1955 12 - 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 252.6 251.3 249.6 248.6 248.9 249.0 249.2 251.2 251.9 251.6 250.2 248.5 248.5 249.3 250.0 249.1 248.2 246.8 246.1 247.3 248.5 248.2 248.0 246.9 245.7 246.2 247.6 248.4 249.3 249.7 249.3 34 Hudson Bay 258.0 253.8 251.6 251.4 252.5 252.1 251.8 253.6 256.7 258.2 260.0 260.0 257.3 255.2 254.5 251.8 249.4 244.5 242.6 245.5 249.3 251.5 256.1 255.2 252.0 255.3 259.1 255.3 254.0 257.3 256.8 36 Hudson Strait 261.6 259.4 252.7 256.3 254.1 257.6 259.5 265.9 266.4 267.1 260.9 253.2 251.5 251.6 250.9 254.0 252.2 251.4 260.6 262.0 263.8 258.1 250.8 249.6 252.6 249.6 250.4 259.5 260.3 254.8 246.8 98 Bering Strait 250.2 251.9 251.3 252.3 250.7 249.0 246.1 250.2 249.2 246.4 245.1 251.3 262.2 259.7 263.4 262.1 253.5 252.0 248.6 252.6 258.6 258.0 251.8 248.0 249.1 249.7 252.4 251.6 249.5 249.8 251.7 128 Arctic subocean 230.8 231.3 237.6 236.7 234.4 237.0 241.0 242.5 239.9 236.8 235.4 237.2 239.5 235.6 234.7 237.3 236.3 235.6 239.8 243.4 246.6 247.0 242.6 236.9 234.1 235.3 236.6 235.5 231.6 229.5 229.6 130 Chukchi Sea 240.3 241.5 245.7 250.1 252.3 252.5 245.2 242.4 236.1 237.0 241.4 248.7 256.3 265.8 260.8 265.7 259.0 256.9 264.2 265.2 267.1 257.5 244.8 254.9 257.6 251.2 245.9 240.9 238.1 234.7 236.8 132 Beaufort Sea 250.1 250.3 251.0 247.2 247.7 246.6 244.4 252.5 255.8 255.6 250.1 245.7 248.6 253.9 256.5 252.0 243.1 240.5 239.9 242.1 244.9 244.4 242.0 240.2 242.5 247.3 245.2 251.3 257.0 259.5 256.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.3 242.2 241.1 242.7 243.1 239.5 239.7 238.4 245.9 249.3 248.2 243.7 241.0 239.9 237.1 234.7 235.8 238.4 238.7 241.4 240.1 240.4 240.4 243.1 241.6 240.5 241.0 243.0 240.9 239.1 235.5 136 Foxe Basin 244.7 243.0 241.8 239.3 239.4 242.4 252.1 258.0 245.8 249.9 250.3 250.0 247.7 245.6 241.5 239.8 250.4 249.9 258.3 257.7 251.6 246.3 243.6 245.5 243.0 242.7 249.2 249.6 242.3 240.9 237.6 138 Baffin Bay 235.8 237.6 236.7 237.1 235.9 237.0 238.0 241.0 242.2 237.8 234.5 239.1 240.9 239.5 238.5 238.0 238.9 244.3 244.8 245.6 247.4 247.5 245.5 244.1 235.3 233.4 240.1 243.7 240.7 234.4 237.3 139 South Greenland 250.1 245.6 243.4 241.6 242.1 244.6 245.6 245.9 246.1 247.4 243.3 244.2 247.0 253.4 250.7 249.0 251.0 252.7 252.1 248.7 246.3 246.1 246.2 247.0 245.7 240.1 241.6 245.4 248.8 247.4 250.3 140 Greenland Sea 231.4 237.8 238.7 237.6 241.2 242.9 240.5 245.8 243.7 238.1 234.0 234.8 235.9 238.1 241.5 241.4 239.2 238.5 239.3 238.7 244.8 245.1 246.9 244.3 234.0 227.3 234.8 238.7 238.6 235.5 234.8 142 Norwegian Sea 271.0 268.4 268.7 270.1 273.0 271.4 269.5 267.8 265.5 263.4 262.3 263.2 260.7 261.1 259.6 259.5 259.2 261.1 262.2 263.4 263.8 267.5 268.6 269.2 266.4 270.6 272.6 273.0 273.0 271.5 266.6 144 Barents Sea 252.8 251.1 253.3 254.0 254.9 252.6 250.1 250.1 251.8 253.7 251.3 249.2 251.7 253.9 251.8 246.4 248.7 249.6 249.9 249.2 249.1 247.2 250.7 254.6 255.2 254.8 255.9 263.3 262.8 258.3 258.4 146 Kara Sea 261.3 255.6 251.3 251.0 254.5 257.5 258.6 257.8 256.4 257.5 254.7 250.0 248.0 251.8 255.0 253.6 249.9 248.0 248.4 249.5 251.8 252.4 250.1 245.7 244.7 244.8 245.3 245.8 248.0 249.1 248.8 148 Laptev Sea 248.4 251.7 248.7 243.7 239.5 238.4 240.5 243.7 246.4 243.1 243.3 240.2 239.1 236.3 236.4 240.2 245.3 242.3 239.2 239.5 236.8 236.7 238.7 241.3 242.1 243.5 243.1 242.9 245.4 246.0 246.0 150 East Siberian Sea 246.6 247.0 252.6 250.9 245.6 241.3 242.4 248.4 246.7 244.3 246.0 246.5 244.9 242.4 241.4 242.9 254.0 259.2 255.4 257.7 252.9 245.2 251.7 249.6 242.8 242.4 244.8 243.2 240.3 244.5 245.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.6 264.5 265.6 267.9 265.5 259.8 259.4 263.9 259.3 254.9 253.1 261.4 265.5 260.5 261.5 263.3 262.5 257.5 251.4 253.0 258.8 259.1 255.6 251.0 251.8 252.3 262.1 264.8 268.7 268.0 266.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 253.6 260.2 254.1 261.6 267.2 260.4 252.6 249.6 245.8 247.3 260.4 271.0 269.1 268.5 265.6 264.1 267.0 262.0 256.6 256.9 261.0 267.0 260.0 253.0 260.4 261.1 266.5 257.2 249.5 245.5 250.4