1964 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 251.0 251.2 251.0 251.2 250.8 251.4 251.9 252.9 253.2 252.5 252.5 252.1 251.4 249.9 250.1 249.7 248.8 248.4 248.3 248.6 249.4 248.5 247.3 248.0 248.6 248.5 248.4 248.2 247.6 246.3 244.8 34 Hudson Bay 249.9 246.8 246.1 248.9 251.3 255.0 259.0 260.8 264.5 264.4 261.6 258.8 256.7 251.8 248.0 245.9 246.1 245.8 245.3 245.2 247.9 248.1 247.4 247.8 248.5 246.6 247.2 252.0 252.3 250.1 247.3 36 Hudson Strait 251.5 259.6 259.9 257.6 253.7 250.9 249.9 250.5 251.2 257.8 262.2 261.9 260.3 258.7 254.7 249.0 246.9 243.6 245.4 244.1 243.3 249.5 252.7 249.4 262.7 258.5 256.3 249.9 249.3 254.2 253.4 98 Bering Strait 248.2 249.2 249.4 251.5 252.4 251.8 250.6 247.6 243.2 240.6 236.8 240.1 239.3 239.3 244.8 251.3 248.7 251.3 251.9 250.9 256.9 255.5 250.4 250.8 248.6 245.9 241.1 241.1 241.9 242.6 238.4 128 Arctic subocean 242.4 245.2 246.4 239.0 229.8 231.7 236.0 233.4 231.4 235.9 238.3 239.6 235.8 238.7 241.2 241.4 240.4 245.0 243.6 243.2 245.5 243.5 242.2 242.7 243.4 241.3 235.8 231.6 235.7 236.3 235.1 130 Chukchi Sea 249.1 242.4 240.3 237.6 238.2 237.2 237.4 235.6 234.1 231.3 233.1 238.7 243.6 245.4 244.1 242.7 243.5 250.6 260.6 263.9 258.3 255.5 258.1 247.6 240.5 246.4 248.0 241.2 241.6 243.6 235.2 132 Beaufort Sea 246.8 250.4 249.7 252.5 257.5 262.7 263.0 263.5 257.6 249.3 244.9 244.1 241.8 239.0 240.1 243.3 246.6 245.6 244.9 245.8 248.3 247.1 245.6 245.0 245.7 242.4 243.3 242.7 241.5 240.0 240.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.2 248.0 246.8 243.3 244.6 248.8 246.9 244.4 249.3 250.4 247.0 243.1 241.3 241.7 242.6 240.4 238.0 241.0 243.5 243.8 240.6 240.2 239.2 237.2 234.5 234.4 234.5 235.0 234.2 233.6 236.9 136 Foxe Basin 240.7 243.8 246.1 249.9 244.1 246.7 248.3 250.8 247.4 255.4 257.8 244.4 241.8 237.4 235.8 243.4 242.0 238.0 236.6 237.5 242.8 245.6 252.9 251.3 242.1 245.7 240.6 238.1 240.4 250.3 248.9 138 Baffin Bay 240.2 240.9 243.9 249.8 239.6 234.3 240.0 238.0 233.1 235.3 243.9 245.9 243.5 242.7 246.1 246.4 247.5 247.0 243.2 245.5 241.3 238.2 242.4 249.3 251.0 246.2 244.3 240.5 235.7 233.5 241.2 139 South Greenland 249.0 247.9 256.4 252.9 244.1 244.5 245.9 245.9 242.3 240.7 243.6 246.0 247.3 246.9 249.3 251.6 250.9 246.4 249.4 255.2 247.5 244.9 247.3 252.0 248.0 252.2 250.9 249.9 243.3 242.9 245.3 140 Greenland Sea 238.3 241.8 240.0 246.8 240.2 238.2 240.5 240.6 236.2 234.3 237.7 241.6 240.5 242.8 244.8 244.8 243.6 245.0 242.6 248.4 244.7 240.9 241.2 244.5 245.5 241.7 240.8 237.3 238.7 235.9 236.8 142 Norwegian Sea 265.5 269.3 269.7 268.2 265.2 266.9 272.4 272.2 274.3 274.0 273.4 273.1 270.8 266.3 269.6 270.6 269.8 266.8 267.8 269.6 272.6 274.5 272.8 269.0 268.8 267.4 266.7 267.7 267.8 269.2 270.1 144 Barents Sea 248.3 250.1 259.8 262.2 261.3 269.7 270.4 268.3 268.4 270.3 270.8 268.9 268.1 267.6 267.6 265.9 262.9 258.1 254.8 251.0 250.9 253.5 254.0 256.0 259.1 261.9 261.8 257.2 255.8 256.8 258.2 146 Kara Sea 257.3 257.3 256.4 255.8 256.0 253.2 251.7 254.3 256.8 258.1 260.5 261.2 260.1 258.1 257.5 256.8 255.9 254.7 254.0 252.8 254.6 254.2 252.4 252.8 255.0 256.7 256.7 256.7 257.7 254.6 250.6 148 Laptev Sea 252.5 251.6 247.8 244.9 243.1 243.5 244.0 246.8 247.8 246.5 244.6 243.2 243.9 243.9 243.3 241.0 239.2 239.2 240.3 243.1 243.5 240.9 238.6 239.0 238.7 240.1 242.9 242.2 240.6 238.7 237.9 150 East Siberian Sea 243.6 242.6 240.4 240.7 243.1 243.6 244.3 246.2 248.1 242.8 244.0 247.1 249.2 248.2 250.3 247.2 243.6 247.6 249.8 247.3 246.7 244.2 241.0 242.4 245.2 242.4 238.0 238.1 237.4 234.7 233.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.7 266.1 265.4 269.1 269.3 268.7 268.8 263.2 255.9 251.4 251.1 247.8 247.2 247.0 253.2 263.7 261.0 257.0 254.1 254.7 260.1 257.6 254.5 258.7 256.5 253.8 250.8 252.0 249.7 255.5 253.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 263.3 267.3 261.9 258.2 251.2 247.5 247.1 248.7 245.3 247.7 249.5 242.9 248.6 254.4 264.8 262.2 260.7 262.7 259.2 259.1 263.4 261.1 256.0 259.7 248.4 246.8 258.7 253.5 254.3 264.8 249.6