1955 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 269.0 268.9 269.4 270.0 270.4 270.6 270.6 270.6 270.2 269.7 268.8 268.4 268.6 269.0 268.8 269.2 268.5 267.9 267.2 266.8 266.5 265.8 265.1 265.0 264.7 264.1 263.7 262.9 262.3 262.8 262.2 34 Hudson Bay 273.1 273.9 274.9 277.3 279.3 279.7 279.3 280.7 281.6 280.7 279.2 278.3 277.6 278.1 276.8 276.1 275.6 275.6 274.8 272.5 273.8 275.7 271.1 269.5 273.3 275.1 274.4 273.2 271.5 271.1 270.8 36 Hudson Strait 274.4 272.8 272.2 271.9 270.4 270.1 274.0 278.8 275.5 275.0 273.4 270.7 272.0 276.2 277.0 275.8 274.8 275.0 275.0 272.6 270.0 267.3 269.3 271.5 272.1 271.6 268.6 267.9 270.5 272.4 273.2 98 Bering Strait 270.9 270.4 270.1 269.0 267.5 267.5 266.3 264.6 263.4 263.6 264.6 264.5 262.0 259.8 261.7 261.9 261.4 260.0 262.0 261.6 259.9 261.3 265.4 264.3 261.0 256.9 257.8 256.1 252.7 258.6 256.3 128 Arctic subocean 252.6 251.2 251.5 254.7 259.6 261.3 261.9 263.8 264.3 260.1 253.5 246.8 244.8 248.8 256.4 262.0 254.0 249.4 248.1 247.3 248.5 244.5 246.1 248.6 248.9 251.5 254.6 250.8 249.4 249.7 246.4 130 Chukchi Sea 270.4 269.3 268.9 266.0 264.5 262.3 262.4 262.1 260.9 259.6 258.9 257.9 257.4 256.2 254.0 255.0 255.1 255.2 257.7 257.9 257.4 262.2 261.9 257.0 253.8 252.6 253.1 254.8 255.5 258.5 263.7 132 Beaufort Sea 270.7 272.5 275.0 275.9 274.2 274.5 276.6 273.0 270.8 271.7 271.6 272.1 272.7 270.9 267.2 269.1 268.9 267.8 265.7 269.6 271.1 265.9 266.5 271.5 268.3 265.3 263.0 261.2 260.0 259.0 258.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.5 262.7 264.7 268.1 270.3 271.0 271.8 272.1 268.0 262.1 262.1 263.5 263.9 264.4 265.3 263.2 259.6 256.3 254.1 253.3 256.0 255.7 252.5 255.5 255.1 255.8 256.5 259.8 259.1 257.2 251.7 136 Foxe Basin 271.9 271.1 269.3 268.0 269.1 271.1 271.7 271.9 272.2 271.9 269.7 270.5 271.6 270.6 273.8 269.6 271.1 268.0 269.3 268.3 264.1 264.0 267.6 270.2 268.6 267.8 269.5 269.4 267.8 266.5 264.5 138 Baffin Bay 255.5 258.4 257.9 254.6 255.0 254.8 256.0 258.6 262.0 263.2 254.2 250.6 249.9 260.4 262.9 263.6 255.1 253.8 252.7 255.7 256.5 254.8 248.2 252.0 258.5 262.7 261.7 261.4 259.7 257.3 253.1 139 South Greenland 259.8 260.9 257.3 255.8 254.4 253.0 253.3 254.3 257.5 260.3 259.5 255.2 257.1 261.3 266.6 267.9 264.7 263.5 264.2 264.3 262.4 262.1 256.8 254.2 258.7 263.8 263.9 261.9 260.7 259.8 257.8 140 Greenland Sea 253.8 252.5 251.9 247.9 249.6 250.2 252.2 254.5 258.1 259.8 255.7 246.4 242.6 251.2 256.1 261.1 254.2 248.4 247.6 247.6 251.2 246.2 247.8 247.0 250.8 257.7 262.7 256.1 255.1 250.9 247.9 142 Norwegian Sea 277.7 276.6 276.0 274.6 274.7 276.1 277.8 278.9 280.2 280.6 279.7 278.6 280.0 275.9 272.7 272.7 271.2 270.1 270.7 273.1 273.3 272.5 276.5 276.8 273.8 273.6 272.8 270.5 268.8 267.5 269.7 144 Barents Sea 279.4 279.1 276.6 277.1 277.2 273.6 273.4 276.9 279.9 278.6 276.7 275.8 274.8 278.2 275.4 275.3 275.1 271.9 271.9 269.4 271.4 272.7 270.1 270.2 270.9 272.4 274.2 273.0 271.1 270.7 269.2 146 Kara Sea 273.0 272.8 273.5 273.9 273.9 274.1 273.2 272.2 271.5 271.8 272.4 273.2 273.5 271.5 271.2 272.8 274.3 274.4 272.7 272.1 271.7 270.5 271.0 268.5 266.3 265.3 266.0 267.3 269.6 270.0 269.8 148 Laptev Sea 263.6 262.0 263.7 265.9 267.9 269.2 268.5 268.7 266.5 264.5 263.1 265.6 268.4 267.2 266.0 265.6 265.0 265.6 266.4 265.6 261.5 260.1 261.7 264.1 262.9 256.9 254.6 252.2 249.2 249.9 249.4 150 East Siberian Sea 262.7 261.0 260.5 259.5 260.9 262.1 263.9 262.9 263.8 262.7 260.0 256.0 255.2 258.6 260.4 258.0 257.8 256.9 255.8 256.4 257.4 256.0 253.9 253.7 254.6 256.6 253.5 249.7 248.7 257.9 264.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.1 274.1 275.3 273.9 273.9 274.3 272.5 271.1 270.9 270.8 271.5 271.0 268.4 271.5 274.1 273.0 270.7 271.6 272.8 270.2 267.2 271.8 274.0 272.1 268.5 266.2 269.2 265.9 265.2 263.2 260.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.5 274.2 275.4 274.7 273.6 274.0 272.1 271.9 270.8 268.8 267.9 268.6 268.0 270.8 272.2 267.6 263.9 269.4 264.7 264.3 271.4 276.1 274.1 270.5 267.7 264.3 264.6 265.8 265.7 263.5 261.9