1951 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 284.4 284.6 284.9 285.1 285.0 284.4 284.0 283.6 283.0 282.9 283.5 284.3 284.6 284.3 283.9 283.4 283.5 283.1 282.7 282.2 281.6 281.2 280.9 280.8 280.7 280.6 280.4 280.6 280.5 280.3 280.0 34 Hudson Bay 287.9 287.3 287.5 289.7 290.5 288.6 287.5 287.0 285.8 284.6 284.6 285.4 286.1 287.1 287.8 287.9 288.3 287.7 286.7 285.6 285.3 287.2 288.0 287.9 287.5 286.4 285.0 284.5 283.3 282.6 281.9 36 Hudson Strait 283.0 281.2 280.4 280.7 282.5 282.2 279.9 281.3 284.4 283.4 282.1 283.2 280.9 280.1 278.5 278.8 281.6 282.0 279.9 278.7 277.7 278.1 280.3 283.5 285.4 284.8 286.3 286.4 284.2 280.9 278.1 98 Bering Strait 284.7 284.4 283.5 283.4 283.7 283.2 283.4 283.6 284.0 285.0 285.9 286.1 285.8 285.7 286.0 285.0 283.6 282.5 282.8 281.9 280.6 280.2 279.7 278.4 278.6 279.5 281.9 283.1 283.4 282.3 280.7 128 Arctic subocean 271.1 270.9 271.8 272.0 271.3 271.6 271.1 271.1 270.6 270.9 271.4 271.9 272.9 271.9 271.6 271.8 272.0 269.9 269.4 267.5 267.4 266.9 267.3 267.2 267.7 266.2 264.2 265.0 263.2 264.4 265.8 130 Chukchi Sea 281.8 280.8 279.1 279.6 281.2 281.0 280.2 279.1 278.6 279.5 280.2 280.0 277.8 280.0 280.7 280.4 279.3 279.2 280.0 279.6 278.4 277.9 276.5 275.9 276.8 278.0 277.4 276.1 276.7 275.3 275.3 132 Beaufort Sea 286.9 288.2 289.3 288.6 287.4 287.0 286.6 286.2 285.5 284.9 286.1 288.2 288.8 288.2 287.3 285.9 284.5 283.5 284.1 284.8 284.5 283.8 282.9 282.1 280.4 278.3 278.4 280.8 282.3 283.9 283.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 279.4 281.4 282.1 280.3 279.5 280.3 280.5 280.2 278.9 278.7 279.7 280.7 282.9 284.9 281.5 278.8 280.3 280.5 278.7 278.0 278.8 279.3 278.6 276.3 274.3 274.2 274.3 273.2 273.3 274.8 276.7 136 Foxe Basin 275.3 275.5 275.8 276.3 277.0 276.7 275.9 276.0 275.9 276.5 276.7 278.1 277.6 276.8 277.8 276.7 276.4 276.6 275.9 274.1 273.5 273.0 271.9 274.9 276.7 275.7 274.7 275.7 276.1 275.7 276.9 138 Baffin Bay 269.8 268.4 269.5 270.5 270.4 270.4 270.2 271.2 270.4 268.6 269.2 268.9 268.3 267.1 269.1 269.4 269.0 267.9 266.6 267.6 266.9 264.6 264.8 264.3 264.5 264.6 263.9 265.4 266.6 267.6 265.2 139 South Greenland 269.9 268.9 269.9 270.6 270.2 268.9 270.1 270.8 269.5 269.6 271.6 272.3 271.2 270.8 270.8 270.9 270.2 268.8 268.4 268.5 267.7 267.3 266.5 266.7 266.9 267.7 267.2 269.0 269.6 268.9 267.3 140 Greenland Sea 267.5 267.1 267.1 268.5 268.0 266.4 267.7 267.8 265.3 264.4 266.8 267.4 267.8 267.4 267.6 268.7 267.9 266.4 266.5 266.2 267.1 263.8 265.5 263.4 261.0 260.0 259.6 260.9 262.8 264.8 263.3 142 Norwegian Sea 285.4 285.8 284.8 285.8 288.2 288.0 287.0 288.1 287.6 287.4 285.8 284.1 284.5 284.5 284.2 283.0 282.9 283.9 285.1 285.4 284.5 284.8 285.0 284.1 285.3 286.0 286.6 286.0 285.6 285.0 285.0 144 Barents Sea 288.0 287.9 286.6 287.0 287.2 287.5 288.2 289.4 289.8 291.8 291.6 289.9 286.8 286.7 289.2 291.2 290.1 289.1 286.4 285.0 284.3 284.2 284.5 286.4 286.0 285.3 286.6 287.2 285.5 286.5 285.8 146 Kara Sea 289.6 289.6 289.3 288.6 288.3 287.2 286.7 285.9 285.3 285.2 285.6 286.5 287.5 285.8 284.7 284.3 285.5 285.8 286.7 286.2 284.9 284.0 282.9 282.6 283.0 283.7 282.8 282.8 283.1 282.4 282.9 148 Laptev Sea 283.6 285.0 286.7 287.6 287.3 286.5 285.2 283.7 283.4 283.9 285.5 286.7 286.3 286.2 285.1 284.0 283.4 283.1 282.4 283.3 283.4 281.8 281.1 281.8 282.7 282.4 282.3 281.8 281.1 280.4 279.6 150 East Siberian Sea 282.3 281.0 281.7 282.3 282.3 284.4 285.5 285.6 284.8 284.3 283.1 283.5 286.1 287.3 288.1 287.3 288.0 287.1 283.7 279.3 279.6 280.4 281.0 280.7 279.9 281.1 280.9 279.7 280.4 281.2 282.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.5 284.1 283.0 282.9 282.5 283.0 283.0 283.7 284.7 285.6 285.3 284.8 284.9 285.0 283.5 282.3 281.8 281.7 281.5 281.5 281.1 281.6 281.4 280.5 281.1 282.4 283.8 285.3 285.7 284.0 282.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.7 285.8 284.6 284.2 284.4 284.1 284.2 284.0 284.2 283.2 284.5 285.8 286.4 287.5 286.6 285.5 284.4 283.8 283.0 282.1 282.9 282.8 280.5 281.9 283.7 285.1 285.6 285.4 284.5 282.8 282.5