1970 11 - 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 263.5 263.7 263.4 262.5 261.5 260.0 258.9 257.8 256.8 256.2 254.8 254.7 255.9 256.3 255.7 254.0 252.5 252.6 253.3 253.7 253.1 251.4 251.1 251.3 251.4 250.2 251.1 252.5 252.2 251.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 272.3 271.5 270.6 270.6 268.9 265.3 262.9 262.8 262.8 263.6 261.4 260.0 259.3 262.5 264.7 263.7 263.0 262.5 262.0 259.1 257.4 256.6 257.0 259.7 258.9 256.7 253.3 251.7 256.4 256.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 268.5 268.1 267.2 265.8 263.3 260.3 263.9 263.8 263.2 265.5 267.4 265.5 260.2 259.0 259.2 256.8 254.7 257.1 260.0 265.2 268.4 269.5 268.4 266.4 264.7 262.7 264.0 260.3 258.2 263.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 267.8 269.2 269.2 268.3 264.5 259.2 259.9 259.4 259.4 257.8 257.4 260.7 264.0 261.6 259.4 254.2 255.3 258.4 258.8 257.2 260.2 254.9 252.7 252.0 255.2 248.9 256.0 257.4 250.2 249.1 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 251.4 251.7 245.7 242.2 241.6 242.3 241.7 244.9 244.5 245.7 244.9 242.3 241.1 240.1 239.0 239.2 238.1 239.6 243.0 245.7 249.9 248.5 243.2 241.7 243.6 241.8 241.3 240.6 242.9 242.7 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 254.6 259.6 267.3 268.8 265.7 260.8 263.8 266.2 267.2 262.3 257.8 252.8 254.9 254.8 255.4 261.3 260.9 256.7 256.7 257.2 251.1 256.7 251.8 254.6 252.0 249.8 260.7 251.9 247.1 255.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 271.7 270.1 269.6 266.9 264.9 259.7 257.8 257.6 256.9 255.6 258.6 260.0 264.2 264.0 261.5 257.9 255.6 255.3 254.1 252.6 252.5 251.1 252.4 249.4 246.6 244.1 243.8 252.1 251.7 246.2 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.8 267.2 262.5 256.1 251.1 249.1 247.9 246.6 243.9 244.6 242.5 244.5 250.1 249.5 247.2 247.2 247.6 244.3 242.8 244.7 243.7 243.7 242.8 241.2 241.5 239.3 239.9 241.1 238.7 237.9 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 263.8 260.2 262.2 255.6 253.5 259.3 257.4 253.4 249.6 254.8 254.5 252.2 247.7 248.8 241.6 242.5 249.5 256.9 258.7 253.7 245.7 246.5 251.6 260.1 256.3 250.5 261.2 260.8 252.3 248.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 248.3 247.1 246.6 244.3 246.2 247.5 248.2 246.0 243.5 240.7 240.0 242.0 241.5 240.6 239.1 237.8 237.9 239.7 243.9 246.2 247.3 244.2 243.3 250.8 256.3 249.8 247.2 251.5 249.1 241.4 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 249.1 249.0 250.2 248.4 250.3 254.5 256.5 251.8 249.3 249.0 246.7 249.5 246.1 244.3 246.0 247.0 246.4 243.9 246.0 249.6 248.6 248.9 251.1 255.1 261.2 260.0 251.6 250.9 246.5 244.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 246.2 243.3 242.1 239.8 240.6 243.0 242.4 244.0 240.1 240.3 238.7 237.3 240.0 236.3 237.6 238.6 237.7 238.2 240.6 242.6 244.7 246.6 244.1 249.6 253.9 253.8 247.9 247.9 247.2 241.2 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 268.6 268.5 267.5 268.4 267.7 270.1 269.2 268.6 264.5 262.5 267.2 267.0 268.3 268.4 269.6 269.5 270.5 270.7 273.3 275.1 273.7 274.1 273.7 272.5 272.1 270.6 274.8 270.2 265.5 266.1 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 265.7 265.6 265.8 264.7 264.5 262.0 260.5 258.5 256.7 259.0 257.7 256.0 257.2 259.3 256.9 259.3 261.8 265.6 268.0 269.3 267.9 267.5 266.6 265.6 265.3 265.3 264.4 264.6 263.6 261.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 267.6 268.2 267.6 267.2 265.8 264.2 263.0 262.4 262.4 260.4 257.5 257.6 259.5 260.6 258.4 255.2 251.1 250.8 252.5 255.4 255.3 253.0 252.9 251.6 251.1 252.2 254.8 257.6 259.2 259.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 255.0 256.9 258.3 259.8 261.3 261.5 257.6 254.4 251.8 251.4 250.5 248.5 247.2 247.9 250.8 249.5 247.5 248.2 248.7 246.8 243.5 240.9 238.7 239.3 239.1 240.0 243.1 244.1 243.0 243.3 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 251.1 248.5 247.1 246.0 246.0 246.8 248.0 248.4 248.6 249.0 247.1 248.3 254.4 251.9 250.2 247.5 245.7 244.8 244.5 242.6 245.9 242.5 244.1 243.4 241.0 237.7 239.3 239.0 241.0 243.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.9 273.5 274.0 272.9 270.6 269.0 271.0 270.2 269.6 268.9 270.9 272.2 271.4 269.3 266.2 261.5 265.1 265.6 260.5 263.1 264.8 260.7 260.5 258.1 266.0 257.5 263.1 266.5 257.0 250.5 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.1 272.0 273.7 270.4 265.9 266.8 272.5 274.7 273.8 272.0 268.1 266.1 265.0 267.4 264.7 264.0 273.0 269.9 268.9 272.0 264.8 263.1 265.4 269.9 271.8 264.2 273.7 269.4 259.3 255.8 -9999.0