1968 09 - 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 279.0 277.7 276.9 276.5 276.8 277.3 276.9 276.8 277.0 277.2 277.4 276.7 276.3 276.2 276.0 275.7 275.5 275.1 274.4 273.7 273.1 272.7 272.2 271.7 272.0 272.4 272.5 272.4 271.9 270.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 283.9 283.8 283.8 284.2 283.2 282.4 282.1 281.8 283.1 284.9 286.4 286.6 286.2 286.8 287.5 286.6 285.5 285.1 285.2 284.2 283.3 282.4 281.8 280.3 279.3 279.0 278.3 277.8 280.9 281.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 280.2 278.0 278.6 282.3 285.6 286.7 285.4 281.2 278.9 277.0 276.5 275.6 275.2 275.0 278.1 280.2 285.6 287.0 286.5 285.0 283.6 278.9 275.1 275.8 278.0 279.0 276.5 275.5 274.7 275.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 278.8 278.4 277.7 277.5 278.8 278.1 277.4 276.6 276.3 276.7 276.2 275.7 274.6 274.5 275.4 274.6 273.4 274.2 273.3 273.4 272.0 271.3 270.1 267.8 268.0 269.7 271.1 271.7 271.5 271.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 261.8 261.6 261.3 261.5 262.3 262.5 263.1 264.8 266.5 264.7 263.2 259.6 256.9 257.7 259.9 257.2 258.0 257.1 257.2 255.3 253.5 254.3 254.2 254.0 257.1 259.1 259.1 256.2 252.6 251.3 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 279.4 279.4 278.8 278.1 277.5 277.1 276.3 275.7 275.8 277.5 276.3 275.4 275.0 274.1 273.3 272.4 273.2 272.3 272.6 273.7 274.4 272.1 269.5 267.9 268.7 266.4 267.8 269.0 268.6 270.3 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 280.1 279.0 277.7 277.0 277.1 277.4 276.9 278.3 280.1 281.4 282.0 280.6 279.7 278.6 277.4 277.2 277.2 275.6 273.6 272.8 273.4 273.7 273.6 273.5 274.5 274.0 274.4 277.5 278.2 275.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 274.3 273.4 270.7 269.8 269.7 271.8 271.8 271.3 272.0 272.0 272.7 272.7 271.7 273.3 273.7 272.7 271.4 271.0 270.1 268.4 265.8 266.5 266.6 266.4 267.3 267.8 268.2 267.8 266.4 264.5 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 272.5 273.7 273.4 272.8 273.1 274.8 275.8 273.8 272.6 271.9 271.9 271.7 272.3 273.2 273.9 274.0 274.7 274.4 273.3 272.1 271.0 268.8 267.5 266.6 266.8 267.9 267.2 269.5 269.6 269.7 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 260.5 255.2 254.8 255.8 258.1 261.0 263.3 267.6 269.2 266.7 263.5 263.1 263.9 264.8 266.0 263.0 261.9 261.2 261.4 258.2 256.1 255.5 254.9 255.0 254.7 252.7 253.9 256.7 254.9 250.8 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 268.6 265.0 261.9 261.2 264.9 267.8 267.9 270.4 269.5 266.6 269.2 271.5 270.6 269.7 268.7 268.8 268.6 267.4 268.0 264.8 261.6 259.6 261.0 262.8 259.9 257.7 254.9 253.9 255.1 255.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 259.9 255.8 254.3 256.5 257.2 263.0 260.9 263.2 269.5 266.4 264.7 264.7 263.2 262.9 261.7 258.3 256.8 255.4 253.8 253.0 252.4 251.0 249.9 250.7 250.8 248.7 249.9 251.9 251.6 248.8 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 284.9 285.3 285.5 286.2 286.6 285.9 284.5 284.1 283.9 282.8 281.2 278.6 277.8 277.3 276.8 277.2 276.6 274.8 276.6 275.4 276.3 276.5 274.7 273.3 272.3 274.2 278.0 280.6 281.6 278.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 278.1 279.7 283.2 285.0 284.5 283.2 279.1 277.4 276.2 276.2 276.4 277.2 277.0 278.0 278.1 276.5 273.7 273.1 273.5 273.7 274.8 275.2 277.4 279.2 278.7 276.4 274.0 272.5 274.0 274.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 282.2 279.6 276.9 275.5 276.3 276.7 276.1 277.1 277.5 278.5 278.4 276.8 276.3 276.0 275.2 276.4 277.4 276.8 275.7 275.3 275.1 274.7 273.4 272.9 274.7 276.9 278.2 277.2 273.6 270.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 279.3 280.0 281.0 279.3 278.7 280.0 280.2 278.4 276.8 276.5 276.2 275.2 274.7 274.5 274.4 273.6 273.0 273.0 272.6 272.1 272.5 272.6 272.2 271.6 271.4 271.1 270.6 270.1 270.2 269.3 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 282.4 279.8 279.8 280.5 280.3 278.7 278.8 275.6 275.1 274.5 274.1 273.9 275.7 275.7 275.1 273.5 272.7 273.9 273.4 272.6 272.1 272.5 271.3 269.9 269.5 269.8 269.5 270.4 272.0 270.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.0 279.5 279.6 280.6 282.4 281.3 280.5 279.9 279.4 278.6 278.1 277.6 277.0 277.3 277.5 277.2 276.9 277.0 276.4 275.8 275.0 274.2 273.2 274.2 275.0 276.8 278.2 277.5 275.3 271.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.7 281.4 281.9 282.2 282.2 281.6 282.7 282.3 280.7 280.3 280.5 280.3 280.3 279.1 277.0 275.4 276.7 277.4 274.8 274.2 273.7 274.4 275.2 275.3 274.5 276.6 277.3 274.2 270.1 269.4 -9999.0