1958 12 - 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 252.4 251.6 251.3 252.2 252.7 252.4 252.1 251.9 251.4 251.2 251.2 251.0 251.0 251.3 251.2 251.4 250.7 249.1 248.6 248.9 249.1 249.8 249.2 248.4 248.2 247.9 246.9 246.3 246.3 245.7 245.6 34 Hudson Bay 253.2 255.7 257.1 256.5 254.6 251.0 248.4 247.8 247.0 250.1 251.2 249.6 250.4 251.3 251.6 250.7 251.3 250.0 246.7 248.2 250.4 257.2 253.9 252.1 256.2 258.4 257.6 256.7 255.4 258.5 261.3 36 Hudson Strait 252.0 250.0 250.9 249.5 258.2 262.3 263.5 262.7 263.2 261.3 257.7 253.8 251.6 250.8 247.8 247.3 247.9 244.0 247.1 243.5 243.7 244.1 257.1 254.5 251.6 251.3 251.6 254.8 260.0 252.1 246.6 98 Bering Strait 257.6 254.1 252.6 257.7 257.8 257.1 258.2 255.1 253.2 251.9 253.5 255.5 258.4 257.9 259.0 256.8 255.6 251.6 253.8 255.8 257.1 256.4 257.3 254.6 250.5 247.0 245.2 248.0 251.1 247.5 243.3 128 Arctic subocean 247.8 243.6 246.2 245.8 249.3 252.8 247.0 240.7 246.2 247.6 242.2 236.8 235.9 236.0 238.2 239.1 237.2 237.5 235.6 234.7 242.2 245.8 244.3 242.3 240.4 243.9 243.0 240.2 242.0 239.1 232.9 130 Chukchi Sea 256.3 251.1 252.3 265.8 265.1 261.6 258.3 256.7 258.3 254.1 252.4 253.2 252.8 254.2 253.8 252.9 252.0 248.8 246.5 245.7 248.4 249.4 249.1 245.0 245.3 239.9 237.1 236.0 240.1 238.8 235.7 132 Beaufort Sea 252.3 255.4 254.1 251.5 247.6 249.8 253.5 255.1 249.1 246.7 246.7 247.3 249.3 253.2 250.0 252.5 249.7 247.3 249.5 252.2 256.4 255.3 256.7 258.6 256.0 251.8 248.6 249.8 255.5 256.6 255.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.9 245.4 245.0 245.8 248.7 249.2 251.0 250.4 245.5 242.2 243.9 246.0 244.8 242.1 237.9 233.6 233.6 234.8 236.2 238.9 240.1 247.3 246.0 246.1 245.6 245.1 243.5 240.9 240.1 240.7 240.3 136 Foxe Basin 240.6 240.6 241.4 244.5 243.7 253.6 260.2 255.0 254.7 251.3 245.6 243.1 238.2 237.3 236.6 240.8 242.5 244.5 249.4 248.2 251.5 259.7 255.6 253.0 247.3 240.0 242.9 245.2 245.6 242.7 240.1 138 Baffin Bay 252.9 250.1 243.9 244.4 248.6 246.1 245.7 243.3 245.4 245.1 241.8 238.5 237.1 238.2 241.2 242.0 237.8 237.1 238.4 242.9 250.6 248.6 245.8 248.0 249.7 252.5 249.2 247.3 244.7 241.6 235.7 139 South Greenland 259.7 257.9 247.7 250.5 253.1 249.1 249.0 252.5 251.6 249.4 245.9 243.5 243.2 246.9 251.4 252.0 250.8 249.0 248.0 249.1 250.1 249.2 252.5 256.9 259.3 256.6 255.5 252.7 248.7 245.9 246.6 140 Greenland Sea 252.3 252.8 249.1 245.7 245.0 246.2 237.6 235.6 242.5 245.5 239.8 235.2 235.0 236.2 238.1 240.8 240.5 240.0 237.5 239.0 245.1 245.2 241.9 244.8 247.4 251.1 250.1 247.0 245.8 240.3 236.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.2 273.4 275.0 270.8 270.5 266.9 266.6 267.1 263.0 262.2 264.1 265.6 263.8 263.6 260.8 261.0 264.2 265.3 265.9 268.3 272.2 271.1 269.4 269.0 267.8 266.4 264.0 264.6 268.2 270.6 270.4 144 Barents Sea 252.4 250.3 249.9 251.8 252.9 252.4 250.9 251.4 251.6 256.0 258.9 260.0 256.0 255.5 255.3 262.8 261.5 258.7 260.8 257.5 252.4 249.1 247.9 245.8 248.7 252.6 256.4 251.1 250.8 252.2 255.9 146 Kara Sea 253.2 253.3 256.1 258.7 258.3 255.8 256.5 258.0 257.9 258.1 256.1 255.8 257.2 256.3 256.3 256.9 257.0 256.1 255.0 253.8 251.5 250.8 249.2 246.5 244.4 243.4 241.6 241.7 242.6 242.4 242.5 148 Laptev Sea 251.0 245.4 242.3 239.6 243.5 248.9 245.1 243.3 245.3 242.4 246.7 249.1 246.0 246.6 246.8 243.2 242.4 241.3 239.1 239.5 238.4 238.4 239.4 239.2 239.2 240.1 240.1 238.7 236.9 234.6 233.7 150 East Siberian Sea 243.9 243.1 241.5 245.6 248.9 247.8 252.8 251.8 250.7 248.8 248.6 245.4 246.3 247.1 245.6 249.7 246.9 242.6 242.0 241.1 240.3 239.6 239.0 240.4 240.5 241.5 243.2 243.8 238.3 237.0 241.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.5 260.2 261.6 263.2 261.5 259.9 261.5 259.7 260.4 265.1 269.3 271.1 272.8 270.4 273.0 271.8 271.3 268.6 271.9 271.9 270.9 269.5 271.0 268.6 264.0 262.8 262.3 265.1 266.0 262.2 256.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 257.2 251.6 264.6 272.8 269.1 269.1 266.9 259.4 260.0 267.4 268.5 269.5 268.8 263.5 265.7 267.4 264.9 263.4 265.5 267.6 266.0 261.8 261.6 259.6 259.4 262.9 254.5 246.0 249.3 252.4 250.1