1969 10 - 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 270.4 269.8 269.7 270.0 270.1 269.3 269.1 268.7 268.9 268.5 267.9 267.5 266.9 266.6 266.2 265.6 264.8 264.1 263.0 262.1 261.8 261.8 261.2 260.7 260.7 260.7 259.8 258.8 258.4 258.7 259.1 34 Hudson Bay 275.6 276.1 276.0 276.3 277.6 277.7 278.0 276.0 274.7 273.2 271.9 271.3 271.8 272.7 272.3 271.0 269.6 269.9 268.3 266.1 265.7 264.7 265.6 265.7 265.4 266.1 266.8 266.9 267.1 268.8 270.1 36 Hudson Strait 270.1 270.1 269.5 268.4 269.9 269.9 275.4 278.9 275.3 271.4 270.8 270.8 269.8 269.0 269.8 270.8 270.7 268.2 266.5 264.7 264.0 264.5 267.1 266.6 265.5 264.2 264.2 265.6 267.4 265.4 265.3 98 Bering Strait 271.9 270.4 271.1 272.7 271.0 272.5 274.2 273.0 270.9 269.9 270.3 272.1 272.2 272.4 271.0 270.0 267.4 268.4 269.2 265.1 261.2 261.2 260.3 262.5 263.2 260.5 258.4 258.8 260.1 261.7 260.3 128 Arctic subocean 257.8 256.9 255.2 257.1 258.3 255.2 251.2 251.8 255.7 260.6 254.5 251.6 251.1 249.8 246.4 246.3 253.2 257.6 251.4 249.9 247.3 246.6 246.1 245.6 245.2 247.1 249.1 246.0 242.3 241.0 241.3 130 Chukchi Sea 269.1 266.5 266.2 265.8 266.7 267.4 272.0 270.4 269.4 270.3 269.1 270.6 269.2 272.8 272.5 271.0 267.5 265.9 264.2 264.5 264.8 268.0 268.6 270.4 271.2 263.2 257.1 256.4 255.4 254.7 254.4 132 Beaufort Sea 274.1 273.2 273.4 276.3 277.1 276.1 276.5 276.3 275.4 273.9 272.5 273.7 275.0 274.1 272.5 270.9 268.4 267.2 265.2 261.9 260.3 259.7 259.5 260.7 263.1 265.6 262.1 258.6 259.8 263.3 264.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.3 269.7 268.6 270.7 272.6 269.4 264.7 263.0 264.6 266.5 267.2 267.3 265.1 262.4 262.6 257.9 256.2 258.7 256.6 254.2 254.8 255.7 256.8 256.6 259.3 258.7 258.7 255.0 250.8 249.0 252.3 136 Foxe Basin 265.5 267.3 268.5 268.3 268.3 270.0 270.1 269.6 269.9 266.9 266.5 267.9 268.8 265.5 264.5 266.1 267.6 268.0 266.0 265.6 265.4 265.2 263.8 261.5 260.1 261.2 261.7 264.6 264.4 261.6 260.2 138 Baffin Bay 251.9 252.0 251.8 252.8 252.3 251.4 250.8 248.1 249.1 254.2 255.0 252.4 249.9 248.2 247.7 246.5 248.2 250.0 248.9 248.0 248.6 250.1 248.7 248.0 244.8 245.0 246.3 246.4 246.0 244.7 243.4 139 South Greenland 253.7 252.9 251.9 251.3 250.3 250.2 249.8 251.8 259.0 260.0 257.8 254.8 253.7 253.2 251.3 252.7 253.6 253.3 252.8 254.0 258.2 258.7 253.5 252.1 250.2 250.1 248.0 249.0 252.7 248.1 246.3 140 Greenland Sea 248.1 246.2 246.6 246.2 244.8 243.9 242.9 242.5 242.8 250.6 252.1 247.9 241.8 240.2 241.8 247.4 248.8 250.4 246.4 245.2 245.5 246.7 244.8 243.1 244.5 247.4 247.6 248.0 242.1 242.8 242.7 142 Norwegian Sea 274.9 273.6 275.0 277.0 275.9 277.4 279.4 278.2 277.9 275.1 275.8 277.0 276.7 277.3 278.4 279.4 277.9 279.8 279.3 276.5 274.1 273.4 274.4 275.3 276.3 275.0 274.1 274.4 272.3 271.7 271.2 144 Barents Sea 277.2 276.6 277.5 276.4 274.5 273.5 273.6 274.7 275.9 275.9 273.5 271.7 271.5 270.4 269.7 270.0 272.0 270.5 273.0 272.9 272.6 270.6 265.0 262.5 262.9 266.3 266.2 266.6 266.7 265.4 263.9 146 Kara Sea 273.6 272.8 272.8 272.2 272.2 271.4 272.0 272.7 273.0 271.7 270.6 270.7 270.6 270.6 270.7 269.4 267.5 266.2 265.3 265.5 266.6 266.4 265.4 265.6 264.1 262.5 260.0 258.0 257.2 259.4 261.7 148 Laptev Sea 268.8 267.6 267.1 266.8 267.0 265.4 263.9 262.7 262.2 262.5 263.7 262.5 261.0 260.9 260.6 261.8 262.0 259.4 258.4 258.8 256.3 257.7 258.4 256.7 257.8 258.2 257.5 255.2 253.4 252.1 250.3 150 East Siberian Sea 266.1 267.1 266.4 267.7 267.8 264.1 261.0 261.1 262.5 261.6 260.2 259.4 257.2 256.2 256.6 255.8 256.0 255.3 253.9 253.0 253.8 254.3 253.8 250.4 249.9 252.4 258.2 261.6 261.4 257.1 256.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.2 275.8 277.8 278.3 276.6 280.1 279.7 278.7 276.0 274.4 277.9 278.1 278.4 277.3 276.8 275.7 275.5 276.9 276.0 272.3 270.3 268.8 266.4 265.0 266.9 266.1 265.9 270.2 274.1 274.7 274.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.6 275.8 277.4 275.8 275.5 280.7 279.7 277.5 275.4 274.6 278.3 279.2 281.1 279.6 278.9 278.9 279.2 279.0 276.4 273.1 269.1 268.1 271.7 274.9 272.8 270.0 267.4 269.2 268.3 267.1 265.2