1968 04 - 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 260.8 261.4 262.2 262.0 262.0 262.3 263.7 264.5 264.9 264.4 264.3 264.1 263.9 264.5 265.4 265.3 265.4 265.2 264.8 264.2 264.0 264.7 264.7 265.1 265.9 266.2 266.5 267.4 267.7 268.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 262.6 260.2 260.1 259.7 262.7 266.5 268.8 269.1 268.0 268.6 269.2 268.2 265.4 267.4 269.8 268.7 268.3 269.5 270.6 269.8 270.0 271.0 270.8 269.7 270.7 270.7 271.4 273.4 273.4 273.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 269.0 261.5 259.6 257.3 257.0 256.8 260.3 262.2 264.5 260.6 260.1 263.5 264.2 262.4 269.1 270.3 267.0 270.1 265.6 267.0 265.1 265.1 270.5 270.3 266.3 268.6 271.1 267.5 264.2 265.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 259.7 263.7 264.4 263.4 261.3 260.3 261.2 260.3 260.9 257.6 257.7 261.4 263.0 263.0 260.3 262.3 263.7 264.2 264.3 265.5 264.8 267.7 268.8 267.5 265.2 266.5 266.4 264.2 262.3 264.5 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.2 245.1 249.9 247.1 249.0 250.7 253.0 252.7 250.9 249.4 248.1 247.6 248.5 248.3 249.1 250.6 249.2 248.3 245.8 243.7 244.4 244.4 245.4 246.1 249.7 249.0 248.2 248.1 251.8 255.0 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 258.3 257.1 254.7 254.8 259.4 259.6 256.9 254.6 255.6 254.8 255.6 262.1 261.2 256.9 256.4 258.9 258.5 257.8 261.9 262.7 266.3 265.2 264.8 262.1 259.1 257.4 257.5 253.3 254.6 259.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 257.4 259.2 263.4 265.4 265.7 264.7 264.1 264.0 265.9 265.6 263.1 259.8 259.7 260.7 260.1 259.3 262.1 266.3 265.6 264.8 262.9 265.1 267.7 269.1 266.6 265.7 269.0 271.2 269.9 270.9 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.7 253.3 254.1 254.4 257.6 258.4 258.8 258.5 253.3 253.6 254.5 255.2 254.5 253.5 253.1 252.0 251.7 253.6 253.1 254.1 254.4 256.1 255.9 254.6 253.1 253.5 255.8 256.6 257.1 258.4 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 268.1 266.4 264.0 265.3 266.3 261.5 262.1 258.8 261.3 260.4 254.6 256.1 255.4 252.9 251.9 255.5 253.0 256.2 257.9 256.3 255.8 256.4 258.0 259.1 255.7 256.1 260.6 263.0 260.8 259.4 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 251.9 258.8 261.6 257.3 255.8 256.4 257.6 257.6 255.7 255.2 254.6 253.6 254.2 252.7 252.8 250.5 252.7 249.4 249.8 248.7 248.3 247.2 245.7 246.7 248.9 248.0 248.2 253.9 260.7 261.2 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 257.7 260.8 263.5 264.5 262.9 261.4 260.6 261.4 260.9 259.8 258.9 260.9 260.3 260.0 258.7 262.9 265.3 260.3 260.6 257.1 255.3 254.9 252.9 254.0 257.1 256.5 256.8 261.1 262.4 263.6 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 243.5 252.0 258.7 255.3 249.8 249.5 252.1 254.5 255.2 252.8 251.7 250.8 252.0 252.3 251.9 251.9 254.3 249.3 245.6 246.0 242.7 245.0 246.1 250.9 255.0 252.9 248.8 249.5 253.3 256.5 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 270.9 270.5 270.3 271.4 271.0 267.1 267.8 269.6 270.6 272.3 274.5 274.6 274.5 273.8 273.9 272.2 273.2 273.5 273.9 275.0 275.3 274.4 275.3 275.7 275.2 275.0 274.0 276.7 275.5 275.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 258.2 259.0 258.0 264.5 270.7 272.1 273.1 271.9 270.8 268.6 270.5 271.9 271.4 270.4 267.0 262.8 263.4 268.1 268.9 266.5 268.8 267.4 265.0 266.9 269.7 268.8 268.4 267.0 267.2 271.3 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 264.4 263.7 264.2 262.2 259.5 260.6 264.0 268.3 270.4 270.3 269.5 268.6 269.6 270.9 273.1 271.1 269.4 266.7 266.7 265.1 264.6 266.1 266.8 267.6 269.6 271.5 272.5 273.6 272.6 271.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 263.2 264.2 263.6 265.1 266.2 264.4 265.0 264.7 264.2 263.7 264.3 262.9 262.1 264.1 265.8 268.3 269.3 268.5 266.3 267.0 267.1 267.4 267.7 266.7 267.5 267.0 264.2 265.3 268.8 269.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 258.2 258.4 260.1 259.4 257.9 258.4 257.6 252.9 255.7 257.6 257.8 258.8 258.7 257.9 260.3 261.9 262.5 265.1 263.3 264.1 266.8 262.9 256.8 259.8 261.9 262.1 262.8 260.3 258.1 256.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.3 270.4 271.2 270.6 268.9 267.5 268.9 267.1 264.6 262.2 263.7 268.6 270.3 269.2 268.0 269.5 270.1 269.4 267.9 267.7 268.4 272.1 273.1 272.5 270.5 272.6 271.9 271.1 269.9 270.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.9 273.0 272.0 270.5 268.7 261.0 260.1 257.0 257.8 259.2 269.1 272.6 269.2 269.1 267.3 272.0 267.8 268.3 271.6 272.7 272.6 272.5 271.6 272.6 271.9 273.3 269.3 266.2 266.4 269.9 -9999.0