1954 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 269.5 268.9 268.2 268.1 268.7 268.7 269.2 269.8 270.0 270.2 270.3 269.4 268.6 268.2 268.8 269.0 269.1 269.0 268.4 268.3 267.6 266.9 266.1 265.4 264.4 264.3 264.5 264.2 264.2 264.0 263.1 34 Hudson Bay 275.0 274.2 273.9 272.7 270.0 271.3 274.9 278.8 279.5 279.4 280.4 279.8 278.7 276.4 276.4 276.6 275.5 277.1 278.0 278.9 279.1 277.3 273.4 270.7 270.9 270.8 271.3 269.6 267.2 267.3 265.1 36 Hudson Strait 276.2 271.8 270.4 268.0 267.9 268.2 269.9 271.2 271.2 269.0 270.2 273.4 272.9 275.0 274.6 281.0 278.3 272.8 272.4 272.2 269.0 271.2 273.5 267.8 263.4 263.2 267.6 265.4 262.8 266.2 267.0 98 Bering Strait 272.1 270.7 269.8 270.2 270.5 266.7 265.6 266.1 269.4 268.6 267.6 265.7 264.8 264.8 265.9 265.8 265.5 264.2 264.7 264.5 263.4 261.8 263.2 267.0 265.7 265.2 264.6 263.6 264.9 265.7 265.6 128 Arctic subocean 249.7 250.0 251.4 250.1 248.6 249.1 248.9 248.0 250.0 254.0 253.2 251.7 253.2 250.9 251.8 254.9 250.9 245.9 243.9 242.6 242.6 249.8 250.8 248.5 245.9 242.4 241.2 241.6 243.8 242.9 244.1 130 Chukchi Sea 271.1 274.1 273.9 270.2 268.7 266.5 264.8 265.1 267.5 267.2 266.9 263.7 263.7 264.5 264.4 264.2 264.1 262.9 262.4 262.5 262.0 261.7 262.3 265.9 265.8 266.1 262.9 262.1 263.1 265.5 265.8 132 Beaufort Sea 271.4 269.2 267.5 267.8 270.3 269.5 269.7 270.9 273.2 274.5 273.0 268.9 267.0 267.9 272.6 273.6 276.4 273.8 275.2 275.0 271.5 267.7 266.2 269.4 271.2 269.4 270.0 267.5 268.8 268.9 266.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.5 259.9 258.0 258.5 263.1 266.0 262.3 257.8 256.8 257.6 258.3 257.9 259.8 261.9 261.8 259.5 259.1 262.5 256.4 259.0 262.3 252.4 251.2 253.3 255.2 251.2 248.2 249.8 250.1 249.4 249.4 136 Foxe Basin 266.3 265.4 263.1 263.7 264.6 266.7 266.3 266.4 265.5 264.1 262.3 266.7 268.2 269.5 270.3 269.9 265.1 264.7 265.8 262.7 267.1 269.2 260.6 260.4 261.0 262.0 261.6 258.6 254.9 258.6 259.0 138 Baffin Bay 248.6 247.9 249.2 251.3 252.0 251.3 253.9 260.6 259.1 256.6 254.4 251.6 249.6 249.2 251.3 256.6 259.2 253.6 246.5 244.4 246.8 255.9 255.3 246.9 243.3 243.7 243.7 248.2 251.4 250.8 249.8 139 South Greenland 256.8 258.3 259.3 259.3 259.0 259.1 262.9 264.4 261.0 259.7 258.9 255.8 253.6 251.2 251.1 254.0 260.4 262.1 254.9 251.5 249.1 252.3 258.0 257.3 252.1 253.2 253.5 250.0 253.2 255.5 256.1 140 Greenland Sea 245.4 245.0 246.8 248.8 252.3 252.4 251.2 255.2 254.5 257.4 255.8 252.9 249.8 247.5 246.2 249.6 252.5 251.3 246.2 243.7 241.5 247.3 253.5 248.3 238.4 237.9 239.4 241.7 242.7 245.1 247.6 142 Norwegian Sea 276.2 275.4 277.9 280.8 279.4 277.9 276.1 274.4 276.2 276.4 276.7 277.2 276.8 275.9 274.1 271.9 272.1 270.4 270.6 272.7 274.9 274.6 272.7 273.2 272.9 272.7 272.8 274.3 276.1 276.0 275.4 144 Barents Sea 279.2 278.6 278.6 278.7 277.7 276.4 275.2 274.0 274.0 274.3 275.0 275.6 276.4 275.6 275.1 273.6 271.6 269.1 268.1 268.0 268.0 269.5 272.4 274.5 274.7 275.5 275.9 272.5 270.6 269.5 270.6 146 Kara Sea 273.2 272.7 271.4 271.0 272.3 272.7 273.0 273.2 273.4 273.8 274.7 274.2 272.9 273.3 274.7 274.9 274.7 274.9 274.9 274.3 272.2 270.5 269.1 268.4 268.2 269.5 270.3 270.7 269.9 268.6 267.6 148 Laptev Sea 265.6 265.3 265.2 265.2 266.5 266.3 266.9 266.8 266.6 266.9 267.5 267.6 267.2 265.9 264.7 263.3 262.9 264.9 266.0 266.3 266.7 267.4 264.6 262.5 259.9 259.0 259.8 261.1 262.0 260.9 257.4 150 East Siberian Sea 268.7 269.7 268.4 269.7 270.9 270.4 267.7 264.0 263.6 262.7 262.6 262.7 262.5 261.6 261.6 260.6 259.4 257.4 258.6 260.1 261.5 262.6 260.9 260.1 259.0 259.4 255.4 256.6 256.1 259.1 262.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.4 274.9 273.8 273.4 273.6 273.3 273.6 275.7 276.3 275.9 274.5 273.7 273.5 274.6 275.7 274.4 273.0 273.1 273.4 273.3 271.2 270.2 273.5 274.9 272.9 274.1 272.9 273.7 275.9 275.1 276.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.0 281.3 280.3 279.0 276.4 275.5 275.9 277.7 274.9 275.9 274.4 273.3 272.7 272.4 272.2 271.8 271.4 270.5 268.0 267.2 267.4 267.0 274.3 274.5 273.4 273.1 272.1 275.4 276.9 276.7 276.2