1963 11 - 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 261.5 261.2 260.2 259.2 259.1 259.4 259.7 259.4 258.3 257.4 256.5 255.4 255.1 255.1 255.1 254.6 253.7 253.1 252.8 252.7 252.2 251.9 252.4 253.5 254.3 254.6 253.2 253.0 253.8 253.9 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 266.6 267.4 270.7 269.7 269.0 268.8 269.5 271.9 271.0 270.5 270.0 267.2 265.0 265.4 265.6 266.9 266.4 265.0 261.8 260.1 257.3 256.2 257.1 257.0 258.6 261.4 258.3 258.8 258.9 255.6 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 267.4 265.2 264.4 270.2 266.7 267.8 266.9 265.4 267.6 265.4 262.5 260.8 260.4 260.9 263.6 262.3 261.1 262.7 262.5 265.1 266.8 262.7 259.5 264.4 260.0 258.6 257.4 253.8 255.0 262.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 259.1 257.4 254.7 253.7 253.9 255.2 254.1 253.6 253.8 258.3 256.9 254.8 255.1 253.9 252.1 250.8 251.0 251.5 248.5 247.4 246.2 245.5 244.4 242.2 247.6 249.0 247.2 247.5 248.1 247.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.7 236.6 240.7 243.4 250.7 257.3 263.1 259.4 255.5 253.3 251.1 248.0 245.7 246.4 245.8 244.5 238.4 237.8 236.4 234.5 233.7 237.5 240.6 242.4 239.2 239.8 238.5 239.1 238.2 237.6 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 252.6 251.5 249.6 248.7 247.6 249.6 248.5 247.5 245.8 247.3 260.7 263.9 255.4 248.8 251.4 256.3 260.6 259.4 257.6 254.2 253.0 248.9 245.0 245.5 249.1 244.9 243.4 246.0 244.1 242.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 265.0 265.8 262.5 262.0 262.2 260.2 258.6 258.3 258.7 258.3 256.7 256.6 259.8 257.1 256.6 254.6 250.1 247.0 245.8 245.1 244.1 242.4 245.5 245.5 247.5 252.8 248.7 252.0 254.7 257.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.4 248.9 252.9 255.7 257.3 257.9 256.6 258.0 258.1 256.2 256.7 253.4 250.7 248.5 249.9 248.5 247.9 247.2 244.7 243.6 242.8 239.3 239.5 240.9 239.7 239.0 239.8 241.0 242.0 242.3 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 258.5 257.5 253.0 256.4 268.0 265.2 265.8 262.4 264.6 263.8 261.4 261.5 263.0 261.7 256.6 249.9 248.3 248.5 251.4 257.9 257.0 250.5 243.9 238.6 235.2 235.2 236.1 235.8 236.1 241.3 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 252.2 255.7 253.4 249.9 255.0 263.6 264.8 258.8 253.0 249.4 246.3 245.0 242.6 241.9 244.1 245.5 241.1 235.9 234.4 237.9 237.3 236.9 237.4 238.8 236.4 234.1 232.9 233.4 234.1 236.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 258.8 263.8 255.4 255.0 257.6 258.0 259.3 256.7 252.9 250.2 247.0 245.7 244.4 246.1 247.2 246.9 244.2 240.8 241.2 243.2 244.1 246.2 248.0 249.0 248.3 245.0 240.5 240.0 241.4 241.9 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 249.2 250.9 250.9 247.3 246.2 254.9 262.8 260.4 252.0 246.9 242.9 240.6 239.1 238.4 241.8 240.5 238.1 232.4 232.9 232.8 232.0 231.7 235.1 237.5 236.5 234.5 232.7 232.3 231.9 234.3 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 273.7 272.4 272.1 272.0 272.0 271.4 273.2 272.6 270.7 268.9 266.5 269.1 270.6 268.4 267.2 267.2 266.2 267.3 268.1 268.9 269.8 266.8 264.2 267.0 267.7 270.3 273.7 274.5 272.2 271.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 267.7 268.3 265.7 266.6 265.5 265.7 264.6 267.3 269.1 268.3 266.8 264.2 259.0 257.7 258.0 261.0 265.6 266.3 262.3 263.1 266.8 267.3 265.4 263.3 262.2 261.6 261.8 264.9 266.3 263.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 264.9 263.1 259.7 258.8 260.9 261.5 261.2 260.2 258.8 257.6 257.5 258.5 260.0 260.4 259.0 256.8 256.3 257.9 261.1 260.3 258.9 260.1 261.8 262.8 263.5 262.7 262.4 258.9 258.5 258.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 260.7 259.3 260.7 254.8 250.7 250.0 252.0 252.2 251.4 250.1 247.9 245.5 244.3 245.7 247.1 247.8 245.5 243.3 243.1 245.2 247.4 246.8 246.3 249.6 252.4 252.2 251.1 253.1 255.7 256.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 248.0 248.3 250.7 255.2 249.5 244.2 244.0 243.2 242.1 242.8 242.6 241.9 243.0 246.8 249.0 250.6 252.3 254.2 253.1 250.6 250.2 250.4 248.4 253.2 251.2 251.0 250.2 247.9 248.4 250.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.8 270.4 268.1 265.0 266.1 269.0 268.4 267.6 269.2 269.1 266.8 265.5 264.9 263.8 257.2 254.8 251.5 252.4 253.4 252.0 252.4 253.1 251.9 255.9 259.3 261.6 260.5 261.6 263.6 264.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.3 262.2 258.9 258.5 258.5 264.3 266.5 260.5 256.5 257.0 260.2 260.4 265.9 263.9 255.7 255.6 256.7 258.4 260.4 258.2 257.4 255.5 249.1 247.2 247.8 247.4 245.6 249.6 253.0 255.1 -9999.0