1963 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 271.2 270.8 270.6 270.7 270.6 270.1 269.2 268.6 268.1 268.1 267.6 267.6 267.6 267.5 267.8 267.8 267.9 267.3 266.3 264.5 263.9 263.4 263.2 262.9 263.2 263.9 263.5 263.3 263.0 262.7 262.1 34 Hudson Bay 282.7 281.7 279.3 279.6 279.3 277.0 275.9 277.1 277.6 278.5 277.8 279.9 281.9 283.2 282.4 281.3 282.9 282.4 279.6 275.5 276.5 281.1 281.5 279.0 278.5 276.9 273.4 269.9 270.5 271.6 269.4 36 Hudson Strait 269.5 269.1 270.5 268.4 272.6 270.5 269.0 267.2 267.8 269.4 267.6 267.1 267.9 272.4 271.0 269.3 267.7 273.4 273.3 273.5 266.8 270.5 277.1 273.6 276.3 276.3 273.1 269.7 268.0 264.7 267.4 98 Bering Strait 274.3 273.4 272.0 271.9 270.0 270.4 270.9 270.9 268.3 265.4 265.1 265.5 265.3 265.1 267.8 267.7 263.0 261.0 262.4 264.1 264.2 262.4 261.0 258.7 257.2 258.7 257.1 258.6 258.3 259.1 258.8 128 Arctic subocean 248.8 248.8 252.9 257.4 255.5 253.5 247.7 248.6 246.6 245.9 244.8 243.9 247.5 245.2 242.8 243.3 245.5 249.4 246.3 242.8 241.2 242.0 244.9 244.7 245.4 248.4 249.1 246.0 242.2 247.1 250.7 130 Chukchi Sea 268.1 271.2 273.2 271.4 268.9 267.6 264.4 263.3 262.4 260.9 259.0 258.4 259.8 257.8 258.1 258.2 258.3 256.0 257.5 259.0 258.9 258.3 257.4 255.8 255.4 254.2 256.2 258.0 256.4 255.8 255.1 132 Beaufort Sea 279.3 277.1 275.3 272.1 271.9 272.4 276.7 276.1 275.4 275.8 276.5 275.9 275.3 273.4 276.6 278.5 273.3 268.5 266.6 268.1 271.6 270.8 267.9 267.1 266.7 264.1 261.6 264.4 265.1 262.0 260.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.6 261.5 263.4 264.3 263.2 259.5 257.2 255.4 252.1 254.5 255.0 258.7 258.1 258.6 259.9 263.4 266.3 258.4 255.0 252.7 253.1 254.0 249.9 249.5 253.3 256.0 251.1 249.1 254.4 258.7 253.2 136 Foxe Basin 265.6 264.6 265.9 266.5 266.7 265.3 264.1 261.4 261.7 263.8 265.6 263.5 264.7 263.0 262.9 263.8 267.3 269.0 262.0 259.9 262.8 265.9 268.8 261.9 260.3 264.4 265.9 262.7 257.2 257.5 258.8 138 Baffin Bay 256.2 258.1 258.5 256.8 254.4 253.9 252.6 251.2 250.7 252.1 251.3 250.4 249.6 245.2 245.5 244.7 248.2 250.7 246.7 242.8 240.5 239.1 243.9 243.5 244.4 250.4 250.9 250.6 249.2 247.3 252.3 139 South Greenland 263.2 264.8 261.1 257.0 257.4 257.7 257.1 255.7 254.9 253.6 254.9 253.5 251.2 252.4 252.4 252.6 254.1 252.1 251.3 250.3 249.3 245.9 247.5 248.5 250.6 255.9 260.5 264.4 261.3 253.6 253.1 140 Greenland Sea 250.5 256.5 257.0 254.7 250.0 248.4 248.4 248.9 248.5 248.9 247.7 246.6 243.4 241.2 243.8 242.3 247.9 249.5 246.7 245.6 243.6 242.3 244.1 244.6 242.8 245.0 245.3 247.3 249.3 247.2 250.2 142 Norwegian Sea 277.0 276.0 275.7 275.9 276.2 276.2 276.3 277.4 277.7 276.6 275.9 274.8 274.4 273.8 273.3 275.5 276.2 276.7 278.1 279.4 278.6 277.7 278.8 279.8 277.2 277.3 275.5 275.7 274.1 274.9 275.2 144 Barents Sea 277.4 277.2 276.6 276.1 275.0 274.4 276.2 276.7 276.5 275.8 275.3 274.7 274.5 273.5 273.9 272.5 270.7 270.0 269.3 267.6 269.2 269.7 271.6 274.0 275.0 273.7 271.6 268.4 266.0 265.5 266.2 146 Kara Sea 272.2 272.3 274.8 275.8 275.8 274.9 272.0 270.8 270.7 270.4 269.2 268.5 268.9 269.5 270.5 272.1 273.2 272.5 270.5 268.6 266.6 265.2 264.9 265.9 267.0 267.7 268.7 268.5 268.2 268.1 266.2 148 Laptev Sea 263.0 261.3 262.6 265.9 268.4 268.4 266.9 265.6 265.9 266.7 265.8 265.7 264.6 262.7 260.0 258.9 260.6 264.0 266.1 262.2 260.4 258.2 256.5 256.7 255.9 257.5 259.3 260.4 259.7 260.1 261.6 150 East Siberian Sea 271.9 270.4 263.1 259.5 259.3 262.2 265.1 266.1 262.9 262.0 261.2 261.4 261.9 263.8 262.7 258.7 253.8 252.3 254.0 252.6 252.4 251.2 250.6 250.3 250.9 251.7 250.1 249.4 248.5 248.1 249.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.6 276.7 275.6 274.3 275.0 277.9 277.3 275.6 274.0 272.5 273.9 274.3 275.3 274.8 277.0 275.2 272.6 272.4 274.2 275.0 273.9 272.3 272.1 269.5 268.6 269.1 270.0 268.6 269.4 272.0 271.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.2 276.5 276.0 276.4 276.4 280.8 276.3 271.6 270.4 268.4 267.6 266.5 267.8 269.4 274.6 271.2 267.4 269.8 272.8 274.7 272.6 268.4 266.7 265.3 264.6 263.8 264.3 263.3 266.6 268.5 267.9