 253.4 254.4 256.1 255.3 254.3 250.9 249.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.6 271.1 269.3 266.1 267.1 266.5 266.8 264.9 263.8 265.4 264.0 264.3 266.9 267.8 266.7 266.6 270.4 268.2 267.4 269.2 267.3 266.5 268.8 266.1 268.7 266.2 264.6 263.9 265.3 266.5 268.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.6 270.5 262.7 261.7 263.0 272.2 270.8 271.8 268.7 269.7 268.3 270.1 272.1 271.5 271.7 269.0 270.9 268.6 266.3 264.3 261.7 261.3 261.9 263.3 270.3 266.5 260.5 261.1 262.4 267.8 266.6