1968 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 248.4 248.4 247.8 247.1 247.1 247.6 247.8 247.5 246.8 247.8 248.4 247.7 247.8 247.8 247.9 247.8 248.3 249.2 249.3 248.7 248.3 248.2 248.9 248.5 247.6 247.0 246.3 246.8 247.0 246.5 246.9 34 Hudson Bay 241.2 240.0 240.5 240.3 239.2 237.3 237.2 240.3 241.4 246.0 252.2 251.9 254.2 254.3 255.1 257.0 259.4 261.4 262.7 261.8 259.6 254.8 254.3 256.8 258.0 252.5 247.0 246.6 248.9 250.3 251.0 36 Hudson Strait 251.6 242.4 238.0 236.5 236.5 242.4 244.6 244.8 244.0 244.7 248.0 248.5 250.6 251.3 242.7 242.2 246.5 251.4 255.1 253.2 247.4 243.5 242.4 242.5 248.7 253.1 250.5 244.1 241.6 250.1 248.7 98 Bering Strait 262.7 265.0 262.4 259.8 261.3 261.7 261.4 258.1 257.3 256.8 251.7 248.3 250.6 251.5 248.6 248.1 245.0 243.7 244.4 244.1 245.7 249.8 254.6 250.4 251.4 262.1 260.8 258.0 257.7 247.1 244.2 128 Arctic subocean 237.7 239.5 239.9 241.2 242.0 241.3 240.2 238.2 233.1 231.9 234.2 235.9 240.6 240.6 239.7 238.2 235.5 234.8 236.1 235.4 235.5 234.8 233.9 231.4 233.7 232.3 230.2 232.5 233.0 232.3 231.3 130 Chukchi Sea 265.7 265.2 261.0 266.2 264.0 267.7 265.2 263.8 256.9 255.6 260.5 261.8 255.9 247.2 245.0 242.7 240.5 240.7 239.9 238.8 234.8 242.0 245.8 241.2 248.2 257.8 249.9 254.8 248.9 242.9 240.4 132 Beaufort Sea 250.2 251.5 248.9 248.0 243.2 245.6 246.2 247.3 246.3 245.4 243.9 245.6 247.5 253.7 257.1 256.5 253.1 253.9 252.9 254.5 252.7 253.1 260.5 259.6 251.7 249.5 249.6 248.2 245.9 243.1 240.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 232.6 235.0 238.5 236.1 239.9 240.3 236.1 237.0 238.6 238.5 242.6 242.5 240.6 241.3 244.9 244.4 243.3 240.7 239.3 238.1 237.5 237.7 237.4 235.9 232.8 235.4 236.6 238.9 237.2 234.6 234.5 136 Foxe Basin 238.8 247.8 241.6 240.7 237.9 240.1 243.8 243.0 243.7 243.5 245.6 242.6 245.7 241.7 241.2 243.7 244.1 242.4 242.9 240.3 240.5 239.3 236.3 237.8 240.3 236.7 235.3 237.8 238.6 240.2 238.7 138 Baffin Bay 229.2 233.9 240.1 243.9 241.5 238.5 236.0 238.1 241.2 242.9 245.9 242.0 238.1 235.5 237.0 238.5 237.7 237.1 237.7 237.9 238.7 237.0 238.3 238.0 233.5 231.5 229.1 231.4 231.4 230.7 232.1 139 South Greenland 237.4 242.6 245.2 246.7 245.9 244.2 245.6 248.4 249.7 254.7 254.0 249.2 248.0 244.6 244.5 244.7 247.6 250.9 247.4 243.5 245.6 245.2 251.6 248.0 243.7 241.4 241.1 245.0 240.7 241.2 243.6 140 Greenland Sea 232.1 234.6 238.0 237.3 236.9 235.1 234.6 234.6 236.7 237.3 242.0 240.0 236.2 233.9 235.3 235.5 235.6 236.8 238.6 238.1 239.3 237.4 235.8 237.5 233.9 230.4 232.4 235.1 235.5 235.9 232.9 142 Norwegian Sea 266.7 266.2 265.5 264.1 263.4 261.7 262.3 263.5 264.5 260.9 263.2 264.2 263.3 267.5 268.2 265.0 265.0 265.9 271.0 274.9 273.4 272.4 270.3 268.8 268.0 266.2 269.2 268.1 269.0 268.9 268.3 144 Barents Sea 255.1 251.6 250.2 253.3 255.6 250.8 250.5 250.7 250.1 249.9 246.1 246.7 248.7 254.0 256.4 254.0 250.6 250.9 253.9 254.5 254.4 253.7 250.9 247.8 245.7 246.4 248.9 253.4 259.9 261.3 262.6 146 Kara Sea 256.1 255.8 255.4 253.2 254.2 256.7 256.0 253.0 252.2 251.8 252.0 252.7 251.7 249.9 249.6 249.3 249.6 249.3 247.3 246.3 247.0 248.1 248.5 248.6 248.3 247.7 248.3 249.0 249.2 249.7 249.9 148 Laptev Sea 244.3 242.5 240.8 240.1 240.5 241.2 245.1 245.2 240.8 240.7 240.9 239.0 238.7 237.4 237.0 237.6 242.3 245.5 246.7 246.3 244.8 244.6 243.4 244.9 244.7 243.5 242.7 242.2 241.9 240.9 244.2 150 East Siberian Sea 244.0 244.2 241.4 240.7 242.0 243.2 243.8 242.0 243.3 250.7 248.4 245.0 245.0 246.9 244.0 240.2 239.5 242.7 249.2 247.2 246.8 246.9 243.9 239.7 239.0 240.7 242.6 245.1 246.1 251.1 256.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.7 270.0 267.3 263.6 264.8 263.1 261.2 259.2 259.7 259.5 254.2 251.2 254.2 257.6 257.4 259.9 260.7 259.7 257.6 259.8 258.0 267.4 268.7 262.3 263.1 266.4 265.3 263.2 264.5 255.7 249.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.0 272.1 266.0 270.6 266.6 263.7 264.7 262.0 261.4 259.4 257.9 256.4 255.0 255.3 250.2 248.7 248.0 246.6 243.8 243.3 256.2 260.3 255.9 264.9 272.0 272.8 267.2 263.2 266.1 259.7 250.6