1970 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 284.1 284.0 283.9 283.7 283.9 283.9 283.8 283.3 282.6 282.4 282.5 282.7 282.7 282.3 281.9 281.1 281.0 281.2 280.9 280.9 280.9 280.9 280.8 280.5 280.0 280.0 279.8 279.8 279.9 279.6 279.4 34 Hudson Bay 288.1 287.0 286.5 287.6 289.0 290.5 292.0 292.7 291.7 291.3 292.3 292.4 291.5 289.8 288.3 287.3 287.5 287.9 286.1 285.3 285.3 286.1 286.4 286.2 285.8 285.3 285.0 284.5 284.6 283.9 284.5 36 Hudson Strait 283.9 285.2 285.0 281.8 279.8 280.3 280.6 281.4 282.3 283.1 285.4 288.2 287.2 285.1 281.9 281.3 282.2 280.4 283.2 285.0 283.7 282.1 280.8 280.7 280.3 279.8 279.1 280.1 281.1 281.0 280.9 98 Bering Strait 281.9 281.6 282.0 281.6 282.4 281.8 282.4 282.2 281.4 281.3 281.0 281.5 283.1 283.4 282.6 281.2 281.2 281.4 280.8 279.7 280.3 279.0 279.2 279.8 280.1 280.1 280.4 281.7 281.6 280.4 279.6 128 Arctic subocean 272.1 271.6 271.5 272.3 272.1 271.2 270.4 270.5 270.2 270.3 268.7 269.4 268.9 268.3 268.6 267.9 267.6 267.3 267.0 267.2 268.1 269.0 270.3 269.0 268.1 265.9 262.3 262.7 263.6 267.5 268.9 130 Chukchi Sea 278.2 279.0 279.9 279.5 279.2 278.3 279.8 280.2 279.7 280.0 280.9 282.1 282.7 282.9 282.7 280.6 279.6 280.3 279.6 277.8 276.5 276.6 277.9 278.6 279.4 280.3 280.2 278.3 275.9 276.6 277.1 132 Beaufort Sea 285.8 286.4 286.8 286.1 287.0 289.3 289.3 287.4 285.9 285.2 284.6 284.6 284.0 284.1 284.9 284.7 283.4 282.7 282.9 283.5 284.6 284.9 283.6 282.9 281.5 281.6 281.4 281.5 282.5 282.7 282.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 275.8 277.3 278.3 278.6 278.0 278.9 280.1 280.0 279.9 278.9 279.5 278.6 277.5 276.5 276.3 276.0 275.1 274.9 273.6 273.5 275.0 276.1 276.5 277.2 276.2 276.2 275.8 275.2 275.0 276.9 276.8 136 Foxe Basin 273.7 275.2 276.7 276.9 276.7 276.5 277.1 276.9 277.3 276.7 277.1 276.8 276.3 274.3 273.3 274.5 274.1 274.3 276.1 277.1 275.4 275.3 275.3 274.7 274.4 274.1 274.0 275.2 275.6 274.6 274.2 138 Baffin Bay 268.8 268.1 268.7 267.5 267.2 268.3 267.8 267.1 266.4 265.4 263.6 264.3 265.0 264.9 264.8 263.3 264.0 264.7 264.4 266.3 269.5 270.8 269.4 265.1 262.3 262.3 259.7 257.4 257.2 259.5 261.9 139 South Greenland 267.6 269.1 269.5 270.8 272.3 273.3 271.5 271.0 269.5 268.2 267.0 265.1 264.3 266.9 270.3 268.4 267.7 267.8 268.1 270.0 271.3 272.3 272.0 270.6 270.0 267.2 266.3 263.9 262.0 260.5 260.8 140 Greenland Sea 269.6 269.5 268.7 268.6 266.0 265.5 264.2 264.4 264.2 264.5 263.5 263.9 263.3 263.4 265.3 262.5 262.8 263.7 265.1 264.2 267.8 271.4 270.9 266.2 262.1 259.9 256.6 255.9 255.3 255.5 259.2 142 Norwegian Sea 283.2 286.3 287.7 287.9 288.0 283.7 280.5 282.3 283.6 283.6 282.2 281.5 284.4 285.8 285.0 285.5 286.5 286.6 285.7 285.8 285.3 283.5 282.3 281.6 281.0 281.4 282.7 281.9 282.3 281.4 282.8 144 Barents Sea 288.5 287.3 286.3 287.2 288.7 289.5 289.3 287.6 285.9 285.9 286.0 287.5 288.1 287.0 283.8 283.2 283.5 284.3 286.0 285.2 284.5 284.4 283.1 279.4 278.2 278.4 278.7 279.4 279.7 280.4 280.2 146 Kara Sea 289.0 289.2 288.8 287.1 286.4 285.6 285.4 284.5 284.4 284.4 285.0 285.3 285.6 285.2 284.5 283.4 283.2 283.3 283.4 283.2 282.7 282.7 283.1 283.6 283.7 283.8 283.7 283.8 284.4 283.6 281.4 148 Laptev Sea 286.8 285.7 285.7 286.8 286.1 284.2 283.9 283.9 283.4 283.0 281.9 281.2 281.5 281.8 282.0 282.4 282.6 282.7 282.8 281.9 281.0 279.7 279.1 279.9 280.6 282.0 282.3 282.2 281.6 280.8 282.0 150 East Siberian Sea 280.5 279.4 278.3 278.4 281.9 282.7 280.7 278.7 276.8 276.6 279.1 282.0 282.2 280.4 279.1 279.2 279.8 280.4 278.4 281.0 280.4 279.3 279.4 278.6 275.6 276.1 278.2 280.7 281.2 281.3 280.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 282.0 281.3 281.1 282.1 282.7 281.9 281.2 280.1 279.9 280.7 281.2 281.9 281.4 281.0 281.1 280.4 279.5 280.0 280.2 280.2 280.2 279.4 278.8 279.2 280.2 280.1 280.2 280.4 281.3 280.7 280.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.2 282.1 283.0 283.0 283.3 281.9 281.6 281.8 282.3 284.0 284.9 284.0 283.8 284.6 283.8 281.6 281.1 283.1 281.7 282.5 280.9 280.2 280.5 280.9 282.1 283.8 283.4 282.5 283.5 282.0 281.6