1970 05 - 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 265.6 266.0 266.3 266.9 267.7 268.4 269.0 269.1 270.1 270.2 269.8 269.8 270.3 270.9 271.4 272.0 272.8 272.6 272.7 272.5 272.8 273.5 274.2 275.1 273.9 273.9 273.9 274.0 274.2 274.7 275.7 34 Hudson Bay 271.2 272.8 272.1 271.7 270.9 273.4 275.1 273.1 272.0 270.3 270.1 270.4 271.8 273.5 274.6 276.5 277.8 276.1 275.0 275.0 276.0 276.0 275.6 275.7 275.1 274.5 275.5 276.8 279.5 281.3 282.0 36 Hudson Strait 268.2 266.5 264.0 264.2 265.1 262.7 266.0 268.1 268.0 267.9 268.2 267.8 270.0 269.3 268.2 269.7 273.6 270.4 269.9 266.3 268.4 266.6 266.3 266.4 267.0 266.6 268.1 268.2 270.3 272.3 272.2 98 Bering Strait 267.6 267.6 267.6 267.9 270.3 270.5 270.9 270.9 270.9 272.1 271.3 271.1 270.6 269.8 270.8 271.2 271.9 270.5 270.2 270.7 271.5 272.0 272.5 275.5 273.4 273.1 272.3 272.8 272.9 274.6 278.5 128 Arctic subocean 250.0 250.7 253.6 256.3 257.7 258.7 257.9 260.7 260.8 258.5 254.8 254.6 255.2 258.8 262.2 261.0 259.5 258.3 260.5 263.9 262.9 264.9 266.7 264.3 263.2 262.9 262.8 264.5 265.1 265.6 265.2 130 Chukchi Sea 261.3 262.5 264.1 262.4 262.8 264.7 265.8 267.1 268.9 271.4 270.5 271.7 270.5 269.5 269.2 270.0 271.7 270.6 271.4 271.3 271.3 271.0 271.1 273.0 272.7 272.1 272.1 273.1 273.2 275.4 276.9 132 Beaufort Sea 270.7 270.1 269.6 268.8 272.3 272.6 272.0 271.7 273.2 275.1 273.6 273.1 272.1 271.6 271.3 272.8 272.1 270.6 270.5 270.5 271.8 274.0 275.6 277.4 275.8 274.7 274.3 274.9 275.0 276.1 279.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.3 256.1 255.8 256.5 257.4 255.3 255.2 256.0 257.9 258.0 259.0 261.3 261.4 261.2 261.2 262.7 263.0 263.5 262.6 262.5 262.4 263.7 266.1 267.2 268.0 268.9 269.8 269.5 269.6 269.3 270.3 136 Foxe Basin 255.9 255.7 256.0 255.6 253.4 253.0 256.8 258.9 260.3 261.8 263.4 263.0 264.6 266.1 266.4 264.5 262.4 264.5 262.4 263.4 264.2 264.7 265.1 265.5 265.6 266.7 266.6 267.1 266.8 267.1 268.2 138 Baffin Bay 244.4 248.0 250.3 250.8 252.8 254.5 256.7 258.6 260.8 259.3 259.0 259.8 261.4 262.6 261.2 261.3 261.3 261.4 261.8 260.2 260.7 260.7 260.8 259.8 257.6 259.2 259.6 260.2 261.0 260.3 260.5 139 South Greenland 258.4 257.7 258.5 258.8 259.5 260.1 260.7 263.4 266.6 268.9 269.5 268.9 269.0 268.0 267.8 267.2 264.8 265.5 265.7 265.5 265.2 263.9 263.7 263.6 263.6 263.5 262.1 261.2 261.3 262.4 262.9 140 Greenland Sea 250.4 254.0 258.4 257.6 259.5 262.2 260.5 261.4 262.9 266.1 265.6 264.4 263.7 263.3 263.6 262.2 261.9 261.3 262.1 260.6 260.1 260.4 261.4 261.7 261.3 260.7 260.8 261.3 261.8 262.3 261.9 142 Norwegian Sea 274.5 275.4 276.6 275.2 275.3 275.9 276.2 276.0 276.9 278.8 276.7 276.1 274.8 273.5 273.9 274.9 277.1 276.3 275.5 274.5 274.9 273.5 273.8 277.8 277.2 276.8 276.3 277.5 277.6 279.5 281.8 144 Barents Sea 272.5 272.7 274.8 275.7 276.1 275.9 274.3 274.7 274.7 270.6 269.4 272.0 272.5 271.4 271.0 271.4 272.6 274.2 275.4 275.5 275.1 276.1 279.8 280.8 276.7 275.8 276.5 275.6 274.8 276.5 280.1 146 Kara Sea 267.1 267.6 268.6 269.6 270.5 270.7 271.0 270.8 272.5 272.2 270.8 271.2 273.2 275.2 276.1 276.0 277.5 278.6 278.2 277.2 277.8 279.0 280.0 280.8 279.2 279.9 279.9 279.2 278.9 278.7 277.7 148 Laptev Sea 263.3 262.3 262.3 264.9 264.9 267.0 268.1 268.9 269.5 271.6 273.0 271.3 269.4 269.3 270.0 271.5 272.5 272.4 274.0 275.1 274.1 274.0 274.1 275.7 274.2 273.5 273.3 273.8 272.4 272.7 273.4 150 East Siberian Sea 266.9 268.6 267.7 266.1 267.2 265.6 265.7 266.6 267.6 266.3 265.8 266.7 268.5 268.9 269.1 268.3 268.8 267.5 268.2 269.6 269.6 270.9 270.8 270.5 271.5 272.9 273.1 272.8 272.5 271.7 276.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.2 270.6 269.2 270.7 272.3 272.4 273.3 273.2 273.7 276.6 274.9 273.4 273.1 272.6 272.9 273.4 274.7 272.1 272.0 273.2 274.1 273.9 274.2 275.9 274.1 273.9 273.2 273.7 273.4 274.0 277.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.7 269.8 270.4 271.8 272.0 273.8 274.4 273.8 273.0 275.8 275.2 273.7 273.2 273.0 272.9 274.7 278.0 274.2 273.6 273.6 273.7 273.6 275.5 280.2 278.4 276.0 276.3 276.7 277.4 278.1 280.8