1961 09 - 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 279.2 278.7 278.4 278.3 278.4 277.8 277.8 277.6 277.4 277.1 276.8 276.5 276.4 276.2 276.2 276.4 276.5 275.8 275.3 274.9 274.7 274.0 273.3 272.8 272.3 271.7 271.3 271.1 270.6 270.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 287.3 285.7 283.5 282.6 282.3 282.6 283.0 283.3 285.3 282.5 278.8 276.9 277.6 278.7 278.9 281.1 285.8 284.4 279.9 280.8 281.4 278.7 275.9 276.2 277.4 275.9 273.8 273.4 273.4 273.6 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 277.4 283.6 289.0 285.6 278.1 276.3 276.7 279.3 277.0 276.8 278.1 276.7 275.4 274.0 275.8 273.6 275.4 281.8 276.8 272.5 277.9 283.7 277.9 274.2 274.8 275.2 273.3 271.5 274.5 274.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 277.6 276.8 276.4 276.9 275.3 276.3 276.6 276.2 276.8 278.5 279.8 280.0 277.9 276.6 275.8 275.4 273.6 274.1 274.2 273.7 274.7 273.6 275.5 273.7 272.5 272.5 273.2 273.7 273.3 271.4 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 262.2 262.5 260.2 259.8 259.3 261.1 260.2 258.4 257.1 257.4 259.1 258.9 256.4 255.8 255.5 253.5 253.2 256.5 256.4 254.6 254.9 253.9 250.1 251.4 250.3 249.5 249.0 247.7 246.1 247.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 277.5 277.5 276.5 276.7 277.8 278.2 277.8 276.6 277.5 276.9 277.6 278.0 276.4 275.5 275.0 274.1 274.2 274.7 273.8 275.2 276.0 274.7 275.6 273.6 273.1 274.0 274.5 273.9 271.4 270.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 276.5 274.8 276.7 277.8 277.8 277.6 278.1 280.1 278.3 277.2 279.8 281.9 283.4 282.7 282.6 282.6 279.6 275.4 276.8 274.0 272.1 273.1 273.9 275.6 272.3 270.1 269.5 269.9 270.3 272.5 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.1 268.2 268.9 269.9 269.6 268.2 267.6 268.2 267.9 267.4 267.7 271.2 271.7 267.2 268.1 268.8 265.6 263.7 264.7 264.2 265.3 264.6 263.8 262.4 260.8 260.4 261.0 261.6 261.3 263.2 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 271.7 273.2 274.9 275.4 273.3 272.5 272.4 273.5 272.3 271.4 271.4 271.2 270.1 271.8 271.4 269.9 269.4 270.9 269.6 268.5 269.9 270.1 269.6 269.5 269.6 270.0 268.2 265.8 264.8 266.7 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 266.2 266.4 262.6 263.3 265.5 263.3 261.9 259.9 260.7 261.8 260.9 259.4 258.3 260.7 260.2 260.4 262.8 261.2 259.9 257.5 254.8 253.5 251.1 251.0 252.5 253.7 252.0 250.6 250.5 250.4 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 268.5 267.8 265.0 269.4 272.2 269.7 269.9 268.2 270.7 271.1 268.6 266.2 266.2 267.4 265.3 264.9 265.0 263.4 262.4 261.9 259.4 256.8 258.9 262.8 262.2 259.7 258.6 257.1 253.2 255.1 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 265.0 261.7 260.1 260.4 264.7 262.2 260.2 258.4 257.3 259.6 259.9 256.9 255.2 257.5 257.8 256.1 256.5 258.0 256.0 253.8 253.5 250.5 248.5 246.8 247.5 248.8 247.1 247.4 250.2 250.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 282.2 280.3 278.4 277.8 279.9 281.2 281.5 278.9 279.7 279.3 280.0 279.3 279.1 280.4 280.8 281.3 281.8 280.6 280.7 282.1 282.5 282.5 282.7 282.2 279.2 279.7 281.2 281.8 282.7 280.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 281.1 282.0 280.2 278.8 278.1 276.5 277.3 277.7 278.5 278.8 278.1 277.1 277.5 277.2 277.0 277.8 277.7 279.9 279.0 276.3 277.0 279.0 279.9 279.8 280.1 279.6 278.9 277.8 279.1 277.9 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 283.8 282.9 282.3 280.9 281.9 282.4 282.5 280.8 278.7 278.7 279.7 280.5 280.8 280.4 280.4 280.4 280.3 280.0 280.4 280.4 279.5 278.4 277.5 276.2 275.1 275.2 276.0 276.6 275.0 272.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 279.6 279.9 281.2 282.5 281.4 279.4 279.6 280.5 280.8 279.7 277.7 276.1 275.9 276.8 277.2 277.5 276.8 276.2 276.3 276.9 277.3 275.8 275.0 274.2 273.7 272.5 270.8 269.9 271.2 271.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 274.1 274.9 277.7 277.1 276.0 273.8 272.5 273.0 274.9 277.1 277.0 276.2 273.7 271.7 271.7 270.9 269.8 268.9 269.2 270.5 271.6 273.5 273.8 273.4 274.5 275.6 276.7 275.2 271.1 269.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.0 279.8 279.4 278.7 277.5 278.5 279.8 278.5 278.9 280.7 282.1 281.3 280.1 279.1 279.1 277.7 276.2 278.4 276.5 276.9 277.0 276.8 279.4 276.0 274.3 273.3 274.5 276.1 277.3 276.5 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.5 281.6 280.5 281.0 280.9 281.5 279.6 278.3 280.6 282.5 280.5 280.2 278.4 277.7 278.2 277.6 277.7 278.5 279.0 279.8 278.4 280.4 278.5 276.6 277.2 277.8 278.7 279.3 278.3 275.4 -9999.0