1960 12 - 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 250.0 250.5 251.4 252.0 253.7 255.3 256.3 256.2 254.6 253.1 252.9 253.5 253.6 253.3 252.6 252.4 252.7 252.6 251.5 250.3 250.5 251.3 251.3 251.2 250.1 249.9 251.2 252.2 252.1 250.1 247.6 34 Hudson Bay 261.4 261.8 262.5 260.3 257.4 256.1 251.4 252.9 255.9 250.7 251.3 257.1 262.9 262.1 258.4 257.0 254.9 254.2 252.2 250.9 251.1 251.8 254.7 256.8 253.5 249.4 252.2 255.3 254.4 250.6 245.9 36 Hudson Strait 255.5 254.3 258.7 261.5 252.4 251.8 249.6 241.3 241.9 246.0 246.5 252.6 255.7 251.7 252.7 259.2 265.8 260.3 256.9 254.6 247.7 248.4 253.3 248.8 247.3 246.1 246.4 245.7 247.5 245.6 244.7 98 Bering Strait 255.2 252.9 249.0 247.7 256.4 259.7 263.5 265.1 264.5 263.9 258.8 256.1 259.0 263.0 261.6 260.1 260.3 256.9 252.5 251.2 258.5 261.7 260.0 258.7 255.9 253.6 258.7 262.0 260.8 254.0 248.9 128 Arctic subocean 234.0 231.9 232.4 237.0 238.5 239.6 242.3 239.6 240.9 234.8 234.2 236.5 238.1 241.6 241.9 240.6 242.5 247.4 245.3 246.4 246.4 246.3 245.2 238.8 238.1 236.9 236.9 237.1 237.9 237.7 237.5 130 Chukchi Sea 251.3 246.4 241.5 242.2 244.1 252.2 258.7 262.0 263.1 262.1 255.8 251.9 252.6 254.5 255.9 260.8 264.8 263.9 256.5 251.3 251.2 251.1 254.0 254.3 251.4 245.2 248.2 255.1 257.1 251.3 244.3 132 Beaufort Sea 256.0 255.1 251.6 246.2 249.4 257.9 259.4 263.5 260.3 261.5 263.1 263.8 260.2 260.1 263.8 259.1 252.7 247.1 243.9 246.3 253.9 264.5 261.2 257.0 254.2 255.7 259.1 260.6 260.4 255.3 246.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.8 242.9 241.9 239.2 240.2 242.0 245.7 240.5 238.7 242.9 252.2 253.1 249.0 246.9 249.9 248.3 243.7 243.1 250.3 251.1 247.4 247.4 245.3 244.7 245.3 244.1 240.9 237.7 236.6 237.5 237.0 136 Foxe Basin 242.8 245.6 244.3 240.7 237.9 234.7 233.9 234.5 237.3 240.1 243.5 246.6 243.8 241.8 242.3 246.1 252.1 258.1 254.7 250.8 247.2 245.3 243.6 243.7 239.4 237.2 239.1 242.3 241.8 239.3 239.3 138 Baffin Bay 239.1 237.3 238.0 238.6 237.1 237.0 238.9 239.3 239.7 243.4 246.2 246.9 245.0 244.9 244.1 238.0 237.2 242.1 249.4 246.1 242.7 240.9 239.8 242.0 242.5 240.5 239.3 237.8 240.1 241.4 241.0 139 South Greenland 245.8 247.9 245.8 244.3 242.6 241.2 249.1 254.0 258.7 259.1 254.1 249.4 251.0 254.5 250.2 245.2 246.7 253.9 254.1 246.8 244.3 242.9 247.2 248.1 245.8 244.9 244.3 245.4 247.8 246.9 249.8 140 Greenland Sea 234.5 230.8 230.8 233.3 233.7 232.8 237.8 242.9 242.8 244.7 246.5 248.5 243.7 244.0 243.4 238.8 237.1 239.0 244.4 242.5 240.4 240.9 239.9 237.6 238.8 240.2 237.7 234.4 234.8 239.1 239.8 142 Norwegian Sea 273.3 274.3 273.4 269.6 267.7 266.9 264.0 263.3 260.2 259.8 260.1 265.8 269.7 269.1 270.4 273.6 274.3 270.6 269.0 266.2 262.5 264.5 265.8 268.1 268.9 271.3 273.5 271.1 268.1 267.5 268.6 144 Barents Sea 253.4 260.7 268.0 268.0 267.6 268.6 265.3 260.1 258.5 256.8 254.7 255.7 257.2 260.3 259.7 261.1 264.2 264.9 260.6 256.7 259.8 260.5 258.2 262.4 266.6 266.9 267.5 266.1 263.4 261.0 259.2 146 Kara Sea 253.3 254.6 257.7 260.2 262.2 263.7 265.4 263.4 257.9 253.8 253.1 252.4 253.0 252.3 250.3 252.1 254.2 254.5 254.0 252.9 251.9 250.5 250.8 250.4 249.2 251.8 253.8 256.1 256.9 255.6 252.9 148 Laptev Sea 235.5 236.5 239.6 244.2 249.5 252.5 253.5 253.0 250.2 249.4 249.4 249.5 245.9 242.7 244.8 247.0 248.4 249.3 247.1 245.2 244.0 244.1 243.8 243.5 242.9 241.9 242.6 242.8 243.4 242.9 241.7 150 East Siberian Sea 239.3 238.4 237.7 237.8 241.1 242.2 244.0 246.8 247.9 247.3 248.1 247.5 245.8 245.7 243.0 242.9 246.2 247.9 246.3 247.0 246.4 247.1 247.5 249.4 249.3 248.5 246.5 242.4 241.5 242.1 241.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.7 267.3 262.0 263.0 270.8 270.3 273.7 271.2 273.4 271.5 268.5 266.9 268.8 271.7 269.9 269.3 266.2 261.6 258.8 262.5 272.9 273.2 272.3 267.7 267.7 269.3 272.1 273.5 269.3 261.3 260.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.4 266.3 257.9 264.1 271.0 270.4 271.2 270.9 270.3 270.3 263.2 260.9 271.3 270.3 270.8 272.6 273.0 266.9 260.0 268.4 268.3 270.5 264.7 262.5 265.3 268.6 272.0 271.3 266.6 256.4 258.9