1959 05 - 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 266.0 266.5 266.9 267.5 267.9 268.3 268.7 269.8 271.0 271.3 271.5 271.2 271.2 271.2 272.1 273.5 273.8 273.7 273.9 274.0 274.1 274.4 274.7 275.1 275.1 275.2 275.4 275.3 276.0 277.2 278.0 34 Hudson Bay 273.5 273.3 273.3 273.9 274.0 273.2 272.6 275.5 278.6 278.8 277.9 275.7 274.4 273.8 275.1 276.1 276.3 275.2 275.3 275.8 276.3 276.7 279.2 280.8 280.1 278.3 277.8 276.8 279.0 279.3 279.2 36 Hudson Strait 272.8 272.1 269.9 269.1 270.7 272.4 270.2 264.5 262.5 265.3 272.3 273.1 272.1 270.8 270.2 272.9 273.1 272.9 272.1 269.8 271.3 271.8 270.5 270.7 274.3 273.9 273.2 271.4 270.7 270.0 272.0 98 Bering Strait 266.8 267.4 267.5 268.1 269.2 269.9 269.1 270.4 269.4 269.6 270.9 269.9 272.4 273.3 274.7 276.8 277.8 277.6 276.2 275.1 275.5 275.9 275.7 275.4 275.9 275.1 275.0 275.3 275.1 274.9 275.6 128 Arctic subocean 253.7 254.2 254.0 252.9 252.4 255.0 255.9 255.1 255.1 257.3 256.8 255.2 256.0 256.4 257.8 258.8 259.2 261.9 262.7 262.8 262.7 262.8 263.7 264.9 265.3 266.2 267.4 267.9 268.4 268.9 269.3 130 Chukchi Sea 268.1 271.2 272.1 269.0 268.3 268.2 267.8 268.5 266.2 264.8 267.2 269.2 270.8 271.9 272.2 273.3 271.9 271.6 270.3 270.7 271.4 272.6 272.7 274.5 274.0 274.0 273.4 272.3 271.5 272.6 274.9 132 Beaufort Sea 261.1 261.3 263.9 264.5 266.3 269.2 271.5 271.7 271.7 270.6 270.8 272.7 275.1 278.2 279.8 281.0 279.4 277.1 276.2 276.2 277.8 278.5 276.1 272.6 271.7 273.6 274.4 275.3 274.5 273.6 274.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.4 255.6 255.7 256.4 257.9 257.2 258.4 259.1 259.5 259.0 259.5 262.1 265.2 265.2 265.5 265.3 265.4 266.6 268.1 268.0 266.1 265.0 264.3 264.4 265.1 264.9 267.0 267.8 266.0 265.7 265.9 136 Foxe Basin 259.6 262.3 263.9 260.8 259.3 260.6 257.1 257.0 257.9 260.7 264.2 262.7 260.8 261.8 266.4 270.1 272.5 272.2 270.6 269.8 269.1 269.4 268.7 268.6 270.3 270.1 270.5 269.5 267.4 268.2 270.4 138 Baffin Bay 251.9 252.6 253.2 255.9 255.4 256.1 258.4 258.3 258.2 254.2 252.1 252.7 252.6 252.9 258.3 262.5 264.6 266.4 266.3 265.8 265.1 267.1 267.3 267.0 267.0 268.6 267.7 266.8 267.0 267.9 268.5 139 South Greenland 259.6 262.6 263.3 262.0 261.0 261.6 262.0 262.8 264.3 260.2 263.0 265.8 263.7 265.3 268.2 269.8 271.3 271.5 270.0 268.0 268.1 268.8 268.4 267.6 270.2 269.5 267.5 267.1 269.4 270.4 270.3 140 Greenland Sea 252.6 250.7 250.7 249.7 252.2 253.7 255.5 258.8 260.3 259.1 255.9 255.4 257.1 256.3 256.1 260.8 263.9 263.8 264.9 265.5 266.8 267.0 267.7 266.4 266.9 269.9 269.1 266.4 267.5 267.9 269.3 142 Norwegian Sea 277.4 279.1 278.8 277.5 275.9 275.2 274.6 275.5 278.0 279.7 279.9 280.2 281.1 280.5 277.7 276.3 275.3 274.7 274.8 274.7 275.3 277.5 277.8 278.6 278.9 277.2 277.7 277.4 279.3 279.8 278.5 144 Barents Sea 276.3 278.5 280.3 280.3 281.4 281.8 279.3 278.4 277.8 276.4 277.0 277.8 276.8 276.0 279.5 280.9 278.3 276.3 275.5 275.4 275.2 274.1 273.6 273.7 274.2 275.5 276.2 274.9 275.0 277.3 279.2 146 Kara Sea 269.6 269.9 270.0 269.9 269.0 268.5 269.8 272.1 274.5 276.0 276.4 274.4 273.2 272.7 272.2 273.2 274.0 275.4 277.0 277.8 277.3 277.8 278.3 279.7 279.8 279.3 279.6 279.9 280.9 282.6 283.7 148 Laptev Sea 260.7 261.6 261.8 264.3 265.2 266.9 267.9 268.2 269.6 269.9 270.4 270.7 271.2 269.9 270.7 272.0 272.6 271.9 272.0 272.1 272.7 272.8 273.6 273.9 273.0 274.0 275.3 275.2 276.1 278.7 279.9 150 East Siberian Sea 266.2 265.2 263.5 268.3 269.8 269.6 268.1 267.1 267.1 270.8 268.6 269.4 269.9 270.9 270.3 271.6 271.5 271.6 271.9 271.7 271.1 270.9 271.3 272.3 272.9 273.1 272.9 273.3 273.7 277.6 278.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.6 272.0 271.1 271.6 272.5 274.0 272.1 273.2 273.0 272.5 272.4 273.1 275.6 275.6 277.8 278.9 279.1 277.7 276.3 274.4 275.6 276.8 278.5 278.2 279.0 278.5 278.4 278.9 279.3 278.3 277.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.2 273.6 274.5 274.3 274.9 275.0 274.6 275.1 274.2 273.9 273.4 275.3 276.7 277.7 280.3 280.5 282.9 281.4 278.7 277.2 277.8 279.6 279.0 278.0 279.1 279.9 281.7 282.6 280.6 281.3 282.6