1969 08 - 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 285.0 284.7 284.6 284.2 284.1 283.7 283.4 283.6 283.7 283.6 283.2 282.8 282.2 282.3 282.6 282.8 282.6 282.4 282.2 282.5 282.7 282.3 282.0 282.1 281.8 281.5 281.3 281.0 280.1 279.8 279.9 34 Hudson Bay 290.1 290.7 290.9 290.7 289.9 289.4 288.9 289.4 289.9 290.5 290.9 291.1 290.3 289.8 290.0 290.1 288.9 287.3 286.3 288.0 289.7 291.0 290.0 289.5 287.9 287.9 287.5 287.6 286.0 285.3 284.6 36 Hudson Strait 285.1 285.5 285.8 283.8 284.1 282.1 282.8 283.3 283.8 283.4 281.9 281.2 281.8 282.5 284.3 285.6 284.5 281.8 279.7 277.9 278.2 279.6 280.5 281.1 280.0 279.3 280.0 281.0 280.7 278.5 280.4 98 Bering Strait 283.8 283.2 283.1 282.5 282.1 280.9 279.7 279.7 279.6 276.8 276.7 277.4 278.5 278.6 278.8 279.4 278.1 278.8 279.0 279.6 278.4 277.5 277.8 278.4 279.1 278.6 278.1 278.8 279.0 279.4 278.7 128 Arctic subocean 272.3 272.7 273.0 272.8 272.8 272.8 272.4 272.0 271.0 270.3 270.8 271.1 271.9 272.3 270.2 268.5 269.0 269.1 271.1 270.7 271.3 270.4 268.0 266.9 267.0 264.6 265.0 263.8 262.5 261.6 261.6 130 Chukchi Sea 281.5 278.6 278.1 279.4 276.5 278.8 275.4 279.7 277.9 274.2 276.4 276.6 277.9 278.1 277.6 277.9 276.2 276.1 276.5 276.8 274.9 275.0 275.7 275.9 276.1 276.3 278.0 279.7 280.1 279.2 279.6 132 Beaufort Sea 285.5 285.2 284.8 284.8 285.8 283.9 284.1 283.4 283.5 282.7 281.3 280.2 279.9 282.4 284.5 283.1 281.9 282.2 283.2 282.8 281.5 279.8 279.8 280.5 281.0 281.7 281.1 281.0 281.6 281.4 281.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 278.5 278.8 280.3 278.9 277.9 277.1 275.9 276.4 278.3 279.8 279.9 278.5 277.1 277.4 278.6 281.3 281.4 280.6 280.7 280.6 280.0 278.2 277.1 275.8 274.8 273.6 272.6 272.0 271.7 271.6 271.6 136 Foxe Basin 277.6 278.6 280.3 279.4 278.7 278.1 278.5 278.7 278.7 279.5 279.8 279.9 280.0 280.7 280.3 278.6 276.7 276.8 277.4 277.3 277.5 277.5 277.5 277.3 276.6 275.7 275.9 274.9 273.8 273.7 273.8 138 Baffin Bay 271.3 270.5 270.6 270.8 270.6 270.3 270.5 269.7 270.0 269.0 269.4 269.7 269.5 269.9 268.7 269.0 268.4 267.5 267.6 267.8 268.2 267.8 266.4 265.8 266.1 265.2 265.5 265.4 263.0 261.3 262.4 139 South Greenland 269.7 270.2 270.7 269.9 270.2 271.0 270.8 270.7 270.3 270.1 269.8 269.9 269.2 270.5 270.3 269.8 270.0 269.0 269.2 270.7 271.0 272.2 271.4 270.8 269.7 268.7 268.5 267.8 266.1 265.1 265.8 140 Greenland Sea 270.0 270.0 269.7 269.3 269.3 269.4 269.8 268.9 268.1 267.2 266.1 266.9 268.0 266.9 266.1 265.2 265.4 264.3 263.6 264.4 264.3 263.6 264.3 262.5 265.1 265.8 263.5 262.6 260.6 260.9 259.6 142 Norwegian Sea 288.3 290.0 289.8 289.6 289.8 289.6 288.0 288.2 288.9 288.8 288.4 287.5 287.4 287.6 287.2 286.8 286.1 285.8 285.1 284.6 283.6 283.3 283.6 284.0 283.9 284.2 284.2 284.0 283.3 281.9 281.6 144 Barents Sea 284.0 281.9 282.5 284.3 285.7 284.0 281.9 282.2 284.7 284.4 282.8 283.2 280.8 278.7 280.9 283.4 283.4 281.6 282.6 283.3 285.0 285.7 284.4 284.1 284.2 285.0 285.6 285.2 287.3 288.1 286.8 146 Kara Sea 287.9 287.4 286.4 285.4 284.8 285.2 285.7 286.2 285.6 285.0 283.1 282.1 282.4 283.0 282.8 283.6 284.0 284.4 283.9 284.2 284.3 283.6 284.0 284.9 285.2 285.0 285.0 284.8 284.5 284.7 284.4 148 Laptev Sea 288.8 289.1 289.7 289.6 288.9 286.9 285.7 287.1 287.9 289.1 290.2 289.2 286.2 285.5 285.6 286.0 286.8 287.6 287.4 286.3 286.7 286.1 285.9 285.8 285.1 284.6 283.8 282.6 280.6 280.4 281.3 150 East Siberian Sea 284.8 283.4 281.7 282.0 285.5 289.4 291.5 289.0 286.2 287.6 289.6 290.8 290.9 289.9 288.8 286.1 284.4 284.4 284.8 286.1 285.7 284.3 281.7 280.9 279.5 278.2 278.8 277.9 274.2 271.0 273.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 282.1 283.8 284.8 284.6 284.7 282.9 280.4 278.5 279.4 279.3 278.1 278.6 277.7 278.5 278.7 279.0 279.9 280.0 279.5 279.3 279.2 278.8 278.9 280.2 280.9 280.3 279.9 279.9 280.2 280.3 279.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 286.0 285.6 285.4 285.1 284.4 284.1 281.4 280.3 283.9 281.6 279.9 281.7 280.1 280.4 281.7 280.8 281.0 280.5 280.1 280.3 280.7 279.3 278.9 281.4 281.5 282.0 282.6 283.2 282.0 282.1 281.6