1956 08 - 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 284.8 284.9 285.0 284.7 284.4 283.7 283.2 283.2 283.3 283.5 283.4 283.3 283.4 283.3 283.0 282.8 282.6 282.5 282.2 281.8 281.7 281.6 281.6 281.8 281.7 281.6 281.4 280.9 280.5 280.3 279.7 34 Hudson Bay 288.1 290.3 290.7 290.6 290.6 290.2 289.9 289.9 289.3 288.1 287.5 287.7 288.2 286.6 285.1 284.4 283.1 282.9 283.2 283.7 284.1 285.7 286.4 287.1 286.5 286.5 286.6 284.5 284.2 284.9 285.6 36 Hudson Strait 281.7 282.3 284.3 284.3 283.3 281.5 280.9 281.8 284.9 286.0 285.5 282.4 283.2 285.2 281.6 280.0 279.9 280.0 278.7 277.6 279.1 279.3 280.2 281.1 281.5 279.4 279.3 279.6 279.1 279.1 280.7 98 Bering Strait 282.5 281.6 283.2 284.2 283.6 283.2 283.4 282.9 283.1 283.3 283.3 280.6 280.1 281.8 282.3 283.3 284.1 284.7 284.9 283.4 281.8 280.6 280.2 280.1 280.4 279.7 278.9 279.3 278.9 279.1 278.7 128 Arctic subocean 274.1 273.9 273.6 274.3 274.0 273.7 272.9 273.2 272.5 272.1 272.0 272.2 271.4 270.9 271.7 271.5 270.4 270.1 269.4 268.1 266.3 265.8 265.6 266.8 266.5 266.6 266.1 264.9 260.5 259.0 263.5 130 Chukchi Sea 278.2 279.7 281.1 279.4 282.0 279.4 278.3 277.9 278.5 279.3 276.8 275.1 278.1 278.0 278.6 279.6 281.0 282.5 282.3 280.7 278.6 276.8 275.6 275.6 275.9 275.0 276.6 276.7 276.0 276.0 276.6 132 Beaufort Sea 286.6 286.1 286.5 287.0 285.7 285.4 284.6 284.4 285.0 286.1 286.2 283.4 280.8 281.4 280.1 279.5 281.3 283.9 286.9 287.5 286.7 284.9 284.6 285.4 285.5 285.4 283.8 282.1 281.1 279.2 278.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.8 280.6 280.3 281.1 283.0 282.3 281.5 280.7 279.2 278.3 277.2 276.2 275.0 274.4 275.6 275.8 276.1 276.4 276.3 276.4 277.9 278.5 275.6 274.3 275.0 275.0 274.9 274.8 272.3 269.8 268.7 136 Foxe Basin 276.5 276.9 278.2 277.9 277.0 276.8 278.2 279.1 279.4 279.7 279.3 278.9 278.5 278.2 277.8 278.2 278.1 278.1 277.4 276.3 275.2 275.9 276.1 275.5 276.4 277.6 277.7 276.7 277.4 276.6 275.3 138 Baffin Bay 271.2 272.1 272.0 271.7 272.3 272.2 271.3 271.1 269.9 269.7 267.8 267.7 268.2 269.0 270.8 270.5 269.7 267.9 265.5 263.8 264.3 265.7 265.7 265.7 266.1 265.9 268.2 267.3 266.3 266.0 261.4 139 South Greenland 271.3 272.1 272.5 271.6 271.9 271.8 270.9 269.7 269.3 269.6 269.3 268.7 270.3 270.4 269.4 268.3 267.4 267.2 267.0 267.6 268.3 267.6 266.6 267.9 267.4 267.9 268.2 269.6 269.7 270.8 270.8 140 Greenland Sea 271.7 270.9 270.3 269.2 269.5 270.6 270.2 268.3 267.0 266.0 264.7 263.7 266.4 266.9 267.3 267.0 265.7 265.6 263.8 262.8 261.9 261.2 262.1 262.7 261.6 262.0 263.9 266.2 265.1 264.4 262.1 142 Norwegian Sea 284.9 284.7 284.8 284.2 284.3 283.4 281.3 280.2 280.3 280.7 283.0 283.6 283.4 284.0 284.2 283.4 282.2 282.1 282.5 282.8 282.7 282.7 282.2 282.3 282.9 281.8 280.7 280.2 279.2 278.6 279.0 144 Barents Sea 286.5 286.2 285.8 286.5 288.3 286.8 285.0 284.9 284.7 283.9 283.5 284.1 284.9 284.3 283.7 284.1 284.7 285.2 285.8 285.3 285.4 285.0 284.5 284.0 284.0 285.6 285.1 283.8 283.4 281.2 280.2 146 Kara Sea 287.6 287.2 287.4 286.8 286.9 286.3 285.8 286.0 287.2 288.2 288.2 289.0 289.6 288.9 288.3 288.1 287.8 287.2 286.4 285.8 285.5 285.7 286.4 286.4 285.9 284.9 284.5 284.9 285.1 285.2 284.0 148 Laptev Sea 288.4 287.8 286.8 285.8 283.8 282.3 282.5 283.2 283.4 283.2 283.9 284.0 284.0 284.5 285.4 285.2 284.8 283.1 282.4 281.8 281.6 281.5 282.5 283.3 283.7 283.8 283.8 282.7 282.6 282.5 282.3 150 East Siberian Sea 285.5 286.1 285.8 285.2 282.1 280.8 280.0 278.9 277.9 278.8 280.2 281.6 281.9 282.4 283.7 284.8 285.0 285.0 284.4 283.0 282.3 281.3 277.9 276.1 276.6 278.1 277.7 277.5 276.8 276.7 275.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.7 281.4 282.0 282.0 282.2 282.6 282.6 283.3 284.1 284.7 286.7 286.6 285.2 284.7 284.0 284.2 284.0 284.5 282.9 281.8 281.5 281.6 281.5 281.5 282.0 281.4 281.1 281.0 279.7 279.6 279.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.5 282.2 283.0 285.6 284.7 284.9 286.4 287.4 287.5 286.8 286.8 286.7 287.2 285.7 285.2 286.0 286.4 286.6 284.4 283.3 283.2 282.9 282.8 282.6 283.7 282.9 283.1 282.5 281.8 281.9 282.8