1956 03 - 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 251.5 251.5 250.9 250.8 251.0 251.7 253.1 253.4 253.8 254.8 255.6 255.1 254.8 255.8 256.8 256.9 257.5 258.7 258.4 257.6 256.8 256.9 256.9 257.2 257.6 257.8 257.7 258.0 258.8 259.3 259.8 34 Hudson Bay 257.1 256.8 254.4 253.1 251.6 249.8 250.1 254.8 254.9 251.9 252.2 255.6 254.8 251.6 255.8 261.1 262.1 262.6 266.2 266.8 263.1 258.4 258.1 260.6 264.1 261.8 260.6 261.2 261.8 262.9 263.9 36 Hudson Strait 254.0 250.8 247.7 247.2 249.7 251.2 250.4 246.8 246.1 246.7 251.9 248.6 248.3 252.8 247.9 248.8 250.7 255.7 254.8 262.4 263.3 263.1 257.3 254.4 256.6 258.0 256.8 256.9 254.8 252.5 255.8 98 Bering Strait 242.0 241.3 242.8 243.1 244.2 247.1 247.1 244.6 247.4 256.0 263.0 261.4 261.7 264.6 264.3 263.7 261.1 257.2 257.9 262.3 261.3 260.0 259.8 258.0 257.9 258.4 258.5 259.5 260.9 260.4 258.7 128 Arctic subocean 230.3 231.2 232.8 234.1 234.5 233.6 232.1 228.2 229.0 231.5 231.9 237.5 240.5 237.8 232.9 233.1 236.3 235.3 238.1 238.9 242.6 242.8 245.1 243.4 242.9 240.0 241.5 238.3 238.5 240.8 242.1 130 Chukchi Sea 235.1 242.2 243.1 243.8 243.4 244.4 243.1 245.0 247.6 256.5 260.2 259.6 255.8 261.1 260.1 260.8 256.9 250.0 249.7 260.7 260.3 257.0 253.0 251.3 254.2 255.7 255.9 256.0 256.9 255.7 256.0 132 Beaufort Sea 248.9 246.0 245.2 245.4 247.5 245.8 251.0 249.2 248.5 249.8 257.4 258.3 257.4 261.1 267.0 266.9 267.9 268.6 264.1 261.9 260.7 263.9 265.1 263.4 261.2 259.8 257.2 258.0 261.2 260.4 258.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.3 236.7 235.2 234.2 238.0 239.1 238.7 238.5 240.2 242.2 245.5 239.6 237.7 243.5 244.3 246.5 242.1 244.4 244.9 242.3 246.4 253.1 253.5 250.6 252.8 252.7 249.2 249.8 248.2 246.6 243.2 136 Foxe Basin 249.3 245.8 246.8 244.9 243.2 242.2 243.2 242.8 240.3 241.7 240.8 242.2 242.0 243.2 245.8 244.8 248.5 241.9 246.7 255.5 253.5 249.1 246.7 249.8 251.4 252.1 254.2 248.8 248.9 246.1 250.3 138 Baffin Bay 242.6 235.1 235.4 236.8 237.7 239.8 242.1 234.8 230.9 232.2 233.9 235.0 237.4 242.1 241.4 242.2 243.6 249.3 244.9 242.0 247.9 246.7 246.7 242.8 239.9 240.9 243.4 248.5 251.5 251.3 252.3 139 South Greenland 251.1 248.8 245.9 245.6 247.8 254.4 260.0 256.2 252.0 252.3 250.7 248.4 251.3 253.2 250.9 253.4 257.3 257.6 258.0 260.0 260.2 258.8 255.8 253.2 252.5 256.9 263.5 260.4 260.7 264.0 262.4 140 Greenland Sea 238.1 235.0 234.9 236.3 237.0 238.9 242.0 243.2 237.4 235.8 237.2 237.9 237.0 242.9 244.6 244.2 246.6 248.7 251.5 250.7 248.8 252.0 248.6 244.5 240.3 239.4 239.9 247.1 246.3 250.3 252.0 142 Norwegian Sea 271.6 268.2 267.9 267.3 265.8 266.3 267.1 272.5 274.7 274.8 273.4 271.4 271.4 271.9 270.9 269.4 270.4 270.9 270.1 269.9 269.8 270.6 272.2 272.1 272.1 273.9 273.9 274.0 274.8 273.1 273.1 144 Barents Sea 262.0 266.4 267.3 267.5 264.5 262.6 260.3 259.4 260.0 263.3 266.7 268.2 269.6 269.7 267.4 265.3 267.1 267.7 264.1 264.8 265.5 265.6 266.2 265.9 265.4 267.2 269.2 269.3 265.9 265.8 264.7 146 Kara Sea 256.5 258.3 259.2 259.2 259.1 260.4 262.2 263.4 263.8 262.9 260.7 260.5 260.1 260.6 261.0 258.9 259.1 260.8 258.0 253.9 253.7 255.1 256.7 259.3 259.3 259.7 259.9 261.8 263.5 263.8 265.6 148 Laptev Sea 249.6 249.5 247.7 248.3 248.5 249.3 250.8 251.7 253.5 256.3 254.8 251.0 249.8 250.7 252.3 251.9 253.3 256.5 258.4 256.5 253.7 251.6 251.0 250.8 252.2 252.9 252.7 250.6 252.0 255.0 256.2 150 East Siberian Sea 247.4 249.0 247.5 245.8 246.0 245.7 246.8 246.5 249.2 250.8 251.3 250.1 250.0 248.7 246.6 246.1 248.6 250.5 252.5 254.7 254.6 258.7 258.1 259.5 260.6 261.4 258.8 254.8 253.0 250.9 251.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 254.4 253.4 253.6 253.1 254.1 260.1 259.3 256.2 256.2 263.1 269.0 267.9 268.0 271.3 269.6 270.7 270.1 265.6 266.0 267.1 267.8 266.9 268.8 266.0 266.0 266.1 266.7 266.4 267.4 266.3 264.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 244.4 250.2 246.5 249.1 250.0 251.8 249.1 250.3 258.7 270.2 271.5 270.5 272.4 269.6 271.7 270.4 261.0 257.0 271.1 270.1 268.3 265.3 261.8 260.3 260.3 263.9 263.8 263.3 263.2 258.8 264.8