1959 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 271.2 271.1 270.7 269.7 268.6 268.0 267.7 267.5 267.5 267.3 266.9 266.2 265.9 265.6 265.1 264.6 264.3 263.4 262.3 261.6 261.4 262.2 263.3 262.4 261.4 260.2 260.0 260.4 259.9 260.0 259.5 34 Hudson Bay 272.1 275.6 277.0 275.6 272.8 271.8 271.4 270.4 269.6 269.8 269.0 268.0 268.0 268.6 270.2 269.7 268.4 268.3 267.7 265.9 267.4 272.1 274.7 271.3 268.8 268.2 267.2 266.7 266.0 268.8 272.5 36 Hudson Strait 270.7 271.2 274.3 274.1 270.6 270.4 271.4 270.8 267.9 270.1 269.0 271.4 270.9 269.5 268.4 266.6 265.9 266.4 266.4 264.8 265.2 264.3 269.4 275.4 271.3 271.2 270.2 266.3 264.5 265.9 268.0 98 Bering Strait 273.4 272.0 271.4 270.5 268.4 267.3 264.3 264.8 263.6 262.1 260.4 261.8 263.0 261.7 260.8 260.4 259.4 258.3 258.1 258.9 259.5 259.4 264.2 264.4 259.8 260.5 263.3 265.0 266.8 263.9 261.1 128 Arctic subocean 256.7 251.6 249.5 249.8 249.4 248.1 250.2 251.8 255.7 255.4 253.6 250.6 247.0 244.7 245.3 245.9 246.0 243.1 241.8 242.8 241.3 241.1 241.8 242.6 243.3 243.5 244.4 241.9 241.9 246.0 247.4 130 Chukchi Sea 274.8 271.3 270.6 271.2 273.3 273.9 272.6 270.7 268.8 266.8 264.7 264.7 263.5 262.5 261.3 264.6 265.9 264.6 263.7 263.1 259.0 259.9 259.7 257.8 260.9 261.4 264.0 264.4 262.8 260.1 257.2 132 Beaufort Sea 277.5 276.9 272.4 268.0 267.3 265.4 263.5 263.2 263.6 262.8 261.5 262.1 267.3 269.7 265.8 262.6 265.5 263.8 260.1 260.1 264.4 265.2 267.2 269.6 267.2 265.0 263.8 262.8 263.7 270.2 266.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 258.1 255.9 257.6 261.7 260.9 259.3 258.2 257.5 257.7 257.1 257.6 255.6 253.9 256.8 260.0 258.7 254.8 253.9 253.4 251.4 246.3 246.9 248.8 247.8 250.0 250.9 250.9 252.9 250.4 253.2 253.4 136 Foxe Basin 263.6 264.1 265.6 265.2 263.0 268.2 265.3 264.3 262.5 261.2 262.4 262.2 261.4 261.2 259.7 258.6 258.4 260.2 259.3 259.8 256.2 254.6 255.7 259.4 262.3 257.5 258.2 259.1 259.4 258.2 259.5 138 Baffin Bay 260.4 260.8 259.7 259.6 257.5 257.3 260.9 260.6 262.2 263.6 263.0 258.0 255.0 250.4 245.6 245.2 248.1 249.6 248.7 249.0 251.5 254.7 255.1 251.3 251.0 248.9 249.2 245.9 245.2 245.1 241.4 139 South Greenland 264.5 266.0 265.3 264.8 262.7 263.9 265.2 263.6 269.3 268.7 267.1 266.6 263.4 258.6 252.8 253.6 258.3 257.8 256.9 260.0 260.9 262.3 257.6 254.2 257.6 255.2 258.2 262.6 260.1 253.0 249.4 140 Greenland Sea 255.0 255.7 256.0 255.2 254.2 252.5 259.4 260.5 263.8 266.0 264.2 258.5 256.8 251.0 247.0 245.7 245.1 247.7 252.1 247.7 249.9 253.9 255.7 254.0 252.7 250.4 245.7 242.8 244.4 245.7 243.0 142 Norwegian Sea 278.5 279.4 281.3 282.2 281.4 280.1 277.9 277.6 278.0 276.8 276.1 276.1 276.3 278.2 280.3 279.5 277.3 276.1 277.1 276.6 275.0 272.6 272.2 274.0 272.5 272.0 272.2 275.8 273.9 271.8 275.2 144 Barents Sea 273.4 272.2 272.0 273.6 275.6 275.1 272.1 271.1 271.5 271.6 270.5 270.2 270.6 270.5 270.9 269.2 267.8 267.5 269.6 270.3 266.5 264.3 263.2 261.3 261.8 263.1 264.5 267.5 269.4 272.5 272.2 146 Kara Sea 274.6 274.2 274.1 272.5 271.1 270.7 271.4 271.9 271.9 272.0 272.6 271.2 269.9 270.4 270.9 271.3 270.3 267.9 266.0 264.8 264.3 264.7 265.6 265.6 264.4 262.8 262.7 263.9 262.3 259.0 258.4 148 Laptev Sea 271.4 270.2 268.7 267.8 267.0 266.5 264.9 264.2 263.4 262.9 263.6 265.2 265.3 264.4 263.2 262.5 262.7 263.3 262.0 260.8 258.9 256.7 256.4 256.4 255.8 253.7 251.2 250.6 251.0 252.0 251.2 150 East Siberian Sea 266.3 266.7 266.4 266.7 268.3 268.5 269.9 270.9 269.6 268.2 265.5 261.1 260.4 258.7 258.5 259.0 258.2 255.7 253.5 252.3 251.0 254.3 257.8 253.9 252.0 248.8 250.4 250.6 250.0 253.2 255.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.0 275.7 273.4 272.8 271.8 270.2 267.6 266.8 267.8 268.5 268.0 273.0 272.2 269.3 268.4 269.6 266.5 265.5 267.5 271.3 272.4 274.7 276.3 274.5 271.8 273.5 274.8 274.5 275.5 273.7 272.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.9 276.7 277.9 276.5 275.2 274.0 274.4 272.3 270.9 271.4 269.9 268.6 266.0 269.3 272.4 268.0 266.0 267.2 268.2 269.3 272.9 273.6 270.3 268.2 267.2 274.3 276.1 275.8 275.7 272.8 268.5