1968 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 246.7 246.9 247.2 247.1 246.2 245.8 246.0 246.0 245.3 245.1 247.1 248.5 250.7 251.8 251.8 251.1 250.9 250.5 249.7 249.6 249.7 248.0 246.4 247.0 246.7 245.8 244.9 244.7 245.4 247.1 246.8 34 Hudson Bay 263.4 257.5 258.6 258.9 257.2 255.3 254.6 255.7 255.8 254.8 255.8 251.9 249.7 251.2 255.2 255.3 258.6 259.4 257.5 256.5 255.2 253.4 250.8 247.0 246.9 247.5 248.5 250.0 249.3 250.4 249.6 36 Hudson Strait 264.2 263.9 259.5 254.2 254.9 261.9 257.8 248.9 249.6 255.7 253.6 248.6 245.2 240.5 242.5 247.0 261.3 265.8 264.1 254.5 254.9 258.8 254.8 260.6 259.1 253.6 259.8 258.7 260.6 263.4 259.1 98 Bering Strait 242.5 245.6 243.5 247.4 248.5 248.1 245.5 248.0 245.4 244.4 246.9 248.6 251.2 249.9 252.7 255.8 249.0 249.4 260.9 259.6 256.6 256.9 255.0 257.3 252.3 248.7 244.2 243.2 244.1 242.0 240.9 128 Arctic subocean 245.1 242.2 239.1 234.4 233.1 233.0 231.2 233.7 237.6 240.1 242.3 238.1 240.4 240.8 240.5 242.3 246.4 249.7 249.1 242.2 236.5 234.2 232.0 236.3 237.2 235.0 234.6 237.7 241.9 240.7 238.4 130 Chukchi Sea 238.2 239.9 241.6 241.2 244.5 244.7 241.4 245.2 254.0 247.7 243.3 239.7 240.8 243.3 245.3 250.3 241.8 244.3 250.8 250.6 263.4 265.1 259.4 248.5 253.2 258.1 250.7 244.7 241.3 239.2 241.5 132 Beaufort Sea 250.8 250.5 250.9 249.1 246.4 246.0 250.5 250.2 248.2 245.3 244.1 246.5 250.3 254.2 256.7 258.8 262.5 257.7 254.0 254.2 251.7 247.9 246.4 248.6 247.7 243.5 240.4 239.8 240.8 241.5 242.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.8 238.0 239.1 240.2 237.5 235.8 239.7 243.8 242.0 239.7 242.0 244.4 245.5 244.6 242.0 244.0 251.5 253.5 249.3 245.8 243.1 238.1 236.5 239.0 240.3 242.0 241.8 239.9 240.0 241.9 242.6 136 Foxe Basin 249.2 252.1 250.3 246.8 244.7 239.0 236.4 239.4 249.4 242.2 238.0 238.1 238.4 239.8 241.0 246.4 251.4 250.8 252.2 250.1 248.7 243.4 234.7 236.9 255.4 266.2 259.7 263.5 258.3 253.2 248.9 138 Baffin Bay 247.9 246.8 245.9 244.4 241.3 239.9 238.8 237.6 239.9 240.0 241.5 242.2 242.7 241.1 239.6 238.7 240.0 240.4 241.5 240.1 237.4 235.8 239.6 244.0 244.1 253.4 254.7 250.3 248.4 248.1 244.8 139 South Greenland 254.8 259.4 257.5 254.5 251.3 253.1 256.0 254.8 250.4 252.5 254.9 251.7 250.5 245.2 245.4 246.1 244.0 242.7 240.9 242.5 241.6 240.7 244.2 247.8 254.4 257.6 260.1 261.9 261.8 260.3 256.8 140 Greenland Sea 248.0 245.1 244.7 244.1 243.4 240.6 242.2 244.8 242.4 240.1 239.6 239.1 237.7 239.4 238.3 238.2 239.3 240.7 241.2 240.7 239.2 236.2 236.1 242.5 245.1 247.6 250.1 246.1 242.2 241.5 238.3 142 Norwegian Sea 271.6 272.6 274.6 274.7 275.3 274.6 270.6 271.7 273.3 272.8 273.5 273.9 274.7 272.5 269.2 266.9 266.5 268.3 268.0 269.1 271.8 272.6 271.2 270.3 268.0 267.2 264.7 266.3 268.5 268.9 265.5 144 Barents Sea 253.2 254.9 254.3 247.8 252.2 251.7 249.9 246.8 246.0 249.1 254.0 260.2 262.4 265.0 257.8 252.5 258.7 259.5 261.1 259.9 259.9 263.8 265.2 261.8 262.5 262.0 259.2 259.0 261.0 264.3 263.4 146 Kara Sea 242.5 245.5 245.5 243.1 242.8 244.4 243.7 242.5 242.5 244.6 248.7 252.2 256.0 255.9 255.0 252.9 249.0 248.1 247.9 251.7 254.3 250.3 247.7 249.0 246.6 243.3 241.0 240.6 242.2 243.7 244.0 148 Laptev Sea 234.2 233.6 234.9 237.7 237.0 237.2 240.1 241.6 239.3 237.0 239.5 242.9 248.3 253.7 251.3 248.2 246.7 245.0 239.8 237.0 237.5 238.8 236.1 234.1 233.7 233.7 235.4 236.4 237.7 244.5 246.9 150 East Siberian Sea 237.9 237.6 242.9 256.2 253.4 243.1 239.5 238.1 237.3 234.0 232.4 233.2 235.3 239.5 241.6 240.1 238.9 237.5 236.9 237.9 239.6 237.3 237.7 244.7 244.3 243.6 242.8 240.9 241.3 244.4 243.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.6 260.6 259.1 260.1 257.6 259.6 258.3 257.2 257.2 260.4 263.2 266.3 266.8 266.0 268.0 267.6 257.0 261.4 270.1 263.0 263.4 259.8 261.4 262.9 262.7 259.5 256.2 255.9 254.4 254.8 254.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.8 248.7 247.2 250.4 247.8 245.4 244.9 246.6 247.9 251.3 261.7 258.2 259.2 256.0 262.0 263.5 258.6 271.3 273.0 267.7 270.2 266.9 262.9 264.5 263.9 260.6 257.9 260.1 260.8 257.0 248.3