1953 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 271.3 271.2 270.9 270.7 270.5 270.2 269.6 269.3 269.1 268.9 268.6 268.7 269.2 269.2 268.5 268.3 267.5 266.9 266.6 266.2 266.2 265.7 264.7 263.3 261.8 260.9 260.5 259.6 258.6 258.7 259.4 34 Hudson Bay 280.1 280.6 280.1 277.0 274.6 275.1 275.5 276.9 278.6 277.7 275.4 276.9 279.9 280.6 279.5 279.0 278.8 280.0 280.1 280.8 281.0 277.5 274.9 274.1 271.7 268.6 269.6 271.3 270.8 267.6 266.4 36 Hudson Strait 274.7 273.2 273.2 275.8 271.5 268.9 269.0 269.7 270.1 270.0 271.6 270.7 269.1 275.5 274.3 272.1 269.8 268.4 268.2 263.1 270.2 272.4 268.6 261.6 267.0 272.2 269.2 265.4 268.1 264.0 261.5 98 Bering Strait 269.3 267.4 267.0 268.1 272.9 273.9 273.1 270.7 270.5 269.5 269.3 267.5 267.1 265.6 264.0 264.0 262.7 262.9 263.8 263.9 265.7 265.9 262.2 260.0 261.6 262.5 257.9 256.2 255.9 257.7 257.3 128 Arctic subocean 246.3 247.1 244.9 244.1 245.8 246.5 248.0 247.2 244.5 246.7 248.4 249.1 249.5 248.3 247.6 246.4 242.7 243.9 244.7 244.7 243.3 239.6 241.3 242.8 241.5 240.7 242.0 245.9 245.7 246.1 247.3 130 Chukchi Sea 268.5 265.8 264.6 264.9 265.4 267.3 269.9 270.1 269.1 267.4 264.6 263.6 264.1 262.1 263.1 264.6 261.5 259.7 262.4 261.0 261.3 259.9 257.8 255.2 255.3 254.4 254.3 254.6 255.9 253.3 252.8 132 Beaufort Sea 271.6 270.5 270.0 271.3 275.6 277.0 277.0 275.2 275.2 275.2 275.8 275.3 273.8 273.3 273.0 272.7 272.9 273.1 273.9 272.7 271.7 272.9 273.9 268.1 261.1 264.3 266.8 261.4 256.8 256.0 259.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.2 261.4 260.2 258.1 259.8 260.4 259.7 262.0 262.2 255.9 256.7 262.7 266.1 263.4 258.7 256.1 251.1 251.1 254.8 256.9 251.5 248.7 249.6 250.3 247.9 246.5 246.4 246.0 245.6 247.5 249.2 136 Foxe Basin 267.1 267.7 266.2 265.5 264.3 263.7 265.0 265.7 266.3 268.9 267.9 268.1 268.9 268.5 268.2 266.3 263.4 261.6 261.0 264.2 265.9 261.8 261.2 259.2 261.1 265.0 261.2 261.8 258.5 258.1 256.8 138 Baffin Bay 245.8 246.6 247.1 247.2 245.4 248.7 247.9 246.4 245.3 245.0 246.1 247.3 248.2 249.0 250.8 251.5 251.4 250.7 249.8 248.5 247.6 244.7 244.3 242.9 241.4 242.8 249.1 252.5 250.3 248.5 248.5 139 South Greenland 252.5 253.0 256.0 258.8 258.8 263.4 256.7 252.9 249.0 248.1 248.8 250.9 253.4 256.0 259.5 262.5 259.4 257.5 255.8 255.8 252.5 250.2 249.3 248.2 247.2 248.9 254.6 257.3 252.2 255.4 254.2 140 Greenland Sea 246.3 246.1 242.4 243.3 244.3 248.1 248.6 243.4 242.0 243.5 248.1 249.6 249.7 246.9 244.8 247.9 247.4 245.3 245.6 245.7 242.9 239.2 242.9 244.9 246.3 243.8 244.3 249.5 249.7 246.8 249.4 142 Norwegian Sea 280.8 279.4 279.1 277.7 276.8 277.1 276.8 279.0 279.6 276.5 278.1 280.0 279.7 275.6 273.5 274.2 276.7 278.9 279.5 279.7 278.6 278.3 278.2 278.5 277.9 278.8 278.8 280.2 279.5 277.5 276.6 144 Barents Sea 279.1 277.0 273.3 272.4 272.0 270.4 271.4 273.1 273.3 274.6 273.7 272.4 273.9 276.4 276.9 274.1 273.1 273.8 274.6 274.8 276.4 273.5 270.0 270.0 273.4 274.1 274.1 267.6 264.9 266.3 270.6 146 Kara Sea 277.4 277.6 277.9 277.7 275.9 273.5 273.3 273.5 273.6 274.5 274.5 273.9 273.5 272.7 271.2 271.4 271.4 270.4 268.9 267.4 268.6 269.5 268.2 265.5 263.5 261.8 261.0 261.2 261.3 261.4 261.7 148 Laptev Sea 267.9 269.1 269.2 268.8 269.6 269.4 268.0 267.7 266.6 266.7 265.9 265.4 265.7 266.0 266.7 266.4 264.6 263.4 262.9 262.1 261.2 262.3 263.1 263.5 261.2 258.5 254.9 251.9 249.6 251.8 253.1 150 East Siberian Sea 273.6 273.8 273.8 272.7 270.0 266.5 265.9 263.4 262.0 262.7 260.0 258.5 258.0 258.2 256.9 257.2 258.5 255.8 254.7 255.8 255.6 256.8 256.5 259.6 261.8 259.8 257.0 254.6 259.6 261.5 260.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.8 270.7 271.6 275.9 278.5 278.5 275.7 275.9 275.2 276.0 275.5 274.1 275.4 274.8 273.3 272.8 272.2 272.6 273.4 271.7 274.2 274.6 269.9 268.2 269.5 267.9 263.7 262.6 263.8 265.9 266.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 269.0 267.5 271.1 277.3 276.6 277.2 278.1 276.5 274.5 273.8 273.2 275.9 273.6 273.6 273.1 270.6 269.6 269.6 269.1 270.7 270.2 268.5 266.2 265.9 264.6 262.8 260.9 257.4 254.9 258.3