1955 08 - 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 285.3 285.1 284.9 284.8 284.8 285.2 285.4 285.2 284.7 284.5 283.8 283.4 283.3 283.3 283.5 283.4 283.2 283.3 283.4 282.7 281.9 281.1 281.0 281.3 281.6 281.9 281.8 281.6 281.5 281.4 281.5 34 Hudson Bay 290.5 290.5 289.6 288.8 287.4 287.4 288.0 290.1 289.3 289.1 289.3 290.5 290.9 290.2 289.7 289.3 289.9 291.0 291.2 288.8 286.0 285.7 286.9 287.8 288.1 288.3 288.2 287.8 287.7 287.2 287.8 36 Hudson Strait 282.6 281.9 283.0 285.9 282.1 280.9 281.1 279.2 282.1 286.7 283.8 281.0 281.5 285.1 283.4 281.4 283.0 284.7 283.6 280.7 282.0 281.1 278.9 282.2 283.6 281.1 277.3 278.9 282.1 283.7 283.5 98 Bering Strait 284.7 284.8 284.4 283.7 284.2 285.0 285.3 284.4 284.1 284.1 282.9 281.6 280.1 279.9 280.6 281.8 282.3 281.8 281.3 282.2 282.4 280.6 280.3 280.2 279.5 277.7 278.3 278.0 277.3 276.6 278.3 128 Arctic subocean 271.1 271.2 271.5 271.9 271.8 271.3 270.9 271.1 270.8 269.8 271.6 271.0 270.2 271.4 271.1 269.9 270.0 271.7 271.4 270.2 270.2 270.6 268.9 266.7 266.5 267.8 265.9 263.7 266.0 268.7 269.8 130 Chukchi Sea 284.8 284.1 283.4 282.7 282.8 283.8 283.1 281.6 283.2 283.1 281.3 281.7 281.9 282.3 281.3 281.4 281.2 277.1 278.6 280.8 279.8 277.0 277.2 276.9 275.8 275.4 276.2 273.7 273.4 273.5 273.6 132 Beaufort Sea 283.0 282.2 281.6 281.8 282.4 284.6 286.5 283.7 282.4 284.2 284.2 282.4 281.9 283.2 284.1 282.8 281.5 281.4 281.1 281.2 283.1 284.4 284.8 285.2 286.4 285.9 283.5 284.6 285.1 286.1 284.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 279.2 278.9 277.7 276.5 276.8 278.8 280.6 280.6 279.0 278.3 278.3 278.9 279.4 278.9 279.1 280.6 280.9 279.5 277.4 275.4 275.9 275.8 273.4 274.6 276.9 280.9 280.1 278.7 278.9 277.0 275.6 136 Foxe Basin 278.1 279.6 280.1 279.4 277.8 276.9 277.6 277.2 277.8 279.6 279.5 278.5 278.9 279.9 279.9 278.2 278.0 279.1 279.7 278.4 278.1 276.6 274.7 273.5 274.6 275.1 275.8 276.7 277.7 278.3 275.3 138 Baffin Bay 267.6 266.0 267.6 268.2 270.9 271.4 271.0 270.7 270.0 268.9 269.2 267.4 266.1 266.7 265.7 265.3 265.1 265.7 266.4 266.0 265.6 265.2 266.3 265.8 266.7 263.6 263.0 263.1 262.5 266.4 268.8 139 South Greenland 272.3 272.5 272.8 271.2 271.9 273.1 272.4 271.0 271.8 271.4 270.1 269.6 269.6 268.2 266.2 264.3 264.4 264.9 265.7 265.9 266.5 265.9 266.6 267.5 267.7 265.9 268.5 267.4 265.4 265.5 267.7 140 Greenland Sea 267.1 266.3 265.7 267.8 268.4 269.1 269.2 268.7 269.0 268.9 268.3 267.0 266.6 264.9 264.5 263.0 262.9 263.1 263.4 264.9 263.5 263.9 263.2 262.6 262.1 262.4 262.8 260.2 260.3 260.8 263.7 142 Norwegian Sea 282.8 281.1 281.7 281.6 282.1 282.6 282.4 284.9 285.9 284.8 284.0 285.2 286.4 285.6 286.2 286.8 287.2 287.3 286.7 286.6 284.8 283.8 284.7 286.8 286.5 286.7 284.9 279.9 281.8 284.0 285.2 144 Barents Sea 288.7 287.4 285.0 284.0 283.4 283.5 285.6 286.2 283.9 283.6 284.1 284.5 282.8 283.0 285.0 285.2 287.3 288.1 287.3 287.2 284.6 284.4 284.5 284.3 285.0 285.6 284.5 285.6 281.6 279.3 280.0 146 Kara Sea 287.7 287.8 288.9 289.7 290.7 291.2 290.8 290.4 289.4 288.8 287.3 286.0 285.2 285.1 286.6 287.9 287.5 286.6 286.5 286.5 286.6 285.9 286.0 286.1 285.6 286.4 286.5 285.5 285.2 284.9 283.7 148 Laptev Sea 289.6 289.4 288.0 287.0 285.3 285.0 284.9 285.4 286.4 285.2 285.2 287.1 288.9 288.8 286.1 283.7 284.2 286.5 286.5 285.4 283.2 280.8 279.6 279.6 280.8 281.8 282.1 284.1 285.3 284.4 284.1 150 East Siberian Sea 288.6 288.4 290.2 290.7 290.9 289.5 288.0 287.9 286.4 286.2 283.8 281.5 280.8 283.2 286.2 287.8 282.0 280.2 284.0 281.7 276.9 274.8 275.0 275.8 276.8 277.6 278.2 276.8 276.3 278.9 281.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 285.5 284.9 283.2 282.4 282.6 283.3 283.0 282.5 282.6 282.1 281.1 281.1 280.3 279.6 280.0 280.5 281.4 281.8 281.9 281.7 281.8 281.6 281.9 282.0 280.3 277.9 280.3 279.3 279.3 279.0 281.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 288.6 284.4 283.0 284.1 285.5 286.9 286.9 286.6 286.2 285.6 283.2 283.9 284.5 283.2 282.6 283.1 285.1 284.7 283.4 283.8 284.3 284.0 284.0 281.4 278.6 278.8 280.8 278.5 277.9 278.5 281.3