1959 03 - 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 255.3 254.5 254.2 253.7 254.2 255.5 255.3 255.0 255.1 255.8 257.1 256.8 255.2 255.1 255.2 255.5 256.1 257.2 257.4 257.1 257.8 258.4 257.7 257.7 258.3 259.2 259.9 259.9 259.8 259.8 259.2 34 Hudson Bay 265.3 264.1 261.1 258.4 254.7 256.1 256.4 258.1 258.6 258.5 259.0 259.8 260.3 257.7 256.6 256.4 256.3 261.4 260.8 256.3 255.2 258.5 260.5 260.5 260.8 261.1 263.1 266.0 267.5 265.3 264.9 36 Hudson Strait 246.8 247.4 258.5 262.0 247.6 247.8 250.1 252.3 251.8 251.6 253.1 253.6 251.2 246.9 246.1 252.8 256.2 252.5 248.6 246.7 247.3 248.9 250.6 252.7 252.3 250.9 252.4 254.6 259.4 259.6 253.2 98 Bering Strait 254.2 253.0 250.6 248.8 251.3 256.0 256.2 250.5 249.2 247.5 252.3 250.4 247.8 250.7 248.5 249.7 246.0 249.0 249.6 252.7 253.2 252.5 252.4 252.4 256.6 258.9 258.0 256.5 256.2 257.3 258.2 128 Arctic subocean 234.5 235.3 238.0 240.2 239.9 238.8 236.8 235.7 239.4 239.0 239.6 241.4 237.8 236.8 233.0 235.7 237.2 238.5 236.9 236.2 239.9 240.5 243.8 243.5 246.2 240.7 235.4 236.7 237.5 239.1 236.6 130 Chukchi Sea 243.6 242.0 240.7 241.7 239.2 240.7 243.3 242.2 241.9 246.0 244.9 245.5 244.0 243.5 246.0 245.8 248.9 245.0 249.0 254.2 250.2 247.4 247.4 246.1 248.0 253.1 251.7 249.6 250.8 254.1 256.4 132 Beaufort Sea 260.7 257.7 258.3 255.8 261.6 261.1 259.7 257.9 256.9 254.7 254.9 255.6 250.0 249.2 250.7 255.4 255.8 250.6 248.9 252.6 259.6 258.0 256.0 257.2 257.0 260.4 262.6 260.2 258.5 259.1 260.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.2 241.1 237.5 238.7 244.1 248.5 247.3 246.5 245.3 245.2 243.5 240.1 240.8 241.2 239.7 239.7 240.8 240.0 242.3 245.0 244.1 246.3 246.3 248.9 248.4 248.9 247.6 245.5 246.8 248.9 247.4 136 Foxe Basin 238.6 244.5 242.3 242.5 242.9 243.3 243.0 247.5 247.7 246.0 242.3 239.1 237.9 239.1 241.5 240.9 237.9 239.3 239.4 242.9 242.2 239.6 241.2 242.7 247.7 251.2 250.3 247.2 248.7 249.9 249.9 138 Baffin Bay 232.6 231.9 231.9 233.8 235.7 235.4 236.8 239.5 242.0 246.2 247.1 246.3 245.0 241.3 237.5 232.4 230.9 235.0 238.5 240.3 243.2 251.2 245.1 237.2 242.0 244.2 241.4 240.0 242.5 244.4 242.5 139 South Greenland 242.3 240.5 239.2 241.5 249.0 252.3 253.0 254.1 254.4 258.1 256.1 253.7 250.9 252.6 253.4 248.7 247.8 254.6 255.3 255.8 260.9 262.7 260.0 258.4 257.2 255.5 255.8 257.5 257.3 256.0 254.8 140 Greenland Sea 232.5 230.9 231.3 233.7 232.6 233.4 235.2 236.5 240.3 245.9 248.4 248.5 244.6 245.3 244.4 238.5 233.4 235.9 240.7 244.6 247.5 256.0 253.6 243.2 240.9 240.1 239.7 243.4 246.0 244.2 247.4 142 Norwegian Sea 274.9 275.5 275.1 275.5 273.8 274.5 273.1 270.1 273.5 273.5 271.3 270.5 272.1 272.0 273.1 275.2 275.6 274.3 271.7 274.4 274.0 273.1 274.4 275.0 273.3 273.1 272.0 271.9 272.5 272.8 273.8 144 Barents Sea 267.6 268.2 268.5 267.7 269.9 269.3 267.3 268.0 268.1 268.6 268.3 263.8 262.1 264.8 266.6 268.5 269.5 269.5 266.7 263.0 266.8 266.0 264.4 266.0 265.3 265.8 265.3 264.3 260.8 260.8 262.9 146 Kara Sea 261.8 261.4 261.8 260.1 259.4 261.1 260.9 260.9 261.8 263.6 264.2 263.0 260.6 260.3 260.5 261.8 263.8 263.9 264.3 263.6 262.4 261.1 259.3 261.2 261.3 263.0 264.5 264.5 264.1 263.4 262.7 148 Laptev Sea 248.7 249.7 251.1 252.4 252.7 253.2 252.9 250.7 248.7 249.3 254.6 257.6 256.8 257.5 258.0 257.9 258.5 261.5 262.2 260.2 260.0 261.1 261.3 258.8 261.1 261.0 261.0 260.9 261.1 261.8 258.7 150 East Siberian Sea 245.9 243.1 241.8 242.4 243.8 245.5 245.8 245.9 246.6 247.2 250.2 251.6 253.3 254.4 256.9 254.3 256.9 255.3 256.5 257.2 257.6 257.4 257.1 256.9 254.5 254.3 255.7 254.9 253.3 254.9 255.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.2 266.5 263.6 265.5 265.4 268.3 263.3 262.6 261.5 261.6 263.0 260.5 259.6 260.4 260.1 260.1 257.6 256.6 258.6 260.7 261.2 260.7 260.5 265.1 269.4 269.4 268.4 266.7 265.4 266.1 268.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 251.9 251.6 251.0 253.4 251.1 251.1 252.1 252.1 251.8 253.0 253.5 253.2 254.8 251.5 250.5 251.2 252.2 255.1 252.2 254.2 259.1 256.0 254.1 258.3 266.6 266.5 268.0 265.6 263.5 268.7 268.4