1960 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 270.5 270.4 270.7 271.0 270.9 270.0 269.4 268.9 268.3 267.7 266.0 265.3 265.9 265.9 265.6 264.4 263.7 262.8 262.9 262.7 262.7 263.0 263.4 263.7 262.9 262.1 261.7 261.1 260.2 259.9 260.4 34 Hudson Bay 277.1 276.5 277.4 280.5 280.7 279.3 279.2 279.2 278.3 276.7 275.6 275.2 275.7 275.6 274.7 276.2 272.0 267.3 265.0 265.5 268.0 268.0 266.4 270.9 272.5 272.5 273.4 271.9 270.4 269.1 270.6 36 Hudson Strait 272.1 270.6 272.1 273.2 272.2 275.2 273.8 274.1 273.6 271.5 270.0 270.0 271.2 270.7 268.7 267.3 271.4 272.8 270.9 267.8 266.5 266.0 266.3 268.6 270.0 269.5 269.6 272.4 271.3 263.8 266.5 98 Bering Strait 272.6 271.4 270.9 270.1 267.5 265.0 264.3 263.4 265.9 265.0 264.8 263.8 263.6 266.1 265.3 262.1 265.0 261.7 263.6 264.4 268.4 269.2 265.5 262.0 264.4 264.3 262.2 259.4 259.9 260.8 263.5 128 Arctic subocean 253.1 250.9 252.7 254.7 257.1 254.2 254.3 256.4 260.7 259.6 251.9 248.8 245.5 244.8 242.9 241.9 243.3 244.8 247.4 248.2 250.0 250.9 250.9 253.7 254.3 253.7 247.9 244.6 245.3 242.5 242.7 130 Chukchi Sea 272.6 271.5 273.3 269.4 263.5 259.4 260.8 260.4 260.1 258.9 259.4 260.7 260.7 260.1 261.5 264.7 267.3 267.5 268.1 268.5 268.0 264.6 264.6 263.8 263.3 260.7 257.7 257.9 258.4 257.6 259.7 132 Beaufort Sea 272.8 274.2 275.7 274.2 275.0 273.3 275.0 270.1 267.0 271.8 270.3 269.3 267.2 266.4 271.1 269.6 267.3 264.3 265.3 264.9 265.0 264.9 268.5 266.9 264.0 264.4 262.3 260.9 259.6 264.8 266.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.8 260.6 261.5 265.9 267.5 266.4 263.7 267.8 267.5 262.4 257.7 256.4 258.9 260.9 257.2 252.7 251.1 251.1 251.7 252.5 254.6 252.4 251.0 254.0 257.2 257.5 257.0 256.4 253.9 251.2 256.0 136 Foxe Basin 269.0 266.6 268.2 269.5 270.2 269.9 269.2 269.1 268.4 267.9 268.0 267.4 265.6 267.0 267.4 267.7 265.1 265.6 267.1 266.4 265.7 264.9 268.1 264.7 265.9 270.3 266.7 265.8 264.0 261.4 260.1 138 Baffin Bay 256.0 258.4 260.0 258.6 258.0 258.1 258.8 257.3 258.4 262.1 262.6 261.5 259.1 250.4 248.2 252.9 255.0 253.2 254.5 259.9 260.9 259.9 261.3 260.1 257.7 254.9 254.0 257.7 257.6 252.4 245.1 139 South Greenland 261.7 266.0 265.1 262.9 263.8 263.5 264.2 264.1 262.8 264.1 264.6 265.7 268.3 265.8 262.0 258.9 257.6 258.8 262.1 264.0 262.1 264.6 264.7 261.2 256.0 253.5 257.6 262.1 259.8 255.3 252.0 140 Greenland Sea 251.7 254.1 255.6 254.0 252.0 251.3 253.3 255.2 253.9 261.4 258.9 256.9 259.3 254.2 245.9 245.0 247.0 250.2 251.4 254.9 257.3 254.7 257.9 257.6 253.2 250.2 246.8 249.5 248.5 247.8 243.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.1 276.1 276.6 276.5 275.0 275.7 275.3 275.5 274.7 272.9 271.9 271.8 271.6 273.2 275.3 276.0 273.9 273.8 273.5 271.1 270.3 269.1 271.0 270.0 270.2 268.9 268.5 267.8 270.2 268.7 268.4 144 Barents Sea 275.0 274.1 272.8 273.9 273.0 271.0 270.3 269.5 268.9 268.5 268.6 270.9 272.1 269.6 267.3 268.0 270.4 268.0 266.4 267.0 267.6 268.7 266.2 264.6 264.0 265.0 264.5 262.8 262.3 264.1 264.3 146 Kara Sea 276.4 276.6 276.4 274.4 272.8 272.0 271.5 271.1 269.7 266.8 264.0 264.1 266.1 268.3 269.6 268.2 268.3 268.6 266.6 263.0 261.6 263.8 266.7 266.6 265.2 264.3 262.7 261.4 260.8 261.2 262.3 148 Laptev Sea 262.7 261.8 262.6 266.8 269.7 268.9 266.2 265.8 265.9 266.5 263.6 259.9 258.3 257.9 259.1 257.0 254.9 256.0 259.3 259.9 258.7 257.4 256.3 257.6 255.2 252.8 254.8 254.7 253.8 253.9 253.2 150 East Siberian Sea 265.1 263.0 262.8 260.8 259.9 262.9 261.8 260.5 260.5 259.7 262.0 261.4 264.4 262.7 257.7 253.9 253.6 251.7 254.1 257.3 254.8 254.2 255.9 254.7 255.2 254.6 255.5 256.0 253.9 252.3 252.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.6 275.3 274.6 274.8 273.2 272.0 270.3 272.5 275.6 274.5 272.5 273.7 275.0 274.3 273.8 273.2 272.8 270.5 270.3 274.2 277.4 275.8 270.1 271.3 273.9 273.5 271.5 268.0 270.3 271.7 273.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.8 276.2 278.3 275.3 272.9 270.5 267.1 271.7 274.5 272.6 273.5 275.5 274.1 272.5 268.9 268.3 269.5 269.4 269.5 272.9 277.3 274.8 272.0 270.7 268.8 267.4 266.3 263.9 264.3 265.2 264.6