1953 01 - 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 250.5 250.5 249.5 248.9 248.4 248.8 247.7 247.1 248.1 247.8 247.0 247.0 247.9 248.7 248.6 249.0 248.7 249.3 250.0 250.9 251.2 251.2 250.2 249.1 249.2 248.5 248.1 248.4 247.6 247.4 246.9 34 Hudson Bay 261.1 258.5 256.7 255.8 250.1 248.1 249.0 254.1 261.5 261.7 257.4 253.0 248.7 246.0 246.7 250.3 252.7 248.9 247.1 250.9 253.1 255.3 257.5 254.6 254.3 256.2 253.9 252.1 250.2 251.8 248.5 36 Hudson Strait 253.4 255.0 247.2 246.5 250.9 244.4 247.0 245.5 246.6 257.2 259.3 248.9 245.6 245.5 244.0 241.7 238.9 245.1 246.0 244.0 238.7 242.1 240.6 241.4 240.3 240.6 241.4 248.6 257.5 252.6 247.8 98 Bering Strait 252.4 252.7 249.3 251.5 258.9 259.0 256.2 251.6 248.7 244.8 243.4 243.0 241.8 245.2 242.0 238.9 241.3 245.2 248.8 251.6 250.7 247.6 243.7 247.9 245.9 245.5 246.1 247.2 246.7 244.7 244.0 128 Arctic subocean 246.7 242.2 235.8 235.9 236.1 235.2 238.3 245.9 246.3 236.0 236.1 233.8 235.0 234.0 234.7 235.9 235.7 235.4 232.3 234.6 232.7 232.3 229.7 232.7 233.7 238.9 245.9 240.4 240.5 241.0 237.2 130 Chukchi Sea 245.7 244.4 244.5 249.0 264.5 265.8 260.0 253.4 250.9 247.2 248.9 244.3 244.6 245.3 239.0 235.8 235.9 238.4 237.0 232.0 230.3 230.9 235.8 240.3 238.5 243.7 248.0 250.1 249.5 247.0 246.2 132 Beaufort Sea 255.5 259.3 258.1 254.2 247.6 246.4 243.5 242.6 242.9 241.8 239.7 237.7 238.7 240.7 243.2 243.7 242.5 242.5 245.7 249.1 251.5 256.3 256.0 250.5 245.7 242.8 243.3 245.1 241.1 238.2 238.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.6 243.3 241.6 241.9 241.2 240.7 242.6 238.4 238.3 237.2 239.2 237.9 237.3 237.4 236.1 233.1 228.4 230.3 230.9 231.4 233.5 235.9 236.6 235.6 237.2 237.7 237.6 235.5 232.5 235.1 237.7 136 Foxe Basin 258.6 250.8 250.3 249.4 245.2 250.4 244.3 237.6 237.6 238.0 239.0 243.7 251.1 246.4 237.6 231.8 232.0 233.7 233.5 230.9 232.5 234.0 231.1 228.9 236.9 238.1 236.8 236.7 243.2 247.7 244.7 138 Baffin Bay 257.9 252.3 246.4 239.7 238.5 243.3 243.9 240.7 245.1 243.0 239.4 239.1 242.4 244.8 236.3 231.5 231.8 232.9 232.1 233.9 243.2 245.6 241.6 238.9 240.7 238.3 240.2 240.7 235.8 237.1 241.5 139 South Greenland 257.4 254.7 251.1 247.9 252.0 258.1 252.8 247.3 249.6 248.0 243.6 244.7 251.6 247.1 239.8 237.7 236.0 244.2 244.0 244.7 251.2 251.7 245.8 244.2 250.5 242.3 244.1 245.5 241.6 245.8 250.5 140 Greenland Sea 255.2 251.8 245.1 243.2 240.5 240.0 238.6 243.0 247.2 239.0 235.8 236.4 237.3 238.9 233.9 236.9 235.1 235.5 235.1 235.5 237.5 242.0 243.8 243.4 243.4 244.7 252.1 243.4 241.7 239.5 238.9 142 Norwegian Sea 264.9 265.0 265.2 270.3 272.5 271.2 266.8 271.3 266.6 268.9 269.5 274.6 273.9 272.8 271.1 273.7 274.0 269.7 269.6 272.8 267.5 266.8 267.2 264.6 265.0 269.1 271.9 270.8 270.0 268.5 268.2 144 Barents Sea 250.3 249.7 255.4 255.8 250.6 254.5 262.2 262.6 260.0 260.1 258.6 260.4 263.5 261.8 266.4 263.1 266.3 268.5 266.6 262.1 262.9 260.2 258.7 259.2 257.0 251.9 250.6 252.9 255.9 259.3 258.3 146 Kara Sea 250.9 251.4 250.4 251.0 251.8 252.5 249.7 248.8 249.5 249.9 250.7 252.8 254.5 255.8 255.8 258.0 256.9 258.5 261.4 261.3 259.2 258.7 257.8 257.6 257.1 255.6 254.0 253.9 253.2 251.2 249.7 148 Laptev Sea 235.7 239.1 239.8 238.6 239.0 238.7 236.9 236.5 235.2 235.7 237.4 239.2 241.7 246.2 248.8 249.4 247.6 246.2 245.9 248.3 247.2 245.1 242.5 239.0 238.8 240.1 239.6 241.4 243.6 243.9 245.5 150 East Siberian Sea 237.2 236.8 238.2 237.9 240.1 243.9 245.5 244.9 245.5 248.1 246.5 246.1 245.8 244.7 245.0 246.1 245.6 243.1 240.2 238.0 238.6 236.1 236.9 240.6 248.3 252.1 252.0 250.9 248.4 247.2 244.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.8 265.1 265.9 268.6 268.3 263.4 259.1 254.1 251.6 250.6 249.3 251.9 255.1 260.0 261.9 259.5 263.4 264.8 269.2 268.8 267.8 263.9 256.6 255.4 253.3 250.1 251.3 253.6 254.6 256.0 258.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.3 261.2 263.8 271.1 273.6 269.6 265.0 260.9 257.2 253.4 252.7 250.9 252.1 256.9 258.8 256.5 265.9 265.6 265.5 261.7 257.5 243.2 241.5 252.8 255.1 246.2 247.1 251.8 251.0 251.9 252.9