1951 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 257.7 257.7 257.1 255.8 255.1 254.5 254.2 254.0 253.8 254.2 253.7 252.4 251.9 252.1 251.9 251.9 250.6 249.0 248.7 248.3 248.0 247.8 248.1 249.0 250.5 251.2 252.5 252.5 252.4 251.5 250.3 34 Hudson Bay 265.0 267.4 267.7 263.6 262.7 263.5 263.4 259.8 256.8 259.9 256.8 252.0 247.2 245.8 244.1 245.0 244.3 242.3 243.3 246.4 245.8 244.8 247.6 251.4 253.5 251.0 247.2 250.9 256.1 251.8 248.5 36 Hudson Strait 250.5 245.7 261.2 269.0 268.2 258.3 262.9 265.7 252.9 246.8 253.6 254.8 248.3 241.3 240.1 240.2 238.8 239.4 238.4 243.1 244.6 240.4 240.4 242.8 245.9 244.5 240.1 240.1 249.1 257.1 249.0 98 Bering Strait 247.1 246.7 247.1 245.0 245.7 244.3 244.4 247.8 250.4 256.1 258.4 250.9 247.1 249.8 247.8 248.7 247.8 251.3 258.6 259.8 259.2 258.9 258.0 253.8 252.0 254.9 261.3 255.6 255.5 260.8 260.4 128 Arctic subocean 239.4 238.5 233.8 233.4 236.8 239.2 240.7 243.2 240.1 237.1 234.3 234.7 236.0 236.4 237.3 235.9 229.6 228.1 232.6 234.0 234.6 235.2 235.4 235.5 235.7 237.8 236.1 236.0 236.1 235.1 238.6 130 Chukchi Sea 238.9 237.7 235.3 235.4 234.9 236.6 238.1 240.1 241.0 242.1 245.5 242.8 243.7 249.7 246.8 251.7 252.0 258.6 262.1 255.0 252.5 255.3 252.0 246.4 259.3 265.0 261.4 245.4 260.4 265.0 256.0 132 Beaufort Sea 256.0 256.2 251.1 251.6 252.1 252.5 254.3 255.1 257.8 254.4 255.3 250.9 246.7 243.5 243.6 246.4 244.0 242.8 246.6 251.4 252.0 253.3 256.7 255.0 247.4 247.0 255.1 258.0 250.8 247.4 250.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.9 241.3 240.6 238.3 239.0 242.9 246.9 245.9 243.3 240.9 239.2 239.6 241.2 240.6 239.4 235.2 236.2 237.8 238.0 234.0 233.7 234.1 234.7 236.3 239.6 242.5 245.0 241.8 236.2 233.8 233.9 136 Foxe Basin 240.8 248.2 251.8 253.0 244.2 239.1 240.3 244.0 241.8 240.0 240.7 246.9 249.3 245.8 243.1 245.5 244.6 241.5 240.1 239.2 243.9 243.0 236.0 237.1 238.7 235.5 234.2 234.1 235.9 239.7 241.7 138 Baffin Bay 242.7 239.7 233.0 231.1 232.6 232.4 232.3 235.1 238.1 237.9 238.3 238.0 238.0 238.5 238.8 239.5 239.3 236.7 231.7 236.4 238.8 235.2 235.2 233.2 236.4 238.8 238.9 237.5 238.8 241.4 241.0 139 South Greenland 245.9 243.0 239.2 239.2 244.1 243.9 237.4 238.6 243.3 244.1 245.7 247.8 247.6 247.5 246.4 248.4 248.7 246.4 243.9 244.3 243.6 238.8 238.7 238.0 243.3 245.6 243.6 243.0 246.8 250.3 247.6 140 Greenland Sea 243.1 238.4 231.3 230.6 232.4 231.5 234.6 240.0 238.9 233.5 232.2 236.0 237.4 237.1 238.5 235.0 235.2 238.6 244.7 243.9 240.7 240.0 238.8 237.1 239.7 239.7 239.2 239.0 240.8 242.6 241.9 142 Norwegian Sea 266.0 267.5 268.2 268.7 271.4 270.2 267.8 267.2 263.8 266.4 269.3 272.6 273.1 275.9 274.7 270.3 273.8 275.9 275.2 274.6 273.6 274.4 273.3 274.0 274.0 271.5 269.2 269.9 272.8 272.4 272.3 144 Barents Sea 264.0 266.2 263.2 259.0 258.1 263.3 263.4 258.4 261.9 267.4 267.6 265.5 263.2 262.7 265.6 265.6 260.8 257.5 261.7 265.9 266.3 264.6 262.7 266.1 266.6 270.1 268.2 265.6 263.9 264.5 264.3 146 Kara Sea 266.5 265.8 266.7 264.4 261.2 261.2 263.4 264.4 263.7 261.3 260.1 261.1 263.8 264.0 261.2 260.4 259.9 256.5 253.6 251.1 251.8 253.7 254.3 255.2 257.0 257.3 259.7 260.4 259.3 258.2 256.1 148 Laptev Sea 258.6 259.2 259.4 261.3 261.3 255.2 247.7 246.7 246.1 248.2 246.8 245.0 245.7 250.2 255.8 253.8 250.7 248.3 245.3 240.4 238.2 237.5 236.3 239.1 243.7 246.6 247.7 247.4 245.4 242.9 243.7 150 East Siberian Sea 252.5 251.7 250.0 247.8 248.6 250.3 248.0 244.0 240.9 245.4 249.0 250.5 249.6 246.7 251.3 255.3 252.8 249.4 246.8 244.1 242.5 240.2 240.2 242.1 244.1 240.8 242.0 242.7 245.9 242.0 238.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 258.2 263.2 264.4 261.1 257.4 254.0 258.7 261.4 269.8 273.3 270.5 260.2 262.2 264.8 257.5 252.8 254.0 258.9 266.1 266.1 261.9 264.7 263.7 259.7 255.7 255.4 264.9 262.9 257.4 262.8 268.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 248.2 246.7 247.9 252.5 247.3 244.9 245.7 250.1 260.5 270.2 265.9 255.7 261.9 261.2 252.9 257.0 261.3 270.7 270.7 271.1 270.5 269.9 268.4 260.5 257.5 263.4 270.2 266.9 270.0 270.5 269.3