1952 11 - 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 258.4 256.8 256.0 256.0 255.6 255.0 255.3 255.0 254.4 254.9 255.4 256.3 256.7 256.3 255.9 255.9 257.1 257.5 257.3 256.6 255.6 254.4 253.3 250.6 248.9 248.8 249.3 250.4 250.6 251.2 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 269.6 268.1 269.0 271.1 269.3 265.1 264.6 264.0 263.0 267.6 266.5 268.3 268.7 268.7 269.1 268.7 269.5 270.2 268.9 269.0 268.2 264.5 262.4 261.8 258.1 256.7 256.4 257.8 256.8 257.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 262.4 263.1 260.7 262.1 260.6 260.1 264.3 261.3 256.3 257.7 257.8 260.1 259.1 258.7 258.8 258.8 263.4 267.2 270.0 269.9 270.6 271.2 270.0 271.9 267.3 260.9 268.3 266.5 260.1 257.7 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 262.5 262.9 260.0 261.9 265.1 266.1 266.5 267.9 264.1 266.9 262.6 258.3 256.8 254.6 258.2 261.9 260.7 259.2 258.4 260.5 263.5 262.1 262.6 260.8 257.9 261.0 261.7 260.6 254.5 251.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.3 243.5 246.1 245.5 245.0 245.2 241.7 237.6 238.9 238.1 239.0 236.9 240.3 244.0 242.1 243.7 241.5 240.5 240.1 238.8 240.8 242.7 241.3 241.8 240.9 242.2 242.1 240.9 240.7 242.8 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 254.8 255.7 256.0 258.4 263.6 265.1 265.0 264.7 261.9 262.5 260.9 258.4 256.8 255.4 257.0 260.8 263.9 257.4 254.1 253.9 260.7 263.9 264.5 261.5 251.6 255.6 258.6 258.4 254.1 247.7 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 261.4 265.4 268.3 265.7 262.4 264.0 265.3 264.3 269.4 266.8 269.0 266.8 262.9 259.5 259.9 264.5 266.4 263.8 267.0 264.0 263.5 265.5 264.6 259.8 257.7 256.8 257.3 254.5 253.5 251.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.3 249.3 247.5 246.5 245.7 243.6 242.7 242.2 245.5 243.7 244.0 244.9 244.3 244.9 244.4 246.0 256.4 255.6 248.2 250.1 249.7 249.5 249.1 244.5 242.1 241.5 241.9 244.9 246.3 244.5 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 251.3 246.3 242.6 244.9 247.3 246.9 245.3 248.1 243.1 246.6 246.9 246.6 249.8 255.5 257.4 255.1 251.9 264.3 265.4 266.1 268.5 266.0 258.9 251.5 252.1 248.0 248.6 258.4 256.9 252.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 252.0 250.7 246.3 243.8 243.9 242.9 242.3 242.0 244.6 245.8 245.5 246.8 246.9 245.9 250.1 252.1 245.7 248.2 251.7 247.2 248.2 251.4 252.0 245.7 243.5 243.5 243.4 247.7 252.4 249.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 255.1 249.2 246.7 247.7 245.9 247.8 255.1 257.8 253.8 255.1 253.3 254.3 254.4 257.2 258.6 258.2 253.9 250.3 252.9 261.6 263.7 259.9 257.7 251.1 251.8 253.1 252.9 255.2 255.9 256.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 249.0 244.5 244.6 243.3 243.0 241.0 239.0 239.2 242.6 246.3 246.2 242.6 246.7 246.8 246.5 248.8 249.7 246.8 250.9 250.8 246.0 244.0 246.1 245.3 242.9 242.1 241.6 241.5 246.7 247.7 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 268.9 268.9 270.1 271.5 271.3 270.2 269.1 267.8 267.3 269.2 270.4 271.2 269.1 269.5 270.8 271.4 270.4 272.2 272.9 271.9 272.8 271.4 270.8 271.4 269.8 269.2 267.0 267.1 266.7 266.6 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 258.5 259.2 260.4 260.7 264.8 266.7 264.7 265.3 266.7 268.9 270.7 271.4 269.6 267.9 266.7 267.6 268.6 268.7 267.6 266.4 261.2 260.8 264.3 265.1 265.0 265.6 264.1 264.7 265.2 264.3 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 259.7 256.9 254.9 255.9 256.2 256.5 256.7 254.5 250.8 248.6 249.4 253.3 258.5 259.9 257.6 256.3 258.7 260.4 259.2 255.8 253.5 252.0 249.6 245.4 243.2 242.0 241.6 244.1 246.6 250.4 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 252.0 249.2 247.1 243.9 242.4 241.0 241.3 242.6 243.4 244.9 248.1 249.4 248.5 245.8 243.4 239.6 240.8 242.0 243.1 242.6 241.4 239.2 238.0 236.5 238.0 240.3 241.2 241.2 241.3 242.7 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 247.5 245.2 247.1 245.8 245.0 243.0 242.8 244.7 247.8 248.8 249.4 245.7 238.8 236.2 236.6 238.8 239.3 240.2 241.0 239.9 238.5 239.3 239.4 239.7 237.6 239.0 243.1 246.7 246.6 245.9 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.7 272.1 271.1 273.0 275.1 274.2 272.6 274.3 272.8 273.9 271.5 269.8 265.9 263.4 268.8 271.3 269.8 270.9 268.3 271.7 273.4 272.6 273.4 272.1 268.0 269.1 272.1 268.7 264.0 262.8 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.1 265.1 263.3 272.6 274.7 274.0 274.5 274.2 273.9 273.1 270.0 266.1 264.5 264.2 272.4 272.2 268.8 263.9 264.2 271.1 272.5 272.7 273.7 268.3 268.8 268.8 273.1 269.0 263.3 254.5 -9999.0