1965 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 250.2 249.9 251.1 251.8 251.6 250.0 249.8 249.8 249.8 249.2 249.2 249.2 248.9 249.9 252.2 251.9 250.4 248.6 248.5 248.6 248.6 249.6 250.4 249.7 248.7 248.2 248.2 249.1 249.9 249.5 248.5 34 Hudson Bay 260.0 260.5 262.2 262.1 260.5 258.8 259.1 258.9 258.4 257.0 256.8 256.6 258.0 257.0 256.3 255.9 255.6 255.0 257.9 260.6 260.2 258.3 255.4 253.7 254.3 251.3 249.1 248.7 253.4 254.2 249.0 36 Hudson Strait 249.2 249.7 252.9 256.6 254.5 257.9 252.1 247.0 247.4 245.2 243.1 244.6 245.3 246.0 250.4 254.3 253.4 245.6 245.2 250.6 257.3 257.9 254.2 253.3 248.1 248.0 248.8 252.7 248.0 246.1 245.6 98 Bering Strait 251.6 249.9 250.6 249.7 250.2 249.9 250.8 250.6 256.9 257.4 256.5 258.0 257.3 257.2 254.4 247.6 243.3 242.9 249.8 249.1 243.9 243.3 247.3 247.3 247.3 254.1 260.2 258.3 250.3 246.8 245.3 128 Arctic subocean 243.0 243.3 239.5 240.0 242.4 242.7 237.5 239.9 238.2 241.7 243.5 240.5 237.3 235.6 234.6 232.4 232.6 233.3 236.9 240.9 241.8 242.0 241.8 239.0 238.1 239.8 244.0 244.1 242.0 240.4 238.1 130 Chukchi Sea 245.6 243.8 246.6 248.0 247.3 245.3 245.6 243.4 248.0 246.5 250.4 250.2 250.0 250.0 246.5 242.9 238.7 239.7 240.2 238.7 238.5 242.2 244.1 253.3 258.2 262.4 262.5 254.9 248.2 247.9 239.7 132 Beaufort Sea 259.0 256.3 256.0 256.0 255.6 253.7 253.9 254.0 255.0 256.9 256.9 259.2 257.9 257.2 261.1 260.2 256.2 255.1 256.4 255.9 251.8 250.3 250.4 248.2 245.0 244.4 243.2 244.1 243.8 242.0 240.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.7 242.9 241.9 240.0 238.8 236.7 240.4 240.8 243.4 246.4 246.2 245.2 244.4 246.0 243.9 247.1 247.5 243.1 242.3 244.5 242.5 241.2 242.2 240.1 237.8 237.6 238.5 241.5 241.7 239.4 236.1 136 Foxe Basin 243.7 243.3 242.6 243.6 244.5 245.8 243.0 244.3 242.8 240.1 240.4 245.6 245.0 243.2 245.6 244.4 237.0 240.8 241.5 242.5 243.2 247.1 246.7 246.2 248.1 240.8 236.8 243.3 242.4 240.0 238.8 138 Baffin Bay 240.9 241.5 242.2 244.9 244.2 241.2 243.9 244.9 244.3 243.2 241.7 240.3 238.8 237.9 237.8 236.0 234.9 235.5 238.0 241.2 244.5 245.2 243.5 238.8 238.7 240.3 240.0 238.5 236.5 236.6 237.3 139 South Greenland 249.8 248.1 249.0 249.1 247.1 247.2 251.4 248.8 244.9 241.6 240.9 240.6 240.7 242.1 246.1 247.5 247.7 243.4 240.8 244.9 248.3 250.4 250.5 248.7 247.8 246.5 245.9 243.1 246.7 245.1 244.5 140 Greenland Sea 239.4 242.4 242.7 244.2 244.0 239.9 238.5 241.0 239.9 237.9 236.7 236.7 235.8 233.9 235.6 238.2 238.4 236.5 235.9 239.4 240.4 244.8 243.6 240.0 237.5 236.6 238.8 237.1 236.8 236.2 234.5 142 Norwegian Sea 267.3 265.0 262.2 264.2 266.1 264.1 264.9 266.8 264.6 262.7 259.5 260.1 262.6 264.0 263.3 263.4 262.8 265.4 269.4 269.6 267.4 263.1 261.6 262.7 264.2 266.2 266.5 266.1 265.2 258.8 260.8 144 Barents Sea 258.7 262.0 264.7 262.3 264.7 263.9 264.1 264.1 260.6 256.5 258.8 264.1 265.3 265.0 264.3 260.6 260.1 258.9 260.7 264.1 263.1 263.2 257.8 253.7 257.3 259.6 262.2 263.5 262.9 262.0 259.7 146 Kara Sea 251.2 249.4 251.3 254.8 254.7 253.1 252.2 253.2 252.6 251.9 251.7 249.2 248.7 252.2 257.6 258.2 257.4 254.6 251.3 247.7 248.5 251.9 254.8 255.9 254.0 251.7 251.6 254.1 256.2 255.8 257.6 148 Laptev Sea 240.0 241.5 242.0 241.6 241.8 238.5 236.9 235.7 235.8 235.4 235.6 236.5 235.7 237.4 242.4 244.5 241.4 238.7 237.3 238.4 240.3 241.6 243.9 243.1 242.7 243.0 240.8 242.9 246.2 248.3 245.5 150 East Siberian Sea 239.0 239.9 240.7 241.1 241.4 240.1 240.1 238.7 238.0 238.4 239.2 239.9 239.6 241.1 242.1 238.4 236.0 235.4 235.1 235.1 237.5 239.2 243.3 244.5 241.2 239.7 242.4 241.6 238.5 237.6 242.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.9 260.9 264.5 263.0 265.9 266.5 265.7 263.3 269.9 267.8 267.9 270.0 270.3 271.9 264.8 261.8 258.1 260.1 269.6 264.8 258.8 257.7 254.9 253.4 251.4 255.3 260.1 260.7 256.6 253.7 255.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.3 255.5 263.6 260.0 255.4 254.6 253.9 261.6 271.9 270.9 271.0 269.8 268.5 262.6 252.2 247.2 249.3 258.2 261.7 249.5 242.0 244.1 247.4 250.1 252.1 264.9 268.5 266.0 258.1 262.1 254.6