1970 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 272.0 270.7 269.0 267.5 267.0 267.1 266.6 265.9 265.4 264.8 264.3 264.3 264.1 264.5 263.8 263.5 263.5 263.5 263.2 263.1 262.8 262.6 262.6 262.9 263.6 264.3 264.9 265.6 265.4 265.0 264.3 34 Hudson Bay 281.4 278.8 277.0 276.4 276.1 274.7 274.5 271.7 271.4 272.4 271.7 272.0 271.3 270.8 270.8 273.1 274.0 272.0 273.0 274.1 275.8 276.3 276.9 277.3 277.8 276.1 274.5 273.7 273.3 272.8 272.6 36 Hudson Strait 270.6 272.9 276.2 278.0 277.0 274.2 274.2 278.4 275.7 278.9 279.6 274.0 270.9 270.1 270.1 266.4 266.5 268.6 269.6 269.3 266.4 266.3 266.0 263.3 262.0 260.7 264.3 265.8 267.7 269.3 270.4 98 Bering Strait 269.3 268.9 267.8 265.2 264.3 268.2 270.6 270.7 268.7 266.8 263.9 262.7 263.7 265.5 263.5 261.4 259.9 260.3 257.6 260.5 257.4 257.9 257.2 255.9 254.2 253.5 256.9 263.5 264.4 263.2 265.3 128 Arctic subocean 255.3 255.6 256.0 255.4 259.4 258.5 253.9 252.3 247.6 247.8 248.1 246.0 249.4 250.7 251.8 247.2 248.7 251.9 249.8 240.9 242.3 244.2 248.3 253.0 258.7 258.2 253.6 250.5 252.1 254.2 256.4 130 Chukchi Sea 262.5 266.3 264.5 263.1 265.1 268.0 270.7 267.8 262.0 259.4 256.2 256.1 258.6 258.2 257.4 256.0 255.1 254.4 257.0 257.9 254.1 254.0 255.8 252.4 251.3 250.9 249.9 260.3 263.1 259.6 257.2 132 Beaufort Sea 274.3 273.5 272.0 270.4 266.9 263.5 265.3 267.3 268.9 268.0 267.7 265.5 264.3 267.2 268.0 267.6 263.2 265.5 267.2 268.1 266.5 265.3 265.6 264.8 264.1 262.0 262.5 264.7 267.9 270.9 270.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.2 262.4 261.2 258.9 257.3 256.2 255.8 256.6 257.0 256.0 255.4 256.0 253.0 252.9 250.5 253.1 253.5 252.2 252.3 253.3 253.4 256.1 259.8 265.7 266.3 263.9 264.3 262.2 260.4 264.1 263.3 136 Foxe Basin 266.8 268.6 270.6 271.4 271.1 268.4 266.8 269.4 266.4 265.6 269.3 270.1 265.2 262.3 260.6 261.8 265.5 267.9 268.9 267.5 263.9 261.8 260.9 262.1 264.3 267.8 270.0 269.7 271.8 267.4 268.4 138 Baffin Bay 253.2 255.5 255.5 255.8 260.3 263.8 259.6 252.8 253.3 251.6 253.4 256.5 257.4 256.2 252.9 248.2 247.5 249.5 252.1 256.1 253.6 246.1 244.9 248.9 253.4 258.1 256.4 256.4 255.2 252.7 252.6 139 South Greenland 260.3 259.7 256.1 255.4 259.4 265.1 263.9 259.6 259.8 257.5 255.1 258.3 261.7 265.6 264.0 261.5 256.1 253.2 258.6 262.8 262.0 257.3 253.1 247.7 248.4 251.9 254.5 255.0 253.5 252.4 250.2 140 Greenland Sea 257.8 255.1 252.0 251.2 253.8 257.7 257.3 254.7 251.2 250.7 249.9 255.1 257.1 257.0 255.4 250.4 246.5 246.9 248.3 250.7 247.8 243.0 243.3 246.2 251.3 257.1 255.0 252.9 247.3 247.0 247.1 142 Norwegian Sea 279.6 278.6 277.4 277.4 276.5 277.6 278.3 277.7 277.8 278.4 277.3 277.0 275.5 277.5 278.7 278.7 278.9 277.4 275.8 276.2 272.9 270.5 275.3 276.7 274.0 271.7 271.0 270.1 270.5 270.2 269.0 144 Barents Sea 275.1 273.3 272.8 273.1 274.7 274.6 271.9 271.0 275.0 275.3 275.6 275.2 273.7 272.1 270.3 271.2 272.9 271.2 271.6 273.8 274.8 274.0 273.4 270.3 273.8 273.5 272.6 270.8 268.8 268.5 267.1 146 Kara Sea 274.2 272.5 270.2 267.4 266.8 266.7 266.6 266.4 265.3 265.1 265.3 265.8 266.2 267.3 267.7 267.7 269.3 269.7 266.5 264.0 264.2 266.1 266.7 267.8 268.1 269.4 270.0 269.4 268.2 267.7 267.3 148 Laptev Sea 274.3 270.5 267.4 265.8 264.2 263.6 262.4 263.1 262.5 261.4 260.3 258.9 258.0 256.8 255.6 255.2 256.3 258.0 258.5 256.5 255.2 253.1 252.0 253.2 255.7 258.1 261.0 264.1 264.8 262.2 258.2 150 East Siberian Sea 267.1 270.3 271.5 270.8 268.1 266.8 265.8 262.0 259.9 258.1 257.0 255.1 256.6 258.0 255.8 254.5 253.0 251.7 250.1 251.0 254.4 255.9 255.9 253.4 250.0 250.4 250.8 251.1 252.1 252.6 253.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.3 273.7 271.4 268.7 267.3 273.7 272.4 274.3 273.2 273.3 270.8 273.6 274.3 271.2 268.6 267.0 268.3 265.3 264.5 264.7 264.3 264.8 263.1 261.8 260.7 267.0 269.6 271.1 273.0 272.7 276.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.1 269.3 268.8 269.0 272.9 278.4 277.7 276.9 276.2 273.0 276.0 275.3 274.8 269.1 265.1 264.4 263.4 261.5 260.3 261.0 256.9 257.0 257.8 259.9 261.3 265.8 260.9 274.0 271.7 265.9 269.0