1950 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 272.7 272.2 271.2 270.2 269.1 268.7 268.3 267.8 267.6 267.7 268.4 269.0 268.3 267.3 266.4 265.4 264.5 264.3 263.9 263.4 263.5 263.8 264.4 264.7 264.4 264.4 264.0 263.6 261.7 260.1 260.2 34 Hudson Bay 276.6 276.1 274.7 273.3 272.2 273.6 276.4 278.4 278.9 278.1 277.3 276.1 275.5 272.9 271.9 272.8 274.0 273.9 273.4 269.9 267.1 267.1 270.3 270.8 270.8 273.8 274.8 276.7 275.9 273.1 271.6 36 Hudson Strait 275.3 274.8 271.0 269.2 268.5 267.5 270.0 269.1 266.3 269.7 275.3 272.5 273.5 272.3 267.9 265.4 265.3 265.4 264.0 265.0 265.6 264.6 265.6 265.0 264.6 264.8 263.5 269.2 270.9 272.7 268.0 98 Bering Strait 275.5 274.8 274.9 273.8 272.5 271.7 269.8 267.5 265.2 265.1 266.6 266.7 265.9 266.2 265.7 264.5 265.1 267.3 269.3 268.6 266.8 265.0 262.4 261.3 257.8 255.6 256.6 258.3 258.0 255.6 257.8 128 Arctic subocean 250.6 248.0 241.5 242.5 246.3 250.9 249.5 249.7 247.1 247.3 251.5 256.4 253.8 247.1 244.3 246.9 247.7 246.6 246.5 244.4 244.6 240.4 238.4 239.4 240.8 242.4 243.0 243.7 246.2 246.0 242.2 130 Chukchi Sea 274.0 273.2 273.5 273.0 271.0 269.8 268.5 266.3 262.3 258.4 259.6 262.9 263.2 264.9 267.9 266.7 265.3 270.1 272.8 268.8 267.8 266.5 266.4 261.2 256.1 254.4 252.0 252.3 253.0 252.3 252.7 132 Beaufort Sea 273.8 273.9 274.3 273.3 273.5 273.3 272.0 271.2 268.4 268.9 269.4 269.8 269.3 269.0 269.8 268.1 267.8 267.6 265.7 266.0 266.2 267.2 265.6 263.8 266.3 265.6 262.3 260.6 257.8 256.3 257.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.2 263.5 258.6 256.1 254.2 253.6 253.5 254.1 255.0 256.6 257.0 257.2 254.1 252.0 253.0 255.3 255.0 254.3 250.4 246.5 247.7 250.0 249.3 251.8 250.1 248.8 253.6 253.4 247.2 246.5 247.7 136 Foxe Basin 264.4 265.3 265.3 265.1 266.1 265.5 265.6 262.2 262.7 266.3 267.6 264.9 262.8 261.1 260.2 261.4 261.8 262.9 262.1 261.2 260.7 259.5 257.2 258.2 261.0 262.1 264.0 267.8 265.1 267.7 264.6 138 Baffin Bay 248.8 249.6 248.0 248.2 250.4 253.4 251.4 249.4 249.5 249.3 255.3 259.7 252.8 251.5 251.8 250.1 248.2 247.8 247.8 248.3 248.5 248.4 251.1 250.2 245.3 247.6 249.0 251.0 253.2 255.6 258.2 139 South Greenland 254.0 251.5 253.2 255.2 255.9 255.2 252.2 252.4 253.8 251.7 254.2 259.8 256.5 258.0 260.9 258.9 256.6 254.0 252.1 253.5 256.6 259.3 258.9 256.6 255.5 255.4 255.8 259.0 260.2 260.3 261.1 140 Greenland Sea 243.6 242.1 241.9 242.6 244.4 246.5 246.4 249.3 253.0 247.6 246.5 253.6 252.2 249.6 251.4 250.8 252.9 251.0 248.3 246.0 244.0 243.3 246.1 247.4 244.4 243.2 246.8 250.6 248.4 249.8 254.3 142 Norwegian Sea 278.7 279.4 279.1 278.0 279.6 282.6 280.8 278.5 277.6 277.3 277.1 276.3 276.1 275.7 276.6 277.8 277.6 277.2 277.2 276.7 274.6 273.9 275.5 276.3 276.8 275.9 273.0 272.1 274.0 275.0 275.1 144 Barents Sea 276.9 275.7 278.1 280.2 279.7 278.7 278.5 278.8 279.5 278.8 278.7 279.6 276.6 274.1 274.2 275.3 276.0 274.8 274.3 273.7 275.3 275.7 273.8 272.1 270.2 268.8 270.7 269.2 268.4 269.4 270.8 146 Kara Sea 279.5 278.1 275.3 273.3 271.8 271.4 271.9 271.9 271.7 271.7 271.8 272.1 273.2 272.3 269.8 268.2 266.5 267.1 268.2 269.1 269.8 270.3 271.4 272.5 272.9 271.5 269.7 267.7 263.1 260.4 262.1 148 Laptev Sea 273.6 275.1 275.9 273.8 270.8 269.1 266.2 262.8 263.5 264.8 265.9 266.7 266.4 266.5 264.5 261.6 259.5 257.8 255.7 255.5 256.1 257.4 259.0 261.3 262.3 263.5 260.9 258.6 258.4 255.8 252.7 150 East Siberian Sea 270.0 268.0 267.6 269.2 266.1 263.0 261.7 260.3 259.9 262.5 264.6 264.6 262.5 259.9 258.6 256.6 254.9 254.8 255.4 255.6 256.5 255.2 253.3 252.9 251.4 253.4 254.5 254.1 253.4 251.9 251.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.0 277.9 277.8 277.3 275.8 275.1 275.0 275.4 274.9 273.5 273.2 272.8 272.4 271.5 270.7 272.3 270.7 269.1 272.1 273.1 270.3 268.0 270.8 271.9 268.2 267.5 267.5 265.0 262.8 263.8 264.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.5 280.0 281.0 279.3 277.7 276.8 276.8 275.3 273.9 270.5 268.1 266.4 267.6 273.5 274.1 275.1 272.1 274.5 276.5 274.0 274.1 274.4 275.0 271.6 267.9 266.4 264.8 263.6 262.4 261.0 259.7