1950 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 283.9 284.2 284.4 284.6 284.6 283.8 283.6 283.4 283.2 282.9 282.9 283.3 283.3 282.9 282.5 282.1 282.1 282.2 282.3 282.7 282.4 282.1 281.4 281.0 281.0 281.3 281.4 280.7 280.2 280.0 279.8 34 Hudson Bay 287.2 288.8 289.8 289.9 289.7 290.2 290.1 288.7 286.8 285.5 286.0 287.3 288.0 287.6 287.3 284.9 282.3 281.1 281.3 282.7 282.1 282.4 281.7 281.3 282.8 284.9 285.7 284.0 284.3 285.0 285.0 36 Hudson Strait 281.9 282.9 283.9 283.5 281.5 283.5 285.5 285.0 282.6 281.7 280.8 280.3 278.9 282.8 285.5 284.9 283.0 278.1 277.8 280.0 280.3 280.9 281.0 279.8 279.4 278.1 279.9 276.9 276.5 277.8 279.4 98 Bering Strait 281.2 281.6 282.3 282.2 282.1 282.0 282.6 284.3 285.8 285.2 285.8 285.6 284.6 282.4 282.0 284.0 284.7 285.4 285.3 285.6 284.9 284.8 284.3 282.5 280.4 280.4 278.9 278.7 278.5 278.5 278.2 128 Arctic subocean 272.2 272.1 271.4 270.9 271.0 271.7 271.6 271.3 271.5 271.5 272.0 271.4 271.1 271.5 270.7 270.4 270.9 270.7 270.5 272.7 271.2 268.8 268.6 267.7 266.9 266.0 266.5 266.9 266.0 265.1 264.7 130 Chukchi Sea 280.4 281.6 282.3 280.8 279.5 279.0 280.9 281.2 281.9 281.2 281.4 279.6 279.4 281.1 282.9 283.7 284.0 281.5 283.0 283.4 280.7 281.5 280.5 281.2 278.5 275.8 277.6 278.2 276.7 276.4 276.0 132 Beaufort Sea 283.2 284.1 283.6 282.9 282.2 282.0 282.1 282.9 284.4 284.5 285.3 284.8 282.7 279.8 278.2 278.1 279.7 281.6 284.8 284.7 283.8 282.5 280.7 280.6 282.2 284.3 284.4 283.2 282.2 281.4 281.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 281.2 280.4 278.2 278.8 278.3 277.0 277.5 278.1 279.8 280.2 276.8 276.8 274.1 272.6 272.6 272.9 273.8 274.5 274.0 273.8 273.8 273.8 273.8 274.3 275.2 275.6 275.3 276.2 276.8 277.8 278.5 136 Foxe Basin 281.2 280.4 279.2 277.4 276.8 277.8 276.1 276.4 277.8 277.6 276.2 276.1 274.2 273.4 273.1 273.8 273.8 274.5 274.3 275.3 275.1 275.3 276.3 276.3 276.2 275.7 274.6 274.9 275.0 273.7 272.7 138 Baffin Bay 269.8 268.0 267.6 268.8 269.3 269.3 269.8 269.3 269.0 268.6 268.8 268.0 268.5 269.0 268.6 267.5 269.0 269.0 271.7 271.6 270.5 270.2 269.1 268.6 268.4 266.2 265.7 264.4 264.2 264.6 264.2 139 South Greenland 271.8 271.8 271.9 272.2 271.3 270.0 270.3 270.4 270.4 270.2 269.9 270.1 270.6 269.7 269.1 269.5 271.8 272.2 271.4 271.6 272.6 271.1 269.4 268.7 268.2 267.7 266.9 265.7 265.8 267.0 266.1 140 Greenland Sea 269.3 268.9 269.3 269.0 269.5 268.8 267.9 268.1 268.1 267.8 270.5 270.8 269.1 266.9 266.2 267.2 268.8 269.0 270.4 269.6 269.6 267.9 265.6 263.6 264.8 262.2 260.2 259.9 260.5 260.4 260.8 142 Norwegian Sea 286.9 286.8 287.0 286.9 287.1 287.3 287.8 287.8 288.0 287.6 287.1 285.9 285.2 284.0 284.4 286.4 286.6 286.9 287.1 285.2 283.1 282.4 283.5 283.6 283.6 284.5 285.2 284.1 283.5 282.6 281.7 144 Barents Sea 285.3 285.4 284.7 284.4 283.2 282.2 282.4 283.8 283.3 283.9 284.7 286.5 288.3 289.4 288.2 287.4 287.2 286.6 285.5 286.5 285.6 284.2 282.6 280.8 279.5 279.3 280.8 282.3 283.8 284.4 283.9 146 Kara Sea 288.5 288.9 289.8 290.9 290.9 289.2 288.8 288.7 288.2 288.1 287.4 287.0 286.6 286.4 286.0 286.3 287.0 287.6 287.3 287.6 287.7 287.2 286.0 285.0 285.2 286.0 286.6 286.5 286.1 285.5 285.2 148 Laptev Sea 285.4 285.5 285.7 284.8 286.3 284.8 283.3 282.0 281.1 280.7 281.8 283.2 285.1 285.9 286.2 285.1 283.7 283.7 283.5 283.7 283.2 284.0 285.1 285.7 284.5 283.4 282.8 281.6 279.3 277.4 277.3 150 East Siberian Sea 282.7 279.6 278.5 280.6 280.5 280.7 279.4 279.0 280.4 278.3 278.6 279.8 281.0 280.9 279.2 278.8 279.1 278.2 277.2 276.7 276.9 277.6 277.7 279.3 279.9 279.5 278.5 276.9 275.8 275.7 274.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 282.2 283.0 283.0 283.0 283.4 283.4 283.7 284.7 285.5 286.3 287.0 287.2 287.3 286.2 284.6 284.6 285.6 285.9 285.6 285.4 284.5 284.4 284.6 282.7 281.6 281.2 280.4 280.5 280.2 279.9 279.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.3 284.5 284.6 284.9 284.8 285.3 286.3 288.0 287.9 288.7 289.0 290.4 291.2 290.7 289.5 288.8 286.4 285.3 286.2 284.8 284.6 284.0 283.8 282.8 284.0 282.6 282.0 282.3 281.4 280.9 280.4