1959 01 - 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 245.5 246.1 247.6 247.4 245.8 246.2 247.4 248.1 250.4 250.7 249.8 249.6 249.1 248.6 248.7 249.9 251.6 252.6 252.8 252.8 251.1 249.9 249.2 249.4 248.5 248.7 249.3 249.6 249.3 248.9 249.7 34 Hudson Bay 261.7 252.5 247.6 245.1 242.2 245.9 249.9 251.2 254.8 258.9 259.7 257.2 254.7 251.8 248.9 248.1 249.5 252.0 250.8 250.5 250.1 248.5 246.3 247.6 247.5 248.6 250.8 247.9 245.5 244.1 244.2 36 Hudson Strait 246.9 251.0 262.2 268.2 265.5 266.5 266.0 266.7 265.7 265.1 256.9 249.6 248.8 252.7 261.9 259.6 268.6 259.0 251.8 252.7 250.1 255.2 254.3 246.8 245.6 246.3 246.6 245.8 241.1 242.3 242.4 98 Bering Strait 246.7 256.2 255.8 249.4 244.0 242.2 247.6 245.5 248.3 250.3 247.0 249.2 250.8 248.1 248.7 251.7 253.8 253.3 255.3 257.4 255.2 251.9 250.7 249.8 249.6 251.5 252.2 250.0 253.3 256.0 257.9 128 Arctic subocean 229.9 233.6 237.3 239.6 234.4 235.1 238.6 240.2 240.8 240.3 245.1 245.9 243.9 239.7 239.4 241.2 241.5 247.3 252.5 247.9 239.9 239.8 243.0 236.7 234.7 241.4 233.8 236.6 239.9 239.6 235.8 130 Chukchi Sea 245.4 252.1 252.4 249.3 242.0 240.4 247.1 251.2 247.5 251.6 245.1 245.0 252.7 250.8 244.4 244.3 250.7 264.2 263.2 258.4 260.1 258.2 256.6 252.6 251.3 251.7 253.0 249.9 248.6 248.4 250.8 132 Beaufort Sea 244.1 243.3 242.8 238.3 237.4 238.2 240.1 243.3 248.7 247.9 246.1 245.3 246.9 245.5 244.7 249.8 251.2 247.2 248.4 251.6 248.1 245.2 243.2 243.2 245.7 248.8 247.7 246.1 242.9 245.6 250.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.1 235.0 241.0 252.1 247.3 242.4 241.7 242.1 240.2 239.7 240.6 239.3 237.8 239.2 236.3 237.0 245.3 253.2 254.7 247.7 244.9 245.5 247.7 248.7 246.1 243.6 239.8 238.1 238.8 239.5 243.9 136 Foxe Basin 246.3 252.7 257.0 256.1 251.1 248.0 250.8 254.9 247.4 242.5 240.3 244.0 243.7 243.6 245.0 256.9 262.4 269.4 253.6 248.7 248.6 247.1 260.4 257.8 248.2 243.1 240.9 239.1 241.5 240.1 237.3 138 Baffin Bay 234.3 242.1 245.9 243.2 239.7 240.1 243.1 245.1 248.5 249.9 246.5 249.0 250.7 248.0 246.1 242.4 243.3 249.5 260.2 255.0 250.5 246.7 247.6 246.9 239.6 238.2 237.6 239.4 239.8 238.9 239.8 139 South Greenland 242.3 244.5 251.0 252.4 248.8 249.3 253.0 253.7 253.2 252.1 254.2 256.5 258.6 254.5 251.5 249.1 248.8 252.7 254.3 254.4 250.7 248.3 251.4 252.1 240.7 241.4 244.9 248.5 244.7 244.2 250.3 140 Greenland Sea 233.9 237.6 246.9 240.1 235.2 234.1 238.3 241.4 242.7 244.6 244.7 249.0 251.8 247.7 243.7 241.9 239.1 241.5 253.8 253.0 243.5 242.8 240.1 235.2 236.8 234.2 235.5 237.8 238.6 237.3 236.8 142 Norwegian Sea 268.6 267.2 265.4 264.7 267.1 267.0 268.0 263.2 261.2 262.6 268.2 265.2 265.7 264.3 261.9 264.2 263.6 259.9 261.0 262.8 263.1 262.9 263.2 264.7 268.3 273.7 273.3 274.1 274.3 272.5 271.4 144 Barents Sea 257.1 259.0 258.1 260.3 263.7 266.5 264.7 263.6 262.0 260.8 258.4 261.6 260.8 260.4 262.1 258.7 258.4 257.2 255.4 253.6 250.1 257.0 257.4 256.8 256.6 262.5 263.9 262.7 260.5 261.0 263.3 146 Kara Sea 244.1 246.0 249.0 249.6 249.2 250.4 250.1 252.1 256.4 255.3 253.3 252.3 251.2 252.8 254.7 255.8 256.3 257.2 258.2 258.0 256.8 254.2 253.3 255.0 255.0 253.4 254.5 258.3 259.3 255.6 254.1 148 Laptev Sea 234.3 235.0 236.6 238.9 239.2 238.8 238.1 237.0 237.0 237.9 238.4 237.1 236.5 237.7 240.9 245.9 249.0 248.2 243.5 244.9 244.0 243.4 242.6 241.7 241.7 241.6 242.4 242.1 242.2 244.1 244.7 150 East Siberian Sea 246.6 248.6 247.9 246.0 242.7 242.8 243.9 240.0 244.1 244.5 244.2 248.8 245.9 240.6 236.4 235.4 239.8 240.6 245.4 248.6 248.7 248.6 247.4 247.1 244.8 244.3 243.9 242.2 241.7 243.8 243.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 252.9 261.9 265.0 259.7 258.8 252.3 251.0 253.9 257.4 259.4 259.6 257.0 258.2 264.1 264.7 267.8 265.1 261.9 258.7 260.5 261.6 260.0 259.1 265.0 266.4 266.2 266.7 263.0 267.3 267.4 270.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.8 268.8 268.5 263.2 262.9 248.9 250.6 249.2 249.0 249.0 249.2 250.9 249.8 254.8 257.3 255.1 255.4 257.5 260.8 264.2 267.1 268.4 264.1 261.3 266.5 261.7 259.1 261.7 269.5 271.2 271.8