1961 08 - 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 284.2 284.5 284.6 284.4 284.1 283.9 283.8 283.4 283.2 283.2 282.7 282.6 282.8 282.9 282.7 282.4 281.9 281.9 282.0 282.3 282.0 281.7 281.5 281.6 281.3 280.9 280.8 280.4 280.4 279.8 279.6 34 Hudson Bay 288.6 290.6 291.4 290.4 290.2 290.4 289.7 288.2 287.2 286.4 285.1 285.4 287.6 289.3 288.6 290.0 288.9 286.8 286.2 288.1 289.4 289.8 290.9 291.1 290.1 289.4 289.8 289.2 288.5 287.3 286.3 36 Hudson Strait 280.5 284.3 285.0 286.1 284.6 282.8 283.4 283.1 279.2 282.3 281.7 280.7 280.3 280.6 281.2 282.4 281.9 282.5 279.4 278.1 278.1 280.7 279.0 281.4 282.1 281.1 284.9 284.7 284.7 283.6 278.6 98 Bering Strait 281.2 280.6 282.8 282.4 282.5 281.5 281.2 282.5 283.3 283.5 282.5 281.5 280.9 282.1 282.3 283.1 283.5 283.9 283.4 281.6 281.1 281.7 282.8 281.2 279.0 278.2 277.8 278.1 279.1 278.4 277.9 128 Arctic subocean 272.7 273.3 273.9 274.0 272.8 272.2 271.5 271.6 271.5 271.8 272.5 271.8 272.5 271.4 271.3 270.4 269.7 269.2 267.1 267.1 268.6 265.5 265.2 266.0 267.0 264.5 262.4 261.1 262.1 261.1 261.0 130 Chukchi Sea 277.3 278.9 279.6 278.4 279.3 279.6 279.3 281.2 283.2 283.9 282.5 282.1 281.6 281.1 283.8 283.0 282.5 283.6 281.6 279.5 278.8 277.7 277.3 277.9 277.0 277.6 279.1 279.7 279.7 279.8 278.7 132 Beaufort Sea 288.6 286.8 287.0 289.2 289.6 286.7 284.7 284.1 284.1 285.1 286.1 287.3 286.6 285.3 286.3 284.4 284.5 286.3 288.4 290.2 289.7 289.1 287.8 286.9 286.0 284.7 283.2 280.8 279.5 279.0 279.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.6 279.8 279.2 279.9 278.7 279.4 278.4 277.8 276.3 276.2 277.0 278.1 278.9 277.2 277.3 276.6 275.7 276.4 278.0 279.5 277.5 276.2 276.9 277.7 278.3 276.6 273.8 271.7 269.4 268.4 268.5 136 Foxe Basin 277.2 277.9 277.4 277.7 277.7 277.9 276.9 277.0 277.2 277.0 276.8 276.4 276.1 276.6 276.1 276.6 277.0 275.4 275.5 275.5 275.9 275.6 274.7 274.6 275.3 275.2 274.0 272.8 273.1 274.6 273.5 138 Baffin Bay 271.3 272.5 273.0 273.1 271.2 270.9 270.7 271.0 271.1 271.7 272.0 271.0 270.1 269.1 267.4 267.9 266.4 266.5 267.8 268.5 267.4 265.1 265.6 267.7 266.6 264.6 262.7 261.8 264.2 263.9 265.1 139 South Greenland 271.0 272.1 271.2 271.1 270.5 270.4 270.4 270.4 271.7 272.1 270.4 270.6 270.0 270.0 268.7 267.7 267.1 267.2 269.5 269.4 266.0 265.7 267.6 267.2 266.4 264.7 263.3 264.7 267.0 266.4 267.4 140 Greenland Sea 268.3 268.7 268.7 268.3 267.0 268.2 268.5 269.2 268.8 269.9 269.6 269.7 269.6 268.6 267.5 267.0 265.4 264.5 263.4 265.6 264.3 261.2 262.3 263.9 262.9 260.2 260.3 261.3 264.5 264.9 265.1 142 Norwegian Sea 286.3 286.0 283.7 283.2 282.7 283.4 283.4 283.3 284.4 284.4 283.1 282.1 282.0 282.7 283.1 283.1 283.2 283.4 283.2 282.6 281.4 281.0 280.6 280.6 280.5 282.5 283.5 282.4 283.9 285.1 283.5 144 Barents Sea 287.0 284.8 284.5 285.4 284.9 284.9 286.3 286.4 285.3 284.2 283.7 284.3 285.2 285.8 285.4 284.5 284.7 284.8 286.0 285.6 284.8 285.1 285.1 285.2 285.0 285.9 285.4 284.0 283.5 281.6 280.8 146 Kara Sea 286.1 286.1 285.9 286.0 285.9 286.3 286.7 286.5 286.8 286.3 285.3 285.5 285.5 285.0 284.3 284.0 283.6 284.0 284.4 284.3 284.0 283.8 283.4 284.0 284.7 285.1 285.4 285.0 284.6 284.4 284.9 148 Laptev Sea 287.3 287.7 287.1 286.5 286.1 285.2 284.8 284.3 284.3 284.6 284.3 282.7 281.2 282.6 283.6 283.9 284.2 283.4 281.9 280.8 280.7 280.6 280.6 280.3 279.7 279.6 280.5 281.2 281.7 279.9 279.0 150 East Siberian Sea 281.6 284.8 285.1 283.0 282.1 283.9 285.6 284.3 281.7 282.0 283.4 283.6 285.5 285.3 282.8 280.3 276.9 277.9 278.1 279.0 281.1 279.7 275.8 273.2 273.7 273.9 273.1 272.8 274.6 276.3 276.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 284.2 283.5 284.1 283.2 282.2 280.4 280.6 281.4 282.5 282.1 281.1 281.0 281.6 282.0 282.1 282.1 283.1 284.3 284.1 283.2 282.7 282.6 281.5 280.2 279.9 279.2 279.3 280.6 280.0 280.1 280.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.3 283.9 282.8 281.0 280.7 280.9 281.2 282.9 282.9 281.3 281.2 282.2 283.6 284.8 285.2 285.1 285.9 285.3 282.8 283.2 282.7 282.0 281.1 280.3 281.8 282.2 282.4 282.1 282.2 282.5 282.4