1956 01 - 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 247.8 246.6 246.2 246.6 247.7 248.7 250.5 251.3 252.1 251.1 249.6 248.6 247.8 247.0 245.6 245.5 245.6 246.8 248.2 248.9 249.5 249.5 250.4 251.1 250.4 249.0 248.6 248.5 247.5 247.6 250.0 34 Hudson Bay 255.4 256.2 253.8 253.3 253.3 248.3 250.6 255.8 258.5 259.3 257.4 254.2 252.0 251.0 247.2 246.0 247.0 248.7 249.6 250.2 252.7 252.8 254.7 256.2 257.2 255.7 252.8 255.3 254.7 251.7 253.3 36 Hudson Strait 242.6 245.0 244.0 242.6 252.7 250.0 244.4 243.9 259.6 262.7 262.8 257.6 247.6 244.4 241.7 240.6 243.1 244.5 247.6 256.4 261.1 259.0 258.7 257.5 254.5 249.6 250.8 254.5 252.0 242.3 243.6 98 Bering Strait 248.3 244.2 246.5 244.3 244.4 248.1 251.0 247.5 247.6 247.9 250.4 252.5 252.7 256.2 255.1 251.7 248.8 250.4 250.1 249.7 246.7 248.4 250.0 248.3 248.3 248.1 252.1 253.3 253.0 254.4 257.2 128 Arctic subocean 232.6 234.1 235.1 236.1 239.9 239.8 237.6 239.4 239.5 237.6 234.2 231.1 232.1 242.4 243.8 240.9 236.9 233.1 233.3 234.6 234.8 234.1 232.2 233.4 238.1 235.5 233.5 226.7 233.3 241.5 244.8 130 Chukchi Sea 239.7 243.8 238.7 237.4 250.0 258.3 249.3 245.4 243.8 255.8 261.1 260.5 258.4 256.4 257.9 246.0 244.9 241.9 242.5 242.2 238.7 237.8 237.4 240.0 249.7 255.9 253.6 256.4 254.1 248.8 245.8 132 Beaufort Sea 248.8 244.7 243.7 242.6 239.5 241.7 246.4 247.0 245.2 243.4 243.6 246.2 245.8 245.1 246.2 245.9 246.7 252.6 254.4 255.5 251.9 252.0 252.2 251.7 251.0 248.9 248.2 248.0 248.8 250.5 254.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 232.6 232.9 236.4 236.9 238.6 239.5 240.4 242.8 243.6 241.8 240.4 240.1 240.1 239.8 242.6 245.6 244.7 243.7 246.4 243.9 245.0 241.7 243.3 248.6 248.9 241.9 245.2 248.2 243.1 244.4 248.3 136 Foxe Basin 236.9 234.7 235.5 238.1 238.9 242.3 241.0 243.8 254.6 248.2 256.9 252.8 243.0 240.6 240.3 237.8 239.1 244.0 246.4 246.0 245.4 248.2 247.6 244.1 250.0 250.9 243.0 244.2 235.9 233.1 236.1 138 Baffin Bay 239.9 234.0 230.8 233.2 232.0 235.3 238.0 236.7 236.9 238.4 240.4 244.9 243.9 239.3 235.2 233.1 235.2 234.6 233.4 237.7 240.8 241.6 243.1 235.1 233.9 236.2 235.7 238.2 240.6 239.5 242.2 139 South Greenland 251.4 243.1 238.9 240.5 241.2 243.7 247.1 246.4 243.6 241.7 244.0 248.9 248.8 242.7 237.7 236.3 239.4 239.1 238.8 241.3 247.1 247.1 246.0 243.0 237.3 242.2 249.2 249.3 246.1 246.1 249.1 140 Greenland Sea 239.3 236.9 236.8 240.2 245.0 242.9 239.3 238.5 235.9 233.0 232.7 235.6 239.8 238.0 235.6 234.8 236.2 235.9 233.9 233.4 238.1 236.5 238.6 234.0 229.1 232.7 232.9 241.1 250.9 246.8 246.6 142 Norwegian Sea 265.1 268.2 273.2 275.0 275.3 274.3 271.9 265.8 267.3 266.7 265.9 267.5 268.4 267.9 267.4 267.0 265.9 264.1 264.9 268.3 264.7 263.1 265.1 263.2 263.2 264.8 264.9 264.2 262.6 260.5 261.6 144 Barents Sea 257.2 256.4 259.7 264.1 265.9 269.5 269.1 264.6 260.7 258.6 253.6 253.1 254.4 258.0 259.1 260.6 260.3 260.2 263.3 263.5 260.8 261.3 260.7 256.8 249.0 246.0 246.3 246.1 247.3 249.8 260.1 146 Kara Sea 248.1 246.8 245.5 246.9 249.0 252.4 255.9 257.7 258.0 256.5 252.8 250.1 249.5 248.1 246.1 245.9 246.0 248.1 250.9 251.7 252.4 253.2 255.7 259.6 259.4 257.4 256.4 253.6 251.0 252.1 253.0 148 Laptev Sea 245.8 247.5 247.4 247.3 246.8 245.6 245.9 246.7 246.8 245.4 243.8 240.5 239.2 238.3 238.6 238.4 238.2 238.6 238.3 241.1 243.8 242.9 240.8 241.3 240.7 239.6 237.7 235.7 235.5 236.8 238.6 150 East Siberian Sea 240.9 239.3 240.7 242.9 246.5 246.2 246.3 245.6 255.9 252.8 250.7 249.9 248.0 248.7 245.9 256.4 254.3 249.9 251.2 245.8 241.5 242.0 244.0 245.4 246.1 240.7 239.6 240.0 238.7 236.7 239.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.9 258.3 262.4 256.1 252.5 255.0 259.8 256.1 256.8 255.4 257.6 258.8 261.5 260.9 260.6 256.0 259.2 263.3 265.4 264.8 263.7 265.6 264.6 260.1 259.3 257.8 257.6 260.1 263.6 267.0 270.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 247.7 249.4 261.8 246.4 249.9 261.2 263.4 259.1 249.1 249.3 254.4 256.8 261.3 263.5 259.9 256.9 253.9 250.5 257.1 252.6 252.0 248.2 248.5 248.1 248.8 256.9 262.0 266.2 266.0 262.2 262.3