1956 10 - 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 270.9 270.7 270.5 270.1 269.6 269.0 268.4 267.2 267.1 267.4 267.4 266.6 266.1 264.5 264.2 263.6 262.9 263.9 263.6 262.9 262.3 262.0 262.2 262.1 262.6 262.3 260.8 260.2 260.5 261.1 261.4 34 Hudson Bay 277.5 278.6 277.9 276.5 276.6 276.3 277.5 274.1 273.0 273.5 277.0 278.1 279.9 276.7 275.3 276.7 275.5 275.8 276.1 276.1 276.6 272.2 269.0 269.9 273.0 271.6 266.6 266.1 270.9 272.3 272.7 36 Hudson Strait 272.1 274.8 276.0 274.0 271.8 270.3 270.9 272.5 270.3 268.1 268.2 273.2 270.3 275.4 276.4 270.7 273.9 268.8 268.6 270.3 268.7 275.0 272.6 264.8 263.6 274.3 274.5 268.7 264.4 265.4 270.1 98 Bering Strait 269.0 267.8 268.6 268.2 266.8 264.2 264.7 265.6 269.2 267.4 266.4 265.3 266.0 263.5 261.4 259.7 259.7 261.2 256.9 255.2 254.5 254.9 256.1 255.1 256.1 263.6 265.0 259.8 255.6 253.2 253.2 128 Arctic subocean 245.3 253.5 258.2 254.3 252.3 249.1 248.6 251.2 244.6 246.4 247.6 247.0 246.4 245.6 243.9 246.9 245.9 245.9 244.1 240.5 241.4 244.8 243.5 241.6 237.5 239.6 244.3 245.4 244.5 251.6 248.8 130 Chukchi Sea 264.5 262.7 262.1 263.4 265.2 265.2 262.7 266.2 269.6 266.8 262.8 264.3 263.8 261.9 261.0 259.4 258.8 258.3 257.7 255.8 252.1 252.6 254.3 254.3 265.5 272.1 264.6 257.6 256.8 250.9 250.8 132 Beaufort Sea 273.2 271.5 271.2 272.4 271.2 272.0 271.8 268.9 270.1 273.3 271.8 268.1 263.6 263.9 265.9 263.5 263.7 265.5 261.8 262.4 259.6 256.9 258.4 260.1 259.7 258.7 259.7 264.1 263.8 259.4 258.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.6 260.5 261.0 260.8 260.8 260.3 258.8 259.6 258.3 255.5 253.0 252.3 250.9 250.8 252.4 251.1 249.4 246.9 245.2 246.0 243.7 244.8 247.4 247.9 250.0 246.8 246.1 252.2 258.1 258.3 254.3 136 Foxe Basin 264.8 261.5 263.3 266.1 265.6 265.4 264.9 263.4 265.6 264.0 261.5 263.9 261.9 264.5 266.9 261.5 259.0 258.4 258.6 254.1 254.0 257.3 257.1 256.1 257.2 262.4 262.3 260.0 261.4 262.8 260.3 138 Baffin Bay 254.4 252.6 252.3 251.9 253.5 258.5 259.2 255.7 253.8 254.8 251.4 249.4 247.4 246.9 254.5 260.2 251.4 246.4 245.0 243.8 243.9 243.3 244.4 246.1 244.5 242.0 242.0 244.7 249.4 252.1 258.2 139 South Greenland 260.1 255.6 254.7 259.5 266.9 268.0 265.1 262.1 263.4 259.8 254.2 251.9 252.1 252.5 256.9 260.3 254.8 250.8 251.4 250.6 250.8 251.2 250.6 251.6 254.4 251.0 250.3 258.6 257.0 264.5 268.6 140 Greenland Sea 249.9 248.3 250.9 249.0 248.3 249.5 254.0 252.3 250.0 251.4 247.7 246.9 245.7 242.6 245.3 256.7 250.0 248.1 244.4 240.8 244.1 245.6 245.5 244.0 241.5 242.2 242.6 244.2 247.7 247.8 254.8 142 Norwegian Sea 276.4 275.0 275.5 275.6 275.0 274.3 274.3 275.4 274.3 278.0 278.4 277.3 275.5 275.7 276.6 278.7 278.5 278.1 276.4 275.4 277.4 277.1 276.3 274.9 273.4 271.9 272.2 271.5 271.3 271.9 275.9 144 Barents Sea 276.3 274.3 272.0 271.0 271.7 273.1 275.5 277.3 274.5 273.1 271.7 271.3 272.4 272.5 271.6 270.0 270.1 272.7 274.4 275.0 274.3 272.7 271.3 268.6 267.3 267.6 266.6 264.3 261.4 260.6 261.8 146 Kara Sea 275.0 275.7 275.5 275.2 273.9 271.0 268.6 269.3 271.9 273.9 273.9 272.1 270.9 268.1 266.5 265.7 267.3 270.5 270.9 269.7 269.2 269.9 270.5 270.4 270.2 268.3 266.8 265.2 264.0 264.5 263.0 148 Laptev Sea 270.5 270.1 269.1 267.7 267.9 269.1 267.5 262.2 258.2 259.1 261.5 261.8 262.4 261.4 259.9 255.7 253.8 255.7 258.1 257.9 257.8 259.3 260.1 259.7 259.5 259.3 257.2 252.8 253.4 255.7 257.0 150 East Siberian Sea 269.0 269.4 272.8 271.4 264.7 261.4 261.8 263.2 261.9 258.3 259.4 260.2 259.1 255.2 255.3 255.2 256.6 256.5 255.0 252.8 249.3 249.8 251.5 251.6 251.8 251.3 249.6 250.4 250.8 252.2 254.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.0 274.1 273.3 272.6 271.3 270.2 270.7 271.7 274.7 274.7 273.8 270.5 272.3 270.3 269.4 270.7 271.4 270.4 268.1 266.2 267.4 264.0 265.0 263.1 261.8 267.0 271.9 268.2 263.9 264.2 264.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.4 274.0 269.6 267.0 268.0 272.3 272.4 274.8 274.9 273.7 271.9 269.9 274.7 271.6 269.5 266.3 265.0 265.3 264.1 267.3 263.9 262.2 267.5 261.3 265.6 274.9 272.5 268.1 264.0 260.3 257.4