1950 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 254.6 253.8 254.0 254.1 253.3 253.9 254.6 254.5 254.5 253.9 253.0 252.7 253.6 253.2 253.3 253.2 251.6 250.2 250.2 250.1 249.6 249.1 249.2 249.1 249.3 248.8 249.3 249.2 248.8 248.4 248.4 34 Hudson Bay 258.7 256.8 255.7 255.9 253.6 254.7 260.8 262.3 262.5 260.5 258.8 257.7 257.8 256.2 253.8 253.6 255.5 256.8 253.6 254.3 255.6 255.0 259.2 254.3 249.3 250.9 255.9 255.0 254.6 256.5 254.7 36 Hudson Strait 268.4 262.9 257.5 258.5 263.8 257.0 257.2 261.6 268.8 266.3 262.3 261.0 269.0 261.6 257.5 253.9 251.9 248.2 250.5 249.2 246.8 245.5 241.0 244.1 253.9 262.0 254.6 250.9 251.5 253.5 253.1 98 Bering Strait 256.3 249.3 246.8 251.2 249.2 250.6 249.8 250.0 255.4 257.4 256.0 256.7 257.8 253.4 251.8 250.7 252.8 252.2 251.0 249.6 249.3 249.3 251.3 251.2 257.4 259.3 259.5 254.2 251.8 250.1 255.2 128 Arctic subocean 241.5 239.1 237.1 236.5 234.9 233.0 237.6 237.9 237.0 237.1 236.8 241.1 246.1 245.2 240.9 237.5 236.0 236.2 232.0 235.1 236.2 236.4 238.4 238.7 240.7 244.7 244.7 245.8 242.6 245.7 243.2 130 Chukchi Sea 249.2 243.6 241.3 241.0 243.7 240.8 240.2 242.2 251.9 254.2 249.7 257.6 260.1 257.3 256.4 255.9 250.0 246.5 245.1 245.4 243.0 244.0 245.8 248.3 254.4 254.4 250.6 250.0 243.1 242.8 244.0 132 Beaufort Sea 250.4 249.0 247.2 245.3 249.8 259.2 261.3 258.0 259.3 262.0 258.6 258.8 259.8 256.1 255.6 257.5 253.7 249.2 248.6 248.3 251.2 255.0 250.5 251.1 253.6 252.6 255.2 256.4 255.5 253.7 251.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.5 246.0 246.2 244.4 242.0 241.6 246.4 245.7 243.2 244.7 243.8 242.8 245.8 246.0 246.9 248.0 246.0 243.0 240.5 238.9 237.0 235.5 236.4 236.1 237.0 237.1 240.6 248.6 247.8 249.4 248.6 136 Foxe Basin 258.9 264.4 259.8 255.1 254.3 248.6 245.6 255.0 254.2 250.1 245.8 239.6 243.7 249.9 252.3 250.7 246.9 247.6 249.0 250.5 246.4 240.6 237.4 242.1 243.9 249.6 264.8 258.9 262.5 255.5 249.3 138 Baffin Bay 245.3 247.5 249.5 248.5 250.4 246.1 237.4 234.4 233.3 234.5 235.5 233.9 236.2 241.2 243.1 244.1 240.8 240.2 239.5 239.0 238.4 240.3 243.4 249.0 252.7 249.1 251.0 254.2 251.6 248.7 243.1 139 South Greenland 249.8 255.2 258.7 259.5 259.0 254.4 246.6 243.3 243.8 250.0 251.5 250.9 245.9 251.0 257.7 253.1 246.4 245.0 244.1 245.4 245.4 246.1 252.2 257.2 253.8 249.8 251.1 251.8 252.7 249.1 247.6 140 Greenland Sea 240.9 241.3 246.3 244.3 243.1 244.4 236.8 233.2 230.5 229.5 233.6 235.0 239.7 239.5 236.3 240.1 236.6 234.5 234.6 235.1 237.1 240.6 241.1 246.0 248.7 245.6 244.8 250.0 247.1 244.3 243.7 142 Norwegian Sea 267.2 268.1 268.2 267.7 267.2 265.5 263.8 271.1 273.8 273.8 273.5 271.4 268.1 268.5 268.8 270.7 272.5 271.6 270.5 271.1 269.7 268.5 266.5 266.0 267.4 266.0 267.1 265.1 260.1 261.3 263.3 144 Barents Sea 264.4 265.4 268.0 265.9 268.1 267.2 266.1 263.0 262.3 265.3 267.1 268.9 267.8 269.2 267.9 267.5 265.6 264.7 264.7 265.0 263.0 259.0 261.9 259.1 255.9 259.1 258.5 255.7 251.3 248.8 248.2 146 Kara Sea 259.8 259.4 259.7 260.0 258.0 259.8 262.1 262.5 260.1 257.6 257.0 256.2 257.2 257.6 259.8 260.3 257.6 255.7 255.5 255.5 253.9 253.0 249.8 250.1 251.6 249.8 247.2 248.1 250.7 250.7 250.9 148 Laptev Sea 247.9 248.1 249.6 250.3 249.1 247.7 247.0 248.4 247.7 244.6 243.1 242.4 245.4 245.4 243.7 242.7 241.5 238.9 240.3 241.2 240.5 239.6 240.3 239.4 238.0 236.6 237.5 236.5 234.0 233.9 235.7 150 East Siberian Sea 246.2 245.1 246.0 247.1 244.0 243.0 240.4 239.9 240.4 239.5 241.0 240.0 238.3 237.3 238.2 239.2 239.5 242.7 251.0 248.7 247.7 243.5 243.2 242.7 239.7 241.0 240.6 238.4 237.1 237.7 239.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.4 259.4 260.7 262.9 264.5 263.4 262.4 263.4 267.1 267.1 264.5 268.0 267.8 261.8 262.3 262.3 264.0 265.4 267.4 264.6 266.1 267.5 266.8 267.7 271.3 271.9 267.3 265.6 265.4 263.2 271.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.6 256.5 253.3 249.9 250.1 249.1 247.4 247.3 266.8 269.7 265.3 271.6 265.4 261.0 257.3 255.2 256.0 256.9 260.7 258.0 250.7 250.4 259.8 268.2 272.9 267.8 262.2 259.8 256.8 261.0 268.4