1966 01 - 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 248.6 248.9 248.4 246.9 245.3 244.5 244.9 245.4 246.3 245.6 245.2 245.7 245.2 244.5 244.6 245.0 245.7 246.5 247.2 246.5 246.5 246.6 246.5 246.8 247.2 246.2 245.4 245.4 245.2 245.7 246.5 34 Hudson Bay 249.4 248.5 248.8 245.8 244.6 245.4 245.4 248.6 247.8 247.3 246.8 249.5 250.5 248.7 249.3 252.7 255.2 256.4 253.8 248.1 244.1 242.3 243.6 244.2 243.8 242.7 241.4 244.5 247.6 252.4 254.8 36 Hudson Strait 241.1 244.2 246.0 247.7 243.4 242.9 243.9 246.4 245.0 237.6 241.2 238.8 240.6 249.5 267.8 267.6 263.6 262.4 260.6 259.5 255.7 248.8 250.6 257.6 256.8 248.6 257.0 264.1 262.8 262.0 262.6 98 Bering Strait 245.0 248.6 251.4 250.5 246.9 243.5 249.2 247.3 246.0 245.7 244.8 244.1 245.1 245.5 247.3 246.3 241.9 241.5 247.9 248.7 246.5 249.6 256.8 257.3 255.1 255.2 254.2 250.7 247.6 248.3 252.7 128 Arctic subocean 236.6 233.5 236.3 241.1 229.2 221.8 224.6 232.2 236.0 241.7 240.2 241.0 234.6 236.6 234.8 236.5 238.7 238.2 238.2 235.4 234.3 230.2 232.3 229.6 231.9 239.8 239.2 242.2 245.1 243.5 240.7 130 Chukchi Sea 247.1 258.5 258.9 256.7 251.2 245.5 246.1 248.3 245.9 245.7 246.8 245.9 247.1 247.0 247.8 244.2 241.6 244.7 242.4 240.8 246.1 251.8 260.4 262.4 262.7 257.7 258.8 257.3 251.4 243.6 240.9 132 Beaufort Sea 240.8 241.2 240.1 238.9 238.3 239.7 243.5 242.5 241.4 241.2 243.7 243.9 245.4 246.2 244.1 248.9 247.9 243.9 241.4 239.5 239.2 240.2 242.2 243.3 241.9 237.7 238.9 240.6 243.8 244.4 244.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 236.2 235.5 234.7 239.9 247.3 247.7 238.8 232.1 233.0 230.7 228.7 232.2 235.0 236.7 238.8 239.0 236.6 236.2 234.5 231.8 233.5 234.5 229.8 228.0 230.7 231.6 229.9 231.2 235.8 238.6 239.1 136 Foxe Basin 240.0 239.3 238.4 237.9 240.6 244.1 246.7 240.6 235.4 229.8 232.1 227.8 234.9 240.5 246.3 249.0 253.1 251.4 250.2 249.6 243.8 234.6 232.4 237.8 246.9 236.7 241.2 243.2 239.3 238.7 244.0 138 Baffin Bay 235.8 234.0 234.4 236.7 233.2 230.7 232.2 235.5 243.5 245.6 245.9 242.4 234.4 238.8 236.9 234.5 240.8 245.8 247.5 240.5 238.3 233.8 228.2 228.4 233.7 236.4 236.3 237.9 240.5 242.7 240.2 139 South Greenland 243.7 243.7 245.4 245.5 244.1 242.1 244.0 245.0 248.0 250.4 255.3 256.8 255.0 258.8 257.3 250.1 247.4 247.5 248.6 249.9 249.9 245.1 237.6 237.8 240.0 242.1 243.3 241.7 240.1 242.9 244.4 140 Greenland Sea 233.2 232.9 233.3 235.3 232.2 231.6 231.0 235.1 239.8 243.8 246.3 251.3 244.4 243.6 241.0 239.5 240.3 239.2 242.3 241.7 237.3 234.1 228.6 229.2 232.2 235.6 235.2 238.9 240.2 239.8 239.3 142 Norwegian Sea 260.1 259.5 261.0 266.1 268.2 273.3 272.8 271.1 268.6 268.6 266.5 264.3 262.1 261.8 264.6 266.9 263.6 260.9 262.7 262.3 265.1 266.0 263.4 264.8 265.3 266.5 264.0 260.5 263.9 266.7 263.9 144 Barents Sea 255.8 251.9 252.7 250.8 248.8 249.6 254.5 259.6 259.4 258.3 259.7 255.8 248.1 249.7 251.0 252.7 253.6 252.7 256.5 257.1 253.6 255.1 257.9 260.0 254.8 254.7 256.3 251.2 251.9 248.2 245.1 146 Kara Sea 259.5 259.6 257.6 253.8 252.4 251.7 249.8 250.4 253.4 251.1 249.4 250.9 249.6 245.2 244.0 244.4 247.0 248.3 248.4 250.0 251.3 251.9 251.7 252.0 253.3 251.5 250.5 251.5 249.3 247.1 247.8 148 Laptev Sea 246.0 248.9 247.2 244.9 240.4 236.7 237.1 236.8 237.6 238.1 235.8 233.5 234.9 234.2 234.5 233.9 234.2 237.7 240.9 242.2 246.2 248.4 247.1 245.0 245.8 245.4 241.4 237.4 235.5 237.2 237.0 150 East Siberian Sea 241.5 237.5 236.9 238.4 239.6 239.2 239.6 237.9 235.5 235.1 234.9 238.2 238.2 237.1 236.3 236.4 237.1 238.4 239.3 238.7 240.6 241.0 240.8 241.8 244.1 241.7 239.2 241.3 240.7 242.0 245.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 250.6 250.5 252.2 253.0 254.0 255.4 261.6 257.9 259.8 258.0 256.3 257.8 261.2 264.0 266.7 266.3 259.7 260.7 266.5 263.8 260.1 262.7 266.4 266.0 263.2 265.3 263.7 259.0 259.6 265.2 269.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 248.0 257.5 262.6 258.4 259.4 262.3 266.4 266.3 264.6 263.8 264.5 262.6 256.8 260.0 262.9 256.1 258.3 266.7 270.3 263.4 264.9 271.6 272.9 272.1 267.5 272.0 271.4 265.7 261.3 261.8 266.8