1970 12 - 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 251.4 251.7 251.2 250.1 248.7 248.7 250.1 249.9 248.7 248.8 249.6 250.8 251.3 251.2 249.7 248.4 248.2 247.8 247.1 247.4 248.0 248.6 250.2 251.0 250.7 249.9 249.6 250.0 250.1 249.0 248.5 34 Hudson Bay 255.1 253.8 251.5 251.3 248.6 249.8 253.1 252.9 250.7 250.5 252.9 255.2 253.1 251.3 252.3 253.1 253.2 250.0 246.9 244.9 243.6 244.6 246.1 249.1 252.5 253.3 250.0 251.4 253.2 255.7 258.7 36 Hudson Strait 257.9 249.4 253.7 252.1 246.7 242.4 241.2 241.8 243.9 240.7 243.7 246.7 246.0 244.7 247.6 249.1 250.7 250.4 250.7 250.0 246.9 244.4 242.5 241.1 246.6 256.2 267.6 269.2 262.1 258.3 256.1 98 Bering Strait 248.3 246.6 246.3 246.7 249.3 249.8 249.3 250.0 251.4 253.5 253.3 254.6 255.9 255.6 253.0 255.3 258.7 261.9 260.1 264.1 265.3 259.9 257.2 259.0 251.8 250.3 247.5 244.3 244.7 244.1 242.3 128 Arctic subocean 239.4 235.4 235.3 235.7 237.1 242.4 240.8 240.4 241.1 240.3 240.6 241.0 239.9 237.1 235.0 235.6 234.4 233.8 235.7 235.6 233.7 235.7 245.3 247.7 251.9 246.4 243.5 243.0 242.9 242.0 238.6 130 Chukchi Sea 251.4 252.7 251.1 255.4 257.9 249.3 247.4 248.4 248.9 248.6 249.4 248.3 249.5 246.4 246.9 255.8 261.6 267.8 265.6 266.8 266.9 261.0 254.6 250.0 242.2 241.9 241.4 245.7 244.1 241.7 242.3 132 Beaufort Sea 242.5 240.8 241.6 242.9 243.0 244.4 245.5 246.0 248.4 251.3 252.0 254.5 256.0 256.6 254.7 251.6 248.9 246.1 245.4 245.4 251.6 254.1 255.6 258.1 259.9 257.3 254.3 252.0 251.2 252.9 252.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 236.2 234.9 235.2 236.8 236.1 236.8 238.8 242.2 241.0 239.4 236.6 238.7 243.3 245.9 244.7 242.1 238.4 235.6 233.5 232.1 231.3 231.4 232.6 231.3 235.7 238.1 239.6 241.8 241.4 242.5 244.1 136 Foxe Basin 241.3 237.5 236.7 234.5 233.5 233.8 237.7 242.0 242.1 239.2 239.9 237.1 236.0 240.8 246.9 244.1 242.0 238.2 239.6 240.6 239.4 241.8 242.9 238.5 239.2 247.8 253.7 259.1 263.2 256.6 245.6 138 Baffin Bay 239.3 240.0 240.8 233.5 230.2 231.8 236.6 234.3 234.1 232.9 233.3 233.0 233.9 238.1 240.3 238.8 234.3 231.3 230.6 232.4 240.9 250.5 258.6 258.5 252.9 244.2 246.7 251.3 257.6 256.6 252.8 139 South Greenland 246.4 248.4 246.3 243.4 241.0 244.9 253.7 246.5 241.4 239.1 238.3 237.6 245.2 252.9 250.2 247.4 242.2 239.0 238.7 246.1 256.0 262.7 263.5 260.1 253.0 248.9 252.6 258.1 260.2 257.4 254.3 140 Greenland Sea 239.0 237.2 237.9 234.9 233.4 236.7 238.9 237.8 234.7 235.0 234.5 233.6 233.4 236.0 238.3 237.4 236.1 235.0 234.9 235.0 240.6 250.6 259.7 261.4 254.2 246.7 247.1 250.1 256.1 258.4 253.7 142 Norwegian Sea 268.6 270.2 269.7 269.4 272.4 271.9 271.0 273.7 274.8 275.2 273.6 271.1 272.1 273.1 272.5 274.7 274.9 274.5 275.5 272.2 270.1 269.4 267.5 271.3 273.4 273.7 269.5 265.4 265.8 264.4 263.5 144 Barents Sea 261.1 259.7 260.8 264.9 262.7 258.6 261.6 265.9 265.6 266.3 267.5 263.7 261.9 258.3 254.4 258.5 263.6 266.4 266.1 264.3 262.2 261.6 261.7 261.5 260.9 261.5 264.7 262.0 257.2 253.9 259.3 146 Kara Sea 260.0 260.5 257.7 253.6 252.8 253.3 253.9 253.9 252.4 252.9 254.0 257.7 259.1 256.8 251.6 247.9 248.1 249.1 249.7 249.3 247.8 247.5 250.5 251.8 251.6 251.7 252.0 252.7 252.8 249.8 248.4 148 Laptev Sea 245.1 249.2 253.7 253.6 249.1 245.8 245.8 244.9 242.1 242.6 244.0 243.2 241.5 243.1 244.5 242.7 241.2 240.1 240.1 241.4 241.1 241.2 242.9 243.9 244.1 243.3 242.5 241.1 240.2 239.1 237.7 150 East Siberian Sea 251.3 256.5 254.7 254.1 256.5 255.5 252.9 248.6 246.0 243.3 242.2 240.6 240.4 241.2 242.2 241.6 245.1 248.6 245.1 244.3 245.4 243.8 240.2 238.7 238.2 237.7 237.6 237.0 236.3 235.3 234.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 251.0 248.6 248.9 249.0 250.8 256.6 261.5 265.2 264.9 267.9 266.5 270.6 270.3 269.2 264.7 261.1 260.9 265.6 262.1 267.1 268.7 266.2 268.4 269.6 267.0 262.7 257.8 258.5 257.9 255.3 254.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.2 254.4 252.3 250.4 252.2 251.2 254.9 256.7 256.9 254.6 261.3 264.1 262.4 262.4 258.5 264.8 269.6 271.9 270.2 274.1 271.2 270.9 273.0 265.8 267.4 249.2 245.2 247.3 246.3 245.6 251.2