1960 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 250.3 249.1 248.9 248.7 249.1 248.4 247.9 247.6 247.3 246.5 245.9 245.9 246.3 247.6 247.6 246.8 248.0 249.5 249.6 249.3 249.3 248.9 248.5 249.1 250.0 250.2 249.9 249.7 249.7 249.8 251.0 34 Hudson Bay 254.9 253.6 249.1 245.1 245.6 245.6 245.1 242.8 245.6 250.0 254.5 257.0 255.6 255.1 255.1 254.9 256.5 256.6 256.9 255.5 255.2 255.4 253.4 254.2 253.1 249.3 248.1 248.8 251.1 252.5 254.8 36 Hudson Strait 244.6 249.0 249.7 246.8 241.6 239.3 236.3 236.5 235.8 235.7 238.6 243.7 253.1 260.4 260.5 265.5 264.1 264.5 270.0 263.4 261.8 254.3 251.9 249.1 259.5 260.3 252.8 247.5 252.1 242.1 237.7 98 Bering Strait 250.3 253.0 263.1 264.0 262.7 257.6 256.9 257.6 257.4 251.1 243.7 241.1 241.5 242.6 240.5 243.1 251.6 254.1 256.2 255.7 254.6 254.2 256.9 258.0 257.2 254.7 252.6 251.4 249.7 252.3 257.5 128 Arctic subocean 232.9 239.4 239.7 236.0 243.4 242.0 240.3 243.9 252.2 250.9 246.7 241.6 238.5 239.7 236.4 239.7 247.6 246.5 248.5 244.4 238.6 231.1 228.5 231.0 242.9 244.6 239.6 241.0 246.9 242.6 242.8 130 Chukchi Sea 241.2 250.8 252.8 254.4 259.4 251.3 249.7 253.2 246.7 240.6 235.6 236.4 237.3 235.7 233.9 232.6 236.2 239.1 237.2 241.5 244.1 247.7 249.9 258.8 262.1 258.5 253.9 248.5 243.5 241.4 245.0 132 Beaufort Sea 250.3 246.6 249.7 249.9 252.1 250.3 249.4 250.1 251.3 250.5 246.6 245.2 249.9 255.0 252.9 246.9 250.3 256.1 256.8 253.4 250.5 249.6 250.2 249.6 246.9 245.5 241.1 239.2 246.3 251.1 259.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.2 238.3 238.1 237.1 234.6 233.4 233.6 235.1 236.0 232.9 233.8 236.4 239.9 243.6 247.6 247.1 244.9 248.7 248.5 246.9 243.8 238.2 235.7 236.6 235.6 232.7 234.3 238.3 238.0 234.8 237.5 136 Foxe Basin 244.1 240.0 235.2 236.4 242.6 242.5 242.2 243.4 239.5 237.1 237.4 236.1 244.3 252.0 248.9 250.8 259.5 261.3 259.7 257.9 249.7 245.2 235.5 235.3 241.2 249.0 251.7 245.4 238.9 240.3 234.3 138 Baffin Bay 237.1 240.0 242.1 240.0 244.2 248.0 250.0 254.0 254.3 248.4 247.6 246.2 240.6 243.4 244.0 243.2 247.3 248.3 249.2 248.5 245.3 233.9 233.3 235.4 240.0 244.4 246.6 250.2 248.1 247.0 248.0 139 South Greenland 245.1 246.2 245.6 247.7 255.4 257.2 256.8 261.9 254.7 256.5 256.0 257.7 256.8 256.8 258.1 258.7 256.5 255.0 252.9 251.5 248.5 244.1 243.4 244.0 250.2 254.4 254.1 252.6 248.1 249.1 247.0 140 Greenland Sea 243.2 243.1 240.8 244.8 254.4 251.7 249.3 254.6 258.5 252.3 250.7 251.4 245.1 240.3 243.4 239.5 240.2 249.0 243.9 245.9 242.1 235.0 233.6 246.2 251.6 250.9 247.2 249.1 248.6 246.1 242.9 142 Norwegian Sea 273.4 271.1 271.2 272.1 273.2 271.8 265.4 261.1 268.0 266.9 260.6 259.7 261.8 267.1 266.4 265.8 263.8 258.6 262.7 265.5 267.4 269.6 271.3 272.5 272.8 269.0 267.7 262.6 260.1 263.2 266.2 144 Barents Sea 258.5 261.7 266.1 264.8 259.4 253.2 249.9 251.8 250.1 252.3 256.8 255.9 251.0 250.3 253.2 253.2 253.9 253.3 255.6 259.1 258.8 257.9 256.8 257.5 255.9 258.0 251.1 248.8 251.7 251.4 255.3 146 Kara Sea 257.3 252.7 250.5 251.9 252.9 252.9 252.2 248.9 246.7 246.4 245.0 242.8 243.7 246.3 246.4 244.9 244.1 244.9 244.6 245.9 249.0 252.2 252.8 252.6 254.0 254.5 254.8 254.4 251.6 251.2 250.9 148 Laptev Sea 240.7 240.3 239.2 238.4 236.6 237.6 239.4 239.8 240.7 238.4 237.2 238.0 239.0 238.8 237.9 238.1 239.6 241.4 241.0 240.3 240.5 240.4 240.2 240.3 241.1 244.6 248.6 248.7 249.7 249.0 248.6 150 East Siberian Sea 243.5 243.0 245.6 246.1 244.0 244.9 245.9 244.1 242.6 240.3 242.9 248.3 247.9 244.6 243.0 239.0 240.1 240.4 240.0 241.5 243.8 244.6 242.7 242.2 243.0 244.0 246.5 248.7 248.6 249.3 248.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.2 267.4 272.9 273.6 272.5 265.6 261.0 262.5 264.3 260.4 255.5 256.3 257.0 255.7 254.7 262.2 269.7 271.2 270.8 269.2 266.4 264.1 264.3 264.9 264.2 262.2 263.3 266.8 267.5 268.9 271.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.9 270.7 270.5 273.2 268.6 262.9 261.0 270.4 267.0 265.3 248.3 244.4 243.6 249.7 252.2 260.6 261.8 265.7 268.6 266.1 269.6 271.2 271.8 272.3 270.5 269.6 267.7 265.9 260.1 254.3 251.8