1962 10 - 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 270.8 270.5 269.9 269.1 268.5 267.7 266.5 266.0 265.8 265.7 266.4 266.4 267.0 267.8 267.7 266.7 265.8 265.7 265.2 264.6 264.2 263.4 263.1 263.5 263.3 262.3 261.8 261.9 261.3 261.1 261.7 34 Hudson Bay 283.1 284.0 282.5 281.8 283.0 281.6 279.9 280.1 279.7 278.1 275.5 272.2 272.6 275.7 277.9 276.6 275.1 275.3 274.2 273.4 273.3 270.6 268.7 267.2 266.9 269.0 272.0 273.2 274.7 271.5 270.1 36 Hudson Strait 275.7 274.0 273.8 270.9 270.8 276.5 277.9 271.6 270.3 274.1 276.2 274.9 273.1 272.1 269.8 272.4 273.6 267.5 269.5 271.6 270.0 269.1 268.8 269.9 269.8 268.2 266.6 265.4 262.3 262.1 262.9 98 Bering Strait 271.0 271.3 270.2 268.4 269.1 270.2 269.0 267.2 266.2 264.9 264.5 264.7 264.6 264.8 267.0 267.5 266.0 265.6 264.5 262.6 259.7 259.1 262.5 264.5 266.7 264.5 263.1 262.9 261.0 261.3 265.9 128 Arctic subocean 248.8 249.6 249.5 248.8 249.4 248.1 246.9 247.7 248.1 246.3 244.5 247.3 247.4 247.6 245.5 243.0 243.9 241.6 243.0 244.1 242.4 242.7 243.0 243.9 243.0 242.6 245.3 252.6 248.0 245.3 241.5 130 Chukchi Sea 269.1 272.9 273.6 271.2 271.1 270.3 268.7 267.9 266.8 264.5 264.1 265.4 265.4 265.3 265.6 265.6 264.0 261.8 260.8 262.0 259.9 257.2 261.1 262.3 265.7 263.9 263.1 260.4 258.7 261.0 262.9 132 Beaufort Sea 277.8 275.6 275.2 275.4 273.2 271.4 272.2 272.6 271.5 269.9 268.5 267.6 267.0 268.1 268.8 272.0 272.3 269.9 269.1 268.8 266.3 265.4 264.1 266.0 271.9 273.6 272.7 273.7 271.3 268.5 266.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.7 261.4 257.7 257.0 259.0 258.1 256.1 259.2 257.7 254.3 253.8 255.1 254.4 254.2 255.1 253.9 251.8 251.4 257.3 258.2 254.7 251.5 249.4 250.8 249.1 250.5 257.9 263.6 257.2 255.2 252.9 136 Foxe Basin 268.7 268.4 268.2 265.1 264.3 265.4 265.2 263.0 267.8 270.3 270.4 270.9 267.4 265.2 261.2 259.7 258.8 260.3 259.2 261.3 262.0 263.0 261.8 262.0 262.5 261.9 259.8 260.7 267.0 262.7 261.1 138 Baffin Bay 254.2 254.0 254.7 253.8 253.5 251.2 249.8 248.6 249.6 252.6 253.5 251.4 256.7 257.7 253.6 247.4 243.4 244.5 244.4 244.7 244.2 242.8 243.6 244.5 244.7 245.0 246.5 249.8 249.3 249.7 248.1 139 South Greenland 260.7 260.4 261.8 263.1 260.7 257.5 254.0 253.8 258.6 262.3 267.4 265.8 264.0 263.6 262.4 256.9 251.2 257.7 253.0 248.2 248.9 247.4 248.6 250.9 252.6 254.0 253.6 251.8 251.6 252.1 250.7 140 Greenland Sea 251.4 254.8 255.5 254.3 253.8 253.1 252.6 252.0 249.1 247.4 251.9 246.8 248.7 252.0 249.6 246.3 243.4 243.1 242.4 242.1 239.8 239.4 239.6 240.2 240.2 238.4 240.3 243.8 241.0 240.7 239.8 142 Norwegian Sea 280.4 282.0 280.9 279.6 280.0 279.6 280.0 280.4 279.1 276.3 275.5 275.4 275.2 271.6 272.2 275.2 278.2 276.6 274.6 277.7 277.3 278.3 277.4 274.3 276.3 272.6 272.7 273.3 271.6 272.5 274.5 144 Barents Sea 278.9 279.2 279.6 280.0 277.4 274.7 275.6 275.1 276.4 275.7 272.8 270.6 269.7 271.1 271.1 268.6 267.8 268.3 267.3 265.8 265.4 264.4 264.0 265.4 266.7 269.2 272.1 271.5 272.0 272.9 272.6 146 Kara Sea 271.3 270.8 270.4 269.2 268.7 268.4 266.5 265.7 264.6 265.7 269.3 271.4 272.0 271.9 271.1 270.9 271.0 270.2 269.9 269.5 269.3 269.2 269.4 268.0 265.0 262.7 260.7 261.4 262.2 262.4 264.7 148 Laptev Sea 266.0 265.5 264.8 264.1 262.1 260.9 259.3 258.4 259.1 259.2 259.9 261.9 264.6 265.4 265.8 263.7 262.9 262.2 262.3 263.3 263.4 263.0 261.7 265.0 263.7 259.6 256.8 251.6 252.4 255.0 256.1 150 East Siberian Sea 262.8 262.0 262.1 261.2 261.0 261.5 262.3 260.8 260.9 261.2 259.0 259.0 258.8 259.1 258.0 256.7 256.7 259.8 258.8 255.6 260.4 261.1 260.2 257.5 259.8 256.3 249.9 251.2 246.1 247.0 250.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.2 275.6 273.7 273.4 273.4 274.1 275.1 273.6 273.3 272.7 272.5 272.3 271.5 274.0 276.9 275.5 273.8 274.1 272.9 270.2 269.5 270.5 271.9 275.1 273.8 273.1 273.7 273.0 270.0 272.1 275.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.2 277.0 274.5 273.7 272.4 274.5 274.0 271.9 271.5 270.8 268.7 267.8 269.9 275.1 275.1 272.6 271.4 274.6 272.8 267.8 271.2 273.1 273.0 274.8 273.3 269.9 268.8 268.7 266.2 268.0 270.3