1953 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 258.9 258.1 258.0 258.3 258.4 258.0 257.8 258.2 257.9 257.1 256.1 255.8 255.6 256.1 256.8 256.9 256.8 255.9 254.8 255.2 255.4 255.3 254.6 254.1 254.1 254.9 254.6 254.5 252.9 251.7 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 268.0 269.5 268.5 267.0 270.4 271.8 269.3 268.3 271.2 269.3 268.8 270.1 271.8 271.9 274.1 273.5 272.6 268.9 264.6 262.6 264.1 266.6 267.7 267.6 265.9 264.7 264.3 266.0 267.1 263.4 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 258.9 255.6 255.9 260.5 263.6 268.1 270.7 266.6 266.0 266.1 265.3 264.9 261.3 254.2 253.5 256.0 267.4 271.2 268.4 263.4 257.2 260.1 267.8 268.8 266.9 271.8 269.1 264.3 259.8 259.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 255.5 255.0 255.9 256.4 256.5 254.0 257.6 259.5 258.1 259.2 259.3 261.0 260.7 261.9 257.3 256.6 259.2 257.6 254.4 258.2 256.5 254.6 254.6 256.3 258.6 258.8 257.7 257.4 254.3 252.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 246.6 246.4 243.4 243.4 246.6 245.3 247.1 239.4 238.5 238.6 236.8 236.6 241.6 242.7 241.4 239.5 240.2 242.7 242.0 243.5 242.3 244.2 247.1 242.7 245.5 246.5 241.0 239.9 243.0 243.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 250.2 252.2 248.8 254.3 259.0 261.6 263.5 264.9 265.0 261.4 256.9 257.0 255.1 255.0 253.1 249.8 255.2 259.4 256.4 256.9 253.7 252.5 249.0 248.0 250.3 252.4 251.6 251.4 253.0 251.5 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 261.9 261.2 261.1 265.3 263.7 258.7 258.0 262.7 261.7 262.0 263.9 267.6 267.7 267.9 267.8 265.6 261.2 258.2 256.6 259.6 260.3 259.9 257.9 256.2 259.9 260.9 261.9 261.6 257.4 255.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 251.0 252.2 252.5 253.1 254.6 249.4 245.8 247.5 247.4 249.7 243.3 242.9 246.7 252.2 258.8 256.7 249.3 242.9 241.8 243.8 243.6 241.7 242.3 244.7 245.4 244.9 245.4 246.7 243.3 242.6 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 250.6 248.4 252.5 253.4 253.8 265.7 254.9 248.6 250.2 251.9 252.7 247.2 244.3 237.9 247.5 254.9 258.4 258.6 251.9 244.5 246.0 247.9 246.3 242.8 245.3 252.2 254.2 246.0 249.6 251.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 244.9 244.7 248.4 251.5 249.3 252.4 250.1 246.5 237.6 234.5 233.6 233.0 233.9 233.9 235.7 235.2 235.0 238.2 245.1 247.3 244.4 245.3 241.1 237.3 236.8 240.7 241.8 243.0 238.8 238.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 254.2 256.8 259.0 257.5 256.7 256.6 252.1 250.8 244.2 240.7 241.7 241.7 246.1 249.1 250.4 247.1 245.3 249.6 253.4 252.9 253.5 254.9 250.7 249.0 245.5 246.9 256.0 254.4 249.8 246.9 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 247.5 248.3 253.9 257.7 251.9 250.4 249.8 243.8 238.4 234.9 235.0 231.1 230.5 232.3 233.5 239.7 244.0 244.4 243.9 244.6 244.2 248.2 245.7 244.5 238.5 241.5 238.8 242.3 243.2 244.3 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.1 275.9 275.5 276.0 276.0 274.9 276.9 276.6 275.2 274.4 275.1 273.8 272.3 272.3 270.0 274.0 275.7 275.8 273.4 273.5 272.7 271.8 274.0 274.1 274.4 275.4 276.7 274.6 271.8 274.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.5 267.6 265.8 265.8 266.6 268.4 269.4 269.3 271.1 271.1 269.0 269.9 270.8 268.3 265.5 263.0 263.1 265.3 263.2 261.5 261.0 260.4 257.4 255.7 256.7 261.0 264.6 267.8 269.7 267.8 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 259.7 258.2 257.5 256.4 255.7 255.6 256.8 257.0 257.0 256.3 254.4 252.9 251.8 252.4 253.7 256.3 257.7 257.0 256.5 257.6 258.6 258.1 256.1 255.8 256.4 255.8 252.3 251.8 250.7 251.8 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 254.1 252.2 251.5 252.5 253.2 254.1 254.4 255.2 255.5 254.7 253.3 250.9 248.8 249.3 249.9 249.7 248.1 248.0 247.7 247.1 245.5 243.6 244.5 244.8 244.0 245.8 247.3 246.4 243.5 240.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 257.1 252.6 253.1 253.8 252.2 247.1 247.5 251.7 251.7 251.0 250.4 249.9 247.5 246.7 246.6 246.6 246.2 244.6 243.9 245.2 250.3 250.7 249.8 248.3 247.3 247.8 246.9 246.1 244.2 243.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.5 266.6 266.9 265.0 263.0 262.1 261.9 261.9 265.0 269.9 271.5 272.1 271.9 272.6 268.9 267.1 269.1 269.3 263.8 266.2 265.7 267.6 270.0 270.5 268.5 271.9 269.9 268.2 263.9 264.2 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 263.6 265.4 260.1 257.5 257.8 258.6 262.1 267.3 265.3 261.2 263.7 265.8 267.0 266.6 264.5 262.5 271.4 265.7 265.2 269.2 266.4 263.4 267.0 265.5 268.0 271.3 268.9 267.5 266.8 269.7 -9999.0