1961 05 - 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 267.6 267.6 268.0 268.3 268.8 269.1 268.3 268.4 268.7 268.9 269.3 269.8 270.5 270.8 271.1 271.6 272.3 273.8 274.5 275.3 274.9 274.2 274.3 274.4 275.2 276.3 276.8 276.6 276.8 276.9 276.5 34 Hudson Bay 271.6 272.4 272.4 273.6 276.1 277.4 275.6 273.0 270.8 271.2 274.6 276.2 275.6 274.9 273.2 272.1 273.9 278.4 280.6 281.8 282.1 282.6 282.1 278.9 276.9 279.9 280.0 278.2 280.2 283.7 283.9 36 Hudson Strait 268.0 266.1 264.1 262.4 262.3 270.0 270.1 269.4 272.0 272.0 267.9 267.2 269.2 269.2 267.7 270.5 265.8 265.2 270.5 272.4 268.9 269.7 272.2 272.1 272.4 271.7 273.7 274.1 270.7 271.9 271.9 98 Bering Strait 266.4 266.6 266.4 266.6 268.0 269.5 269.8 269.5 270.1 270.7 269.8 269.8 270.7 272.1 273.5 274.2 273.7 273.4 273.2 273.7 273.6 275.4 277.4 277.8 277.0 277.0 277.7 277.0 277.4 278.3 278.2 128 Arctic subocean 252.1 250.2 249.2 250.7 251.3 249.1 253.4 257.3 257.2 253.9 254.6 258.7 258.0 259.9 260.9 259.0 260.1 260.8 261.6 260.8 260.1 262.0 261.7 261.7 263.8 260.9 261.3 263.9 265.8 266.6 266.5 130 Chukchi Sea 269.3 268.9 269.2 269.2 269.1 269.5 269.9 271.8 271.3 271.5 270.2 268.4 269.3 269.8 271.0 271.6 270.4 270.0 269.1 269.4 269.2 271.0 273.2 274.5 275.4 274.9 275.4 275.7 275.9 275.6 276.9 132 Beaufort Sea 266.4 267.9 270.3 270.0 268.7 267.0 265.5 267.4 270.2 270.2 267.9 268.3 269.5 270.2 270.9 273.4 276.2 277.5 278.1 281.0 280.6 280.2 281.2 280.8 281.0 282.1 282.0 281.0 282.0 282.1 282.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.9 257.2 259.5 261.7 260.4 257.9 254.7 258.8 261.2 260.9 259.8 259.9 260.4 260.2 263.5 264.2 264.5 264.3 263.7 264.8 267.9 268.5 267.0 268.9 269.8 266.9 267.5 270.2 271.3 271.9 271.5 136 Foxe Basin 263.6 259.5 257.5 256.7 258.9 261.7 259.3 258.0 258.2 261.1 261.4 259.2 259.0 260.5 260.7 263.0 261.5 260.5 260.8 260.9 261.6 264.1 268.4 267.7 266.4 267.0 267.7 267.3 266.3 269.2 271.4 138 Baffin Bay 257.8 254.1 251.5 252.8 254.5 254.8 256.3 257.0 257.8 256.2 258.1 262.0 262.6 262.4 261.4 261.0 262.2 264.8 263.6 259.6 259.2 257.2 256.4 258.5 260.8 261.0 261.8 262.6 263.8 264.5 264.2 139 South Greenland 263.1 261.3 260.4 262.3 263.5 264.0 263.3 262.9 261.9 261.5 265.3 267.0 267.0 265.8 266.6 267.4 267.4 270.0 269.8 266.6 266.6 262.9 261.8 264.1 267.8 270.4 269.5 269.2 270.5 270.5 267.9 140 Greenland Sea 255.2 253.6 253.1 255.6 259.2 258.3 257.6 257.9 259.9 258.4 258.9 261.6 263.8 263.7 263.5 263.9 264.0 266.9 268.3 264.9 262.6 257.9 255.9 256.6 259.6 262.8 265.6 266.9 267.6 269.6 267.9 142 Norwegian Sea 275.5 275.8 276.5 277.0 277.6 278.2 277.4 277.1 276.5 276.1 276.2 277.7 278.1 277.2 277.1 277.8 278.1 278.1 277.0 276.5 277.3 277.8 278.3 277.3 277.1 275.8 277.2 278.4 280.0 282.7 284.6 144 Barents Sea 266.0 268.7 271.0 269.9 268.8 270.0 272.8 273.4 273.6 273.2 272.5 272.4 275.4 277.8 277.2 276.4 275.1 273.8 272.9 274.0 275.6 277.7 278.2 277.2 278.9 279.2 279.2 279.8 282.0 282.2 282.3 146 Kara Sea 273.6 272.2 271.4 271.1 271.3 271.3 269.6 269.2 270.1 271.6 272.1 272.1 272.6 273.8 274.8 275.5 276.3 278.0 278.7 279.3 277.7 277.4 277.6 277.9 279.4 281.0 281.4 280.2 278.5 276.5 276.3 148 Laptev Sea 263.2 265.4 267.2 268.4 268.3 268.1 268.2 269.2 269.1 268.9 268.6 268.9 269.0 268.2 268.4 268.8 270.1 271.3 272.8 274.5 273.6 269.3 269.5 271.5 272.2 273.4 275.4 276.5 276.6 275.5 274.6 150 East Siberian Sea 267.9 268.9 269.8 268.0 267.7 268.9 269.3 268.6 267.5 266.0 266.0 267.1 268.4 268.0 268.1 268.4 267.7 268.4 268.8 271.0 272.2 271.2 270.3 270.5 271.2 271.3 271.6 272.2 272.8 273.8 273.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.1 270.2 270.0 270.0 272.8 273.9 273.3 273.4 273.9 274.6 274.2 273.9 274.1 274.5 276.0 276.3 276.0 275.6 275.1 274.6 274.7 276.6 276.9 276.6 276.2 276.5 276.6 276.5 277.4 277.3 277.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.7 271.5 271.1 271.3 272.3 276.8 277.8 276.5 276.2 275.1 272.5 273.4 276.3 277.9 278.0 278.1 278.0 277.4 277.3 277.7 277.9 278.8 278.8 279.8 279.2 279.7 279.7 279.0 279.4 279.7 279.2