1961 03 - 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 252.4 251.5 250.1 249.5 250.4 251.7 252.9 253.6 253.7 252.8 252.5 253.2 253.8 253.3 253.8 254.6 255.2 256.9 258.1 258.1 257.3 256.3 257.0 257.5 258.2 258.7 258.9 259.6 259.9 259.8 260.2 34 Hudson Bay 257.9 259.6 256.5 253.3 255.0 257.4 259.6 257.2 255.9 256.3 255.9 255.7 258.4 260.3 257.1 256.2 260.5 261.9 261.0 263.7 266.2 264.4 263.3 262.6 263.0 263.5 263.2 262.3 262.9 262.7 259.9 36 Hudson Strait 247.9 242.6 248.8 246.0 243.0 245.0 250.4 252.0 250.0 244.3 244.7 250.6 249.5 248.0 255.2 255.8 245.7 251.8 248.8 244.5 254.9 254.8 251.6 255.4 254.3 247.9 252.1 259.9 263.9 265.7 265.6 98 Bering Strait 249.3 245.6 244.9 243.9 247.0 246.1 246.6 247.4 252.2 253.5 249.3 248.9 250.7 249.2 250.2 251.2 248.4 253.1 258.5 257.6 257.2 255.5 256.4 255.4 255.8 255.8 254.2 255.7 256.8 262.1 264.6 128 Arctic subocean 231.0 227.5 233.6 238.6 238.6 236.6 234.6 229.7 230.6 228.9 229.2 226.2 229.2 236.9 238.7 233.9 232.2 237.0 239.7 239.8 239.2 241.9 240.2 236.0 237.8 238.8 237.4 238.0 237.4 238.4 238.6 130 Chukchi Sea 239.4 239.8 241.7 245.1 247.0 247.3 245.3 243.9 245.6 244.1 239.8 239.5 239.4 239.7 237.3 236.8 239.3 242.4 246.4 250.6 252.5 253.2 252.1 251.3 251.3 251.2 251.3 251.2 252.1 255.7 261.1 132 Beaufort Sea 258.8 253.9 249.7 247.4 245.7 245.1 245.2 248.7 252.0 250.4 250.7 253.1 254.7 253.5 257.4 261.6 258.6 257.2 264.3 263.3 259.9 256.4 259.7 259.9 258.6 258.4 258.9 260.8 259.5 255.8 260.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.2 238.9 236.4 235.1 235.7 236.3 237.1 238.2 238.3 235.9 234.3 236.1 234.2 234.0 233.8 237.9 235.0 237.5 243.1 241.6 243.2 243.1 243.4 244.0 242.0 241.2 240.9 241.4 240.2 240.5 243.6 136 Foxe Basin 235.8 236.8 235.3 235.4 236.7 235.3 235.6 235.1 237.9 238.1 234.8 236.9 236.0 232.6 235.0 238.7 237.3 238.9 239.1 236.3 236.7 239.7 243.1 242.6 243.2 243.1 243.0 241.2 240.5 244.2 249.5 138 Baffin Bay 240.9 232.1 227.7 229.3 232.4 237.0 237.3 236.9 232.9 230.9 227.7 226.7 225.8 229.0 232.8 234.4 244.0 249.5 245.3 247.9 242.3 233.5 232.6 234.0 234.3 234.3 234.5 234.4 234.6 235.1 238.0 139 South Greenland 254.7 246.5 242.7 243.8 244.8 248.1 251.1 250.5 244.7 242.4 240.7 241.4 241.1 243.1 245.2 247.9 255.3 259.2 258.6 260.0 252.5 244.7 241.2 242.0 241.4 245.4 246.7 245.6 248.3 249.1 253.5 140 Greenland Sea 242.4 239.6 237.2 236.9 236.3 236.8 236.1 237.7 235.2 232.1 229.7 227.6 229.8 232.8 236.2 238.2 239.7 245.3 245.0 245.9 243.2 239.0 238.5 237.0 237.4 238.4 237.4 236.1 239.1 241.6 242.3 142 Norwegian Sea 272.4 273.4 274.8 274.4 274.4 273.3 271.6 274.4 275.9 275.8 272.8 272.3 269.6 271.6 270.5 271.8 272.3 268.4 267.9 267.7 268.0 271.9 271.2 270.6 272.2 271.5 270.8 268.9 267.5 267.2 267.5 144 Barents Sea 263.2 263.5 266.9 270.3 269.9 268.3 266.2 263.7 261.2 260.2 263.2 264.6 264.2 264.1 265.6 265.5 263.2 264.5 268.2 268.6 265.7 265.2 266.7 267.8 268.4 267.9 269.3 270.4 269.4 269.2 270.4 146 Kara Sea 254.9 256.3 255.3 255.7 258.7 260.7 260.7 261.4 261.5 261.0 261.3 261.8 263.0 261.7 262.7 263.5 264.0 264.2 265.1 265.0 265.2 266.5 266.7 267.2 268.7 269.6 269.5 269.5 269.2 269.1 269.2 148 Laptev Sea 249.0 247.9 246.5 245.2 242.5 244.0 249.4 254.0 255.5 254.2 254.3 254.3 253.3 251.9 251.4 251.0 251.5 253.7 254.0 252.4 248.6 247.5 250.6 253.6 255.6 257.7 257.8 261.1 261.9 260.1 257.6 150 East Siberian Sea 245.9 246.1 244.2 241.5 243.3 245.7 245.3 244.1 246.2 245.6 247.7 252.0 252.6 248.3 244.7 242.3 241.6 241.8 239.6 239.2 242.4 244.6 246.0 245.6 247.2 245.7 246.9 245.7 246.5 246.0 246.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.9 259.6 259.5 260.3 259.9 258.6 261.7 261.9 263.9 263.3 263.0 262.3 259.8 258.7 261.3 261.6 263.2 271.1 271.7 268.5 266.8 263.5 264.6 263.3 265.0 264.8 264.0 268.1 269.6 273.0 273.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 246.6 247.8 257.0 263.9 268.9 264.6 260.5 257.5 254.0 252.1 250.2 247.1 244.2 245.2 245.6 246.8 254.4 257.3 257.9 256.7 257.2 261.4 264.8 267.0 264.7 263.0 264.4 266.7 268.3 272.7 268.9