1956 04 - 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 260.2 260.4 260.6 260.5 260.3 260.6 261.5 262.3 262.6 262.9 262.6 262.3 262.5 263.2 263.8 263.9 264.3 264.7 264.9 264.2 264.3 264.4 264.2 263.7 264.3 264.5 265.1 266.1 266.7 267.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 265.4 267.2 267.7 267.4 264.5 262.8 262.5 266.4 267.5 269.0 268.2 268.8 270.7 271.7 270.5 270.5 270.9 270.5 271.1 271.5 269.2 267.5 267.6 266.9 265.1 265.7 263.7 264.7 267.1 268.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 257.0 257.2 258.5 261.7 269.6 268.6 260.2 255.4 258.4 261.3 261.7 263.6 264.5 265.4 265.6 263.3 265.3 268.0 269.5 269.5 270.3 269.8 269.0 267.5 265.6 264.5 267.8 265.9 262.1 264.1 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 260.9 261.0 258.4 256.1 253.7 255.0 259.3 259.9 263.8 264.9 262.4 264.1 262.7 262.2 261.9 262.8 266.9 265.8 265.9 266.2 266.8 269.0 270.6 269.2 268.7 268.2 268.5 267.1 268.4 270.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 242.5 242.1 241.6 242.4 242.7 242.6 245.2 247.2 251.5 251.1 245.7 245.3 248.8 255.1 255.1 252.2 251.8 249.2 250.0 252.6 251.9 248.0 247.8 248.4 249.0 247.2 251.5 259.9 257.3 256.6 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 258.3 256.4 250.5 248.6 247.4 247.7 252.2 252.8 256.3 260.0 257.3 258.8 255.2 255.7 256.3 258.2 259.7 260.0 261.7 267.3 267.5 268.3 270.5 271.4 269.9 269.0 269.2 267.8 271.3 272.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 258.0 257.5 257.6 254.5 256.4 257.1 259.8 261.8 265.2 267.5 267.2 268.8 268.0 268.2 269.5 267.7 268.8 270.7 269.4 267.2 268.2 267.9 268.7 263.4 262.9 257.9 259.2 262.8 265.5 267.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.4 247.4 248.1 249.3 248.8 246.6 248.3 248.1 249.7 252.6 256.1 261.7 263.1 264.0 264.4 265.3 260.3 261.3 264.1 260.5 258.6 259.3 252.2 248.3 248.1 252.4 254.2 258.8 262.5 264.4 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 250.7 256.1 254.6 256.5 259.2 264.9 263.9 252.2 259.0 255.1 259.5 261.6 263.0 261.1 260.1 262.3 264.9 260.2 259.3 260.2 262.5 263.4 263.1 260.6 262.6 263.8 264.2 262.3 262.9 262.3 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 247.3 243.6 245.3 248.6 248.7 248.3 253.4 256.8 255.7 251.3 245.0 243.5 247.7 249.6 250.1 251.2 255.0 254.9 251.0 250.3 251.0 252.3 254.9 256.6 257.5 256.5 256.6 258.7 257.0 257.5 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 261.0 257.7 260.4 262.3 262.6 260.7 258.3 260.9 261.2 258.5 257.5 256.3 256.8 257.4 258.8 261.7 263.6 264.4 264.8 264.1 263.4 262.1 262.4 263.3 262.7 263.3 264.7 263.8 262.8 261.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 251.5 247.0 242.5 244.1 243.6 244.6 242.7 247.4 252.6 252.3 251.3 250.6 248.2 247.9 248.1 248.7 249.1 252.5 250.8 248.3 248.7 249.9 250.5 253.0 252.2 253.1 253.1 256.8 255.0 254.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 272.3 270.8 268.4 266.8 266.6 267.3 270.3 271.4 272.1 271.9 272.3 270.9 270.2 268.7 269.0 269.7 270.7 272.5 273.6 273.3 274.6 275.6 275.5 273.7 273.9 273.4 273.1 273.2 273.2 274.2 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 264.4 264.2 263.6 263.8 263.4 263.6 266.2 269.6 269.8 267.7 265.7 263.2 260.4 258.6 259.2 261.6 261.7 265.6 267.3 266.8 265.4 267.7 268.2 267.1 268.6 268.9 269.8 270.4 270.6 270.9 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 266.8 267.4 267.9 268.4 268.4 269.2 269.8 268.1 266.5 267.9 267.3 264.0 263.5 264.9 265.5 264.9 265.5 265.9 266.3 265.6 266.4 266.6 265.9 266.4 268.5 269.4 269.5 269.4 269.6 269.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 255.2 255.4 256.6 256.1 257.5 259.5 260.0 260.0 256.4 255.8 258.0 257.7 258.4 260.5 262.7 261.4 260.7 260.3 259.8 259.2 259.9 259.5 259.1 259.5 261.2 262.5 265.5 267.8 266.3 266.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 250.6 250.7 250.1 251.5 250.6 250.0 251.7 254.7 255.3 253.6 253.5 257.2 258.3 257.8 258.5 261.0 260.0 258.2 259.5 258.7 258.8 261.1 262.1 263.0 265.0 263.6 263.7 262.7 264.3 266.3 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.4 270.8 268.7 265.3 264.1 264.7 267.2 268.3 270.8 270.2 268.7 270.3 269.4 266.5 267.8 268.7 271.2 269.5 268.3 267.5 271.0 273.6 274.3 272.6 271.9 272.1 272.3 272.2 272.2 272.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.6 268.2 267.5 259.4 252.1 252.1 257.6 260.2 270.9 263.5 268.5 270.7 269.0 266.7 265.2 270.1 270.1 269.4 267.5 267.9 268.2 271.8 274.4 274.2 272.5 272.9 271.9 274.5 274.7 274.3 -9999.0