1962 12 - 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 254.4 253.4 253.5 253.0 252.6 251.0 249.6 248.7 248.9 249.8 252.2 253.2 252.3 251.9 251.1 250.9 251.0 250.7 251.8 253.3 252.3 251.2 250.2 249.3 250.2 251.3 251.1 250.3 249.0 248.6 249.1 34 Hudson Bay 266.8 266.4 265.0 262.8 260.5 261.8 262.0 258.2 254.9 250.9 250.2 254.3 254.9 255.7 255.2 256.4 255.7 254.6 250.6 253.5 259.0 254.9 249.9 248.5 247.1 248.1 248.3 250.1 248.0 246.6 249.0 36 Hudson Strait 256.6 251.7 260.6 258.3 263.4 269.5 267.9 267.0 263.3 258.5 265.0 256.1 249.8 248.0 245.9 244.5 244.9 247.5 247.1 246.8 254.3 254.8 250.8 247.4 241.9 240.8 243.6 245.0 253.4 254.6 251.3 98 Bering Strait 246.4 244.1 246.5 246.8 245.1 242.0 246.5 245.6 247.8 256.5 261.1 260.9 264.1 263.1 259.3 257.2 258.6 256.2 257.0 253.5 250.2 257.8 262.1 264.5 263.9 258.9 253.9 249.1 244.7 244.6 244.8 128 Arctic subocean 240.2 243.8 245.0 240.3 237.5 239.3 242.4 241.7 234.8 232.6 236.4 232.5 230.5 233.4 236.0 236.0 232.9 236.0 233.0 234.2 235.5 236.3 242.7 246.1 246.0 246.7 255.1 253.2 250.1 247.0 242.3 130 Chukchi Sea 247.1 241.1 239.7 238.0 236.3 233.8 242.7 256.4 255.8 253.0 255.2 257.5 252.1 252.3 255.8 249.8 250.3 248.6 249.0 246.5 248.3 263.5 266.3 259.8 261.1 257.5 255.2 250.3 249.5 248.9 246.9 132 Beaufort Sea 251.4 250.3 251.3 251.6 258.2 257.0 250.5 248.1 247.9 249.1 259.5 262.1 261.3 263.2 261.9 259.9 256.3 252.4 254.0 259.5 253.5 249.1 253.2 256.8 259.4 258.2 253.5 246.4 244.3 247.1 247.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 253.8 251.2 245.5 242.6 244.9 250.0 246.7 241.7 241.0 239.8 239.0 238.7 240.3 241.8 239.6 236.8 237.3 239.2 244.4 246.7 242.9 243.1 243.3 238.7 238.4 240.0 241.3 238.1 242.4 239.8 237.7 136 Foxe Basin 248.9 249.6 248.9 247.9 246.8 245.1 243.5 245.4 246.8 247.7 245.3 243.1 243.3 243.5 244.1 243.1 238.4 237.6 237.4 242.9 242.2 235.4 233.8 236.7 243.7 242.6 240.2 246.7 244.0 241.3 244.8 138 Baffin Bay 237.4 238.6 243.6 244.4 240.7 236.7 237.8 241.4 240.3 240.3 245.5 250.3 245.0 239.1 238.8 239.1 238.7 238.4 242.7 244.4 237.7 235.6 238.1 239.5 247.5 257.3 260.0 256.2 253.3 245.7 249.0 139 South Greenland 243.7 245.5 254.2 257.0 254.0 247.2 243.3 244.5 249.7 246.2 250.7 255.3 247.1 241.7 242.2 243.2 246.0 247.5 249.8 251.4 243.6 244.5 245.1 247.1 253.4 258.9 261.2 261.6 253.8 249.5 251.2 140 Greenland Sea 234.6 236.4 239.6 241.9 239.4 235.6 233.9 237.8 236.9 235.1 239.8 241.7 237.7 237.5 240.3 237.9 236.8 238.7 240.1 246.1 245.7 239.8 240.5 242.6 245.8 251.6 257.9 255.1 255.6 245.4 251.1 142 Norwegian Sea 271.8 274.6 271.3 270.6 274.4 273.0 269.2 273.0 272.8 269.1 265.8 263.9 260.3 260.1 263.1 262.2 260.4 261.0 264.6 267.0 267.7 272.8 274.0 274.8 271.0 267.7 263.7 258.2 258.5 263.6 269.1 144 Barents Sea 260.3 258.2 259.7 255.6 254.9 257.1 257.0 254.4 256.6 263.1 265.9 262.1 258.7 262.9 261.2 260.2 255.0 252.7 254.4 256.3 258.0 259.7 261.8 266.1 268.8 265.2 261.2 257.9 255.0 252.9 252.2 146 Kara Sea 260.6 259.0 258.4 257.4 253.9 251.0 249.5 250.7 252.5 253.9 252.9 254.7 255.4 253.2 253.7 256.2 257.8 258.2 260.8 261.9 260.2 257.0 252.8 248.5 249.5 252.0 252.6 254.4 254.7 256.1 254.3 148 Laptev Sea 249.1 249.0 247.0 249.5 253.3 249.0 245.6 241.5 239.3 242.5 248.1 246.7 244.1 244.6 242.0 239.0 239.0 241.0 242.1 244.1 243.8 243.1 242.0 241.4 241.1 240.6 240.4 240.5 239.1 239.7 243.4 150 East Siberian Sea 242.4 239.8 238.7 238.6 238.1 239.3 239.4 239.9 240.3 240.0 241.6 242.4 243.8 245.3 244.0 245.1 248.9 245.0 243.4 240.6 238.0 242.1 242.9 241.2 242.1 250.0 253.9 250.9 248.5 248.5 247.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.4 261.8 259.7 260.6 258.2 255.3 255.2 255.4 264.0 274.0 274.1 271.2 273.7 271.2 270.3 267.6 268.4 270.3 271.3 267.1 262.6 266.0 269.5 272.6 271.8 265.5 257.4 256.7 253.9 254.0 253.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.8 250.7 249.8 247.8 246.5 246.7 247.5 252.5 258.7 271.2 272.4 271.5 267.1 263.9 260.8 256.2 256.1 256.9 261.3 258.2 264.7 272.8 273.3 270.9 266.6 263.5 261.1 259.4 253.2 254.5 253.8