1953 04 - 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 263.7 265.2 265.4 265.4 264.7 263.4 262.3 262.7 264.0 264.4 264.4 264.1 263.8 263.9 264.0 264.9 265.8 266.8 267.6 268.3 268.4 268.6 268.7 268.7 269.2 270.0 270.0 269.6 268.9 268.5 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 269.6 269.4 267.6 269.1 270.1 269.0 269.0 269.6 269.4 267.9 267.9 266.2 265.3 265.2 263.9 263.4 264.1 266.2 268.0 270.2 271.0 271.4 271.1 270.8 271.0 271.6 272.1 272.5 272.5 272.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 271.4 272.1 270.1 271.1 271.4 269.5 270.6 270.1 268.6 268.1 270.8 271.3 270.0 269.9 268.1 266.6 261.7 262.7 264.0 265.8 269.4 271.2 271.8 272.5 271.4 271.5 271.6 269.9 270.9 270.0 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 261.1 264.3 263.8 263.8 263.1 259.6 260.8 263.8 267.8 267.9 266.7 265.7 260.8 258.2 261.8 263.5 266.9 267.9 268.7 268.1 267.9 266.4 267.5 268.3 268.7 269.6 268.5 269.7 268.6 269.7 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 253.3 255.2 256.2 253.0 252.6 251.3 254.8 255.8 252.3 251.6 248.3 245.3 244.1 247.0 248.1 246.2 247.9 247.8 249.9 252.2 255.4 261.2 261.8 262.2 262.9 263.1 264.0 260.5 256.0 251.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 252.7 257.9 257.7 255.2 251.0 250.4 261.8 269.0 269.8 269.5 267.2 261.8 258.1 254.5 256.0 256.3 260.4 262.3 266.1 267.4 264.7 263.2 264.5 265.2 266.1 266.4 266.4 265.6 266.4 268.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 263.9 266.6 269.6 270.1 269.8 267.2 263.3 264.2 264.1 262.2 259.5 256.7 255.8 254.7 257.0 261.6 263.2 266.5 269.4 271.1 271.0 269.1 268.2 268.9 268.6 272.0 272.4 271.0 270.4 271.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.4 260.3 263.5 268.0 267.2 265.6 263.3 261.4 258.0 255.7 252.9 251.3 253.4 255.6 256.5 255.4 256.7 258.6 257.9 258.4 260.2 262.8 263.1 263.2 265.0 266.4 267.9 268.7 268.6 266.6 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 258.7 265.3 265.3 263.6 262.6 264.7 261.9 261.1 263.2 260.3 260.2 258.2 256.7 257.6 258.0 262.6 262.6 260.6 260.8 261.0 263.4 268.0 266.3 268.8 270.9 271.3 272.4 270.1 269.0 270.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 248.5 254.1 257.6 256.1 258.2 255.8 251.7 252.2 251.7 249.4 246.1 245.0 245.5 245.9 248.0 249.6 253.5 252.7 250.4 250.7 250.1 254.5 259.5 261.1 261.3 261.7 260.6 258.2 253.0 252.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 250.1 256.3 260.0 263.0 261.5 259.7 255.7 253.6 252.4 253.5 253.4 253.5 255.0 259.3 261.3 266.3 268.0 267.4 264.0 260.8 258.9 258.6 260.0 260.2 261.1 262.5 262.4 259.8 258.8 257.9 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 246.6 250.2 255.3 254.2 252.6 252.0 246.4 245.8 249.3 246.7 245.3 243.7 244.5 244.0 246.0 246.1 248.4 248.6 246.6 246.1 248.1 253.9 259.6 260.7 261.4 261.0 258.4 256.9 255.6 252.5 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 268.1 272.6 274.9 274.3 273.8 273.4 272.2 271.7 271.6 270.8 273.4 275.2 275.2 273.1 272.4 272.9 271.1 271.5 271.2 274.5 275.7 273.6 275.9 276.2 276.7 276.0 275.0 276.5 278.1 278.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 266.9 265.8 267.9 272.3 270.4 271.2 271.9 271.8 271.2 270.8 270.5 267.3 270.2 272.3 272.9 273.2 273.3 276.4 276.2 274.6 274.2 274.5 273.3 272.5 276.1 276.8 276.5 275.3 276.0 274.2 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 268.8 269.1 267.0 266.9 267.2 264.1 262.8 264.7 267.7 269.1 269.8 270.1 269.4 269.5 270.2 270.5 271.1 271.6 272.5 273.2 272.9 272.8 273.6 273.3 272.9 273.1 273.6 272.5 270.7 270.1 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 262.0 264.5 265.7 261.2 259.2 260.2 257.8 256.7 258.4 261.2 264.3 267.1 267.7 267.2 264.6 264.9 266.0 266.7 268.5 269.2 269.7 268.1 266.4 266.1 267.1 268.3 266.7 267.9 269.3 268.2 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 258.2 256.2 255.5 257.4 252.8 256.3 257.5 256.0 261.0 263.9 263.5 266.0 266.3 266.5 264.9 262.7 261.0 259.8 258.9 262.0 261.8 264.7 264.0 262.7 263.0 263.2 264.5 264.9 263.5 266.3 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.6 271.8 271.4 269.5 268.0 266.1 265.9 267.8 269.8 271.9 271.4 269.8 267.0 266.8 268.9 271.8 273.5 274.6 273.8 272.3 271.4 269.9 269.1 269.8 272.2 273.3 272.2 274.7 273.3 274.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.9 270.0 270.3 267.3 262.0 262.2 267.9 271.0 269.8 269.2 271.1 271.3 269.9 262.4 258.6 271.4 271.6 275.5 273.7 272.4 271.6 270.2 269.4 270.5 271.3 271.9 272.9 274.0 274.0 273.8 -9999.0