1970 01 - 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 249.6 249.4 250.2 250.6 250.2 249.8 249.8 249.8 250.2 248.9 247.5 246.5 247.0 247.7 247.9 247.6 247.8 248.6 249.1 248.7 248.8 248.1 247.5 247.5 247.0 246.4 246.4 246.6 247.1 247.1 247.5 34 Hudson Bay 253.5 252.8 253.3 253.3 254.0 253.0 250.7 251.2 252.9 254.7 253.2 248.4 247.1 247.2 246.4 245.8 245.3 244.4 244.8 246.4 250.2 251.8 254.1 254.0 253.0 251.4 252.5 251.6 252.1 255.0 255.4 36 Hudson Strait 254.9 260.9 259.7 252.3 254.7 261.9 262.8 261.9 260.2 257.3 258.1 257.4 261.0 258.8 252.6 249.0 246.5 246.7 247.0 248.2 245.2 241.8 244.4 246.3 245.5 243.4 242.4 245.4 244.0 239.4 244.5 98 Bering Strait 259.0 250.6 249.9 253.4 251.9 251.9 252.1 250.7 249.4 248.9 248.5 245.7 244.3 244.3 245.7 246.0 247.3 248.0 248.3 251.1 253.4 251.7 249.6 247.8 248.7 249.9 249.2 248.7 248.3 244.8 248.3 128 Arctic subocean 242.3 241.3 242.5 237.4 239.9 242.0 241.0 233.2 236.3 234.9 236.4 234.4 235.3 237.5 239.1 237.5 238.5 233.4 228.4 228.4 231.3 232.8 235.8 237.1 237.0 239.5 247.3 249.8 248.0 244.4 236.1 130 Chukchi Sea 249.9 242.8 244.7 254.7 257.0 251.0 249.3 250.3 249.1 249.0 248.5 246.8 248.7 249.4 250.7 248.5 246.1 241.8 244.5 245.7 250.1 246.4 243.6 242.1 241.9 241.5 239.2 237.2 241.2 241.1 244.2 132 Beaufort Sea 263.8 260.3 255.7 251.9 248.7 246.3 246.5 247.0 249.0 248.7 244.9 240.9 238.9 238.3 240.5 241.3 240.6 244.8 247.8 251.2 251.7 254.4 251.8 251.6 250.3 251.2 247.7 250.2 253.6 251.3 247.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.1 248.0 248.5 249.8 248.8 248.2 247.6 247.6 245.6 239.3 235.8 237.6 238.6 239.8 240.4 241.6 240.5 239.1 238.0 239.0 239.9 239.7 237.0 234.1 233.9 234.0 235.2 236.7 234.2 233.5 232.5 136 Foxe Basin 239.0 244.9 256.1 262.0 258.8 253.0 247.8 247.0 243.1 240.6 241.8 244.7 244.2 239.2 239.2 242.0 245.2 244.8 242.1 239.3 237.8 235.5 236.9 239.2 237.4 233.5 233.2 230.6 229.0 231.9 242.7 138 Baffin Bay 234.3 236.6 237.1 236.7 234.9 236.6 234.7 233.8 238.9 239.9 237.4 235.7 236.4 236.3 235.9 236.9 237.8 238.8 239.0 238.0 235.7 234.8 237.6 243.0 248.5 251.6 254.5 255.0 254.8 247.1 243.5 139 South Greenland 253.9 253.8 254.1 250.3 247.8 245.3 242.4 240.8 244.2 245.9 246.6 245.7 247.7 250.3 250.5 254.4 258.4 259.9 255.5 249.5 248.0 246.5 247.9 254.0 254.4 255.8 256.3 255.9 254.2 251.5 250.8 140 Greenland Sea 239.1 238.3 237.1 234.3 234.0 234.1 228.9 231.3 239.4 238.0 238.6 237.9 241.6 240.6 238.6 238.1 240.3 243.1 240.0 237.4 238.7 240.8 241.5 245.5 247.9 246.1 252.6 252.8 251.4 249.3 241.0 142 Norwegian Sea 267.2 265.3 264.7 261.6 262.2 262.5 264.4 269.8 269.5 269.1 267.8 267.4 266.4 262.4 261.2 261.4 264.4 266.1 269.3 273.5 271.7 270.4 268.5 267.4 266.6 265.9 264.6 265.3 270.2 269.6 272.3 144 Barents Sea 252.9 256.2 261.0 262.6 263.2 263.2 264.9 260.1 258.6 257.0 257.1 256.4 254.6 252.5 253.6 252.5 256.4 264.2 261.7 261.6 262.2 259.7 258.9 256.2 256.8 255.9 252.8 246.2 251.4 256.8 258.2 146 Kara Sea 250.2 249.6 249.8 251.9 253.3 254.2 255.9 257.7 256.9 252.8 249.8 251.0 253.2 254.7 254.4 253.1 253.7 254.8 253.5 251.3 250.8 249.1 247.2 247.4 245.9 242.5 243.4 245.8 247.0 246.5 248.3 148 Laptev Sea 237.1 241.2 245.5 243.5 241.1 239.4 239.3 240.0 240.5 240.2 240.3 240.0 240.3 243.7 245.5 246.1 244.5 243.8 249.5 248.0 244.3 241.8 242.5 241.4 240.2 241.4 239.6 239.0 238.1 240.5 240.5 150 East Siberian Sea 239.5 238.4 241.4 249.8 249.6 249.8 251.8 247.2 246.2 247.0 250.1 249.9 251.7 248.1 245.0 241.8 241.1 240.5 241.1 240.1 242.2 244.3 240.4 239.2 240.3 244.4 245.2 244.6 243.3 241.4 241.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.6 262.5 257.5 258.1 256.9 259.7 263.3 260.6 257.1 254.1 251.9 249.3 248.8 251.2 254.7 257.8 258.6 257.7 263.0 268.4 270.4 270.7 266.3 263.9 265.3 266.6 264.9 264.3 262.2 262.3 267.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.1 256.1 263.4 262.5 255.9 254.3 253.0 252.3 261.4 260.7 253.4 250.3 248.7 251.4 253.4 252.1 248.3 246.1 247.4 251.1 256.8 253.6 254.2 253.8 250.6 248.5 248.3 245.4 245.4 253.4 260.4