1951 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 272.7 271.9 270.8 269.9 269.4 269.2 268.7 268.8 268.8 268.1 267.7 268.0 267.7 266.3 265.5 264.6 264.5 264.9 265.2 264.8 264.1 262.8 262.3 263.0 263.5 264.0 264.5 263.7 262.1 261.1 261.2 34 Hudson Bay 280.6 280.6 279.2 277.4 276.1 276.0 276.7 277.6 280.3 281.0 277.6 277.1 280.2 277.9 274.9 271.1 267.8 267.4 266.8 265.9 266.3 265.9 267.1 269.0 267.9 265.7 268.1 267.6 264.7 262.1 260.3 36 Hudson Strait 268.9 268.4 269.1 271.3 269.7 269.6 271.5 271.8 270.2 272.0 271.9 268.9 268.2 274.5 272.1 270.5 273.3 267.4 269.7 270.1 269.1 269.7 270.1 264.3 263.8 267.2 266.2 263.8 261.4 264.1 263.6 98 Bering Strait 268.7 268.7 268.3 267.6 266.0 266.7 266.2 265.1 263.0 262.2 264.7 265.6 264.9 264.6 265.6 265.3 264.3 264.5 264.2 264.0 262.4 260.7 259.5 263.6 267.0 266.9 266.2 264.9 260.9 260.5 264.2 128 Arctic subocean 252.8 255.2 252.7 253.2 256.8 252.5 247.5 245.6 247.2 247.0 241.1 242.3 240.2 237.5 238.4 243.8 247.9 254.4 254.9 252.2 245.9 244.9 242.6 244.3 244.7 247.0 244.1 238.7 238.8 240.5 241.4 130 Chukchi Sea 268.3 268.2 266.6 265.3 262.8 262.1 262.1 261.3 259.4 259.3 259.3 262.3 267.2 271.8 272.0 271.4 270.8 267.9 268.0 265.9 262.5 260.6 260.0 261.9 266.7 266.2 263.1 261.3 262.2 267.1 268.0 132 Beaufort Sea 275.2 273.9 274.1 275.3 273.8 275.5 276.4 278.8 275.3 270.9 272.7 273.2 268.8 265.1 262.7 262.1 262.0 260.9 260.6 261.0 259.1 257.1 259.0 258.6 261.0 266.1 266.4 264.1 258.8 256.3 254.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.2 264.3 265.3 268.4 269.9 266.9 261.1 261.7 264.9 258.7 255.4 256.2 255.4 253.3 253.0 251.9 250.6 252.1 259.1 255.6 254.3 250.2 246.8 247.8 252.1 255.9 255.2 251.4 248.6 245.6 245.3 136 Foxe Basin 266.1 266.2 267.6 268.5 269.6 270.7 269.2 267.7 263.7 265.7 264.8 263.4 262.4 263.9 261.7 260.6 260.4 262.1 262.8 267.0 266.4 263.6 261.4 261.5 261.8 265.9 263.6 261.5 260.2 259.1 261.4 138 Baffin Bay 262.0 259.7 253.2 249.7 250.5 249.9 248.7 247.1 246.1 246.8 246.8 242.8 238.0 238.9 237.7 242.0 240.5 242.8 249.3 250.4 250.2 249.1 244.3 244.8 243.1 244.2 246.1 248.3 247.9 245.6 246.6 139 South Greenland 267.8 265.5 261.4 257.5 256.8 256.2 253.3 252.6 251.6 252.6 254.2 257.1 256.1 254.2 251.2 247.3 249.1 253.0 249.8 250.5 255.9 252.2 247.9 248.6 250.7 250.1 253.8 256.1 256.6 256.4 258.9 140 Greenland Sea 259.5 259.2 258.3 252.9 247.1 246.1 244.5 244.7 246.8 248.0 243.4 243.7 241.1 238.6 240.8 239.0 241.8 244.5 246.1 248.0 245.2 245.1 241.1 237.6 238.5 238.0 239.3 241.1 243.6 241.8 239.0 142 Norwegian Sea 281.4 280.3 279.6 279.5 279.4 279.2 280.8 280.5 280.6 280.6 279.4 279.9 280.0 279.5 280.2 279.8 278.9 275.5 277.4 277.7 277.8 275.8 274.3 275.2 273.9 273.2 276.5 277.5 276.9 277.3 275.1 144 Barents Sea 275.3 273.5 273.1 273.3 275.4 276.3 276.3 277.3 277.7 275.1 275.1 276.5 277.1 276.8 276.5 276.3 276.8 276.7 274.1 273.0 273.7 273.5 272.6 272.1 272.1 271.4 269.6 268.1 267.2 269.7 272.3 146 Kara Sea 276.3 275.7 274.7 272.8 271.8 271.8 272.1 272.3 272.5 272.1 272.5 273.3 273.2 271.6 271.0 269.9 271.0 271.5 271.8 271.2 270.5 269.4 269.6 269.8 270.0 270.5 271.1 270.8 269.5 267.7 266.9 148 Laptev Sea 270.9 269.6 268.7 270.0 269.7 268.2 267.5 266.8 266.1 265.6 264.1 264.0 264.1 263.9 263.7 263.8 264.2 264.7 265.6 265.9 263.3 261.3 260.6 261.9 262.0 261.9 261.5 260.6 260.0 260.5 262.6 150 East Siberian Sea 264.6 264.1 261.8 258.6 260.1 261.4 260.3 259.5 259.8 260.9 262.5 263.0 261.9 258.6 260.6 262.0 261.6 261.1 260.1 258.3 256.8 258.6 259.3 258.9 256.6 256.2 257.7 257.4 257.0 255.8 255.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.9 274.1 273.5 274.4 275.5 274.7 271.4 271.5 268.9 272.6 272.9 270.7 269.6 268.2 268.2 267.5 266.9 266.7 267.2 265.7 266.1 265.4 265.5 270.3 273.1 272.6 270.0 267.5 266.6 269.0 270.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.2 275.5 274.7 272.5 271.2 268.8 269.0 268.7 271.0 269.4 267.2 265.7 265.8 267.0 269.1 271.6 270.7 270.3 269.1 270.7 272.5 271.8 269.4 275.8 275.3 274.2 271.2 266.7 274.2 274.2 276.4