1956 02 - 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 251.1 250.9 250.2 250.3 249.9 249.7 250.1 250.1 248.6 248.4 248.9 248.7 248.0 249.4 250.2 249.7 248.7 248.4 249.0 249.8 250.1 251.7 252.3 251.4 251.0 251.6 252.3 252.0 251.6 -9999.0 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 256.5 257.4 259.7 260.0 254.2 256.1 258.3 259.4 259.3 254.1 251.9 253.3 254.5 251.9 249.5 248.3 250.9 250.8 251.3 250.9 251.2 253.7 253.3 252.9 252.4 252.3 253.8 255.0 256.1 -9999.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 250.1 252.3 249.7 253.2 244.7 240.8 242.2 248.8 253.0 248.1 243.0 243.9 247.3 254.9 258.7 252.9 248.9 247.4 249.0 260.0 261.8 265.7 261.0 252.4 249.4 259.4 260.5 258.8 256.5 -9999.0 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 259.2 260.4 258.6 253.9 254.2 254.9 252.6 251.7 246.5 243.3 241.2 241.5 243.5 250.2 254.8 253.8 246.7 242.4 240.1 243.5 244.3 249.0 255.5 252.6 253.0 249.6 246.7 247.5 244.4 -9999.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 243.4 240.5 238.5 236.9 239.7 235.4 238.0 237.2 241.5 243.8 244.0 248.5 239.5 236.7 239.5 242.3 241.4 241.8 241.7 231.8 228.9 231.6 235.3 236.4 234.3 234.9 234.6 228.8 230.3 -9999.0 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 241.7 247.6 251.3 252.4 248.4 247.7 241.7 241.4 236.7 239.4 240.9 244.0 247.1 245.0 248.5 245.8 241.6 239.0 243.0 247.0 253.4 246.8 254.4 250.1 249.9 244.7 240.6 239.5 236.7 -9999.0 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 256.7 259.6 260.4 254.4 254.8 257.3 256.6 255.6 252.9 251.3 247.0 243.1 241.8 241.8 243.1 247.6 244.5 243.4 242.4 243.4 244.7 248.9 249.2 247.6 247.4 248.9 248.1 247.7 251.1 -9999.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.5 244.6 240.2 235.1 236.4 240.4 240.3 234.2 235.6 238.1 237.1 239.1 239.0 242.5 241.3 239.7 236.5 234.0 232.2 234.6 234.9 235.4 239.8 240.6 241.9 244.2 244.8 242.5 240.4 -9999.0 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 241.6 241.5 238.9 237.8 235.1 235.6 236.2 236.9 244.3 245.5 240.6 240.5 239.3 247.1 250.9 249.4 243.7 245.0 247.8 249.2 245.8 245.7 253.5 257.7 257.6 253.2 259.3 253.8 253.1 -9999.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 239.9 234.8 232.1 235.7 242.9 242.5 238.7 235.9 232.1 242.5 253.6 247.2 231.4 234.3 242.2 244.4 243.5 243.7 243.1 242.5 238.7 240.5 247.8 250.4 251.8 249.2 246.5 241.5 241.5 -9999.0 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 243.1 242.6 240.6 244.0 252.4 246.2 250.0 254.0 246.5 255.0 262.3 254.5 247.0 250.2 250.8 251.1 250.4 255.4 260.4 261.2 261.9 262.8 260.4 258.8 254.5 252.8 257.0 253.6 249.4 -9999.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 252.6 251.4 241.3 234.6 241.8 243.1 241.1 248.0 246.5 240.8 253.4 256.6 241.2 243.9 243.2 243.1 242.9 244.2 242.9 245.6 246.2 242.2 245.3 242.3 245.1 242.6 237.5 233.4 234.4 -9999.0 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 263.8 265.4 266.5 269.6 269.4 267.5 270.7 268.0 264.5 267.1 269.7 264.5 256.9 257.4 261.0 265.3 265.6 263.3 261.9 265.1 267.6 268.8 268.2 267.3 267.8 269.7 269.5 269.4 272.6 -9999.0 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 261.9 258.0 253.0 249.1 248.2 252.1 251.7 249.3 252.1 251.9 253.4 254.1 253.3 254.8 256.6 254.7 255.8 255.9 255.8 259.6 262.5 260.8 259.4 258.7 258.0 257.3 256.4 257.6 256.9 -9999.0 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 251.9 251.0 250.7 254.6 253.6 250.4 249.0 248.1 247.4 248.4 249.7 250.3 250.2 250.8 251.8 251.5 252.4 253.0 253.7 253.7 254.1 255.7 255.3 254.0 253.1 255.6 257.8 258.2 257.4 -9999.0 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 241.5 241.0 242.2 242.5 242.7 243.4 247.1 249.0 247.7 248.0 247.7 247.4 248.5 250.0 251.1 248.9 246.6 245.7 248.0 247.7 247.2 247.4 246.7 247.9 247.5 248.5 248.8 248.2 248.7 -9999.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 246.7 247.7 246.7 245.1 244.2 244.9 246.4 248.5 242.7 241.4 244.0 246.3 250.2 251.3 246.6 244.7 242.7 243.5 245.5 246.0 243.2 243.9 244.5 243.6 244.1 245.2 248.2 251.2 249.6 -9999.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.6 271.1 266.4 262.2 267.5 268.2 269.0 267.8 260.9 254.2 252.9 250.1 249.3 256.2 267.9 268.7 263.9 256.7 249.9 250.3 253.1 258.5 263.1 261.5 262.5 262.1 259.2 257.8 255.5 -9999.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 263.3 266.3 259.9 265.7 267.9 266.4 263.7 251.6 245.6 245.0 246.3 247.9 253.2 263.9 272.3 265.0 258.5 251.6 249.4 249.8 256.8 269.3 269.1 265.4 267.5 255.2 246.2 242.7 243.4 -9999.0 -9999.0