1971 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 284.7 284.4 283.9 284.0 284.3 284.8 285.1 284.6 284.3 284.0 283.8 283.3 283.0 283.0 283.0 282.8 282.4 282.2 282.2 282.4 282.5 282.2 281.6 281.7 281.8 281.7 281.3 280.8 280.7 280.9 280.9 34 Hudson Bay 287.6 287.9 289.2 290.9 292.6 293.0 292.8 291.8 290.3 287.5 286.5 285.5 284.0 284.9 286.7 287.8 286.8 286.7 287.0 287.4 287.1 286.1 285.9 286.2 287.3 288.0 288.6 288.6 287.6 286.3 286.8 36 Hudson Strait 283.7 283.2 284.0 283.5 281.9 283.4 284.5 284.1 283.1 283.5 284.5 280.6 279.7 278.7 278.7 279.3 277.7 278.4 279.6 281.6 280.4 278.6 277.9 276.8 277.6 279.6 282.7 282.5 279.4 277.8 277.5 98 Bering Strait 285.9 285.3 282.3 281.5 281.0 282.4 283.2 282.6 284.2 283.8 282.7 283.3 282.7 281.1 280.9 281.2 281.8 282.2 282.2 281.8 280.7 280.7 281.2 281.1 280.5 280.2 279.8 279.4 280.0 280.8 280.7 128 Arctic subocean 272.9 272.5 271.8 272.2 273.2 272.6 271.8 271.5 270.4 269.9 268.9 268.6 268.4 270.3 269.7 269.1 268.6 268.0 268.2 268.6 269.7 270.6 269.8 269.8 270.7 271.1 266.8 264.9 261.4 262.0 260.1 130 Chukchi Sea 277.9 279.4 278.4 276.8 277.8 279.5 279.5 279.5 280.4 280.0 280.1 281.3 281.6 282.0 281.9 282.7 281.2 278.7 276.6 275.3 276.8 278.7 279.9 280.1 279.0 277.8 277.8 277.4 276.9 277.0 274.7 132 Beaufort Sea 289.8 290.7 288.4 286.1 285.5 285.7 286.0 284.8 285.2 285.9 284.3 281.2 280.7 281.6 281.8 282.7 283.2 283.5 284.4 285.8 286.2 284.7 283.1 282.7 282.6 282.3 282.0 282.3 283.1 284.4 284.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.7 282.1 282.8 282.0 278.2 276.8 278.2 278.8 275.7 274.3 272.8 271.9 273.0 273.5 273.0 273.1 274.7 273.9 274.2 274.3 276.1 278.8 278.8 277.3 276.4 274.7 273.4 273.4 273.6 273.9 272.5 136 Foxe Basin 279.4 279.6 279.8 280.2 280.7 280.0 278.0 278.1 278.0 277.1 276.1 275.5 274.5 275.5 274.6 274.4 273.8 274.3 274.6 274.9 274.6 273.8 274.2 275.5 276.4 276.5 275.6 274.4 273.9 273.4 273.1 138 Baffin Bay 270.9 269.5 269.7 270.8 271.7 271.9 269.8 267.5 267.0 267.5 267.0 266.8 269.4 269.8 268.6 266.4 265.4 263.5 262.4 262.9 263.3 264.6 263.0 264.2 265.8 267.1 264.7 263.4 262.3 260.2 259.5 139 South Greenland 270.6 270.3 270.3 270.4 271.4 271.6 271.5 271.3 269.3 268.6 268.4 268.0 271.2 272.7 271.1 269.1 267.1 265.0 264.4 263.3 264.6 265.7 266.0 266.1 265.9 265.2 265.3 264.2 263.8 263.6 264.1 140 Greenland Sea 267.9 266.7 267.9 269.1 270.5 271.2 270.6 269.9 267.3 266.7 266.9 266.7 266.8 269.9 269.2 267.0 264.7 264.6 263.4 264.9 265.1 264.8 263.2 262.9 264.7 263.7 262.1 260.4 260.2 261.8 261.6 142 Norwegian Sea 286.8 286.3 284.9 285.1 286.4 286.0 284.5 282.2 282.3 282.2 281.8 282.0 282.1 282.2 281.5 281.6 282.1 282.4 283.5 281.8 280.5 281.8 284.2 283.4 283.6 284.0 284.4 281.7 280.2 279.4 279.4 144 Barents Sea 282.0 282.3 282.7 283.2 284.1 286.1 287.2 287.4 287.3 285.7 284.8 285.0 285.4 284.2 284.0 285.4 282.8 282.2 282.7 284.8 284.2 280.3 279.2 280.3 282.1 284.0 282.5 283.5 285.1 285.5 284.2 146 Kara Sea 287.8 287.1 286.3 286.4 286.9 287.6 288.2 287.8 288.0 288.1 288.5 289.0 288.5 288.5 288.3 287.2 286.6 286.4 286.2 286.8 287.1 287.5 287.3 287.1 285.5 284.2 282.9 281.7 281.5 282.3 283.1 148 Laptev Sea 285.7 285.9 285.6 285.2 285.3 285.6 286.1 286.6 287.6 288.4 288.5 287.7 286.5 285.4 285.3 286.1 286.6 286.3 285.7 284.1 283.2 282.2 281.5 282.8 284.3 285.2 286.2 285.5 285.8 285.7 285.5 150 East Siberian Sea 287.9 284.0 281.2 282.2 283.8 284.1 283.2 282.1 280.8 282.0 283.1 283.8 283.6 282.9 281.0 280.5 280.6 282.0 283.1 284.8 286.0 284.9 281.9 281.4 281.7 281.9 282.3 282.7 282.5 283.0 282.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 284.7 283.5 282.3 282.9 282.4 282.2 282.2 282.9 283.6 283.4 283.2 283.0 282.8 282.2 281.5 280.8 281.5 281.5 282.0 280.9 280.7 281.1 281.3 280.1 279.5 279.7 279.1 279.4 281.3 282.1 282.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.9 282.7 283.4 284.6 284.4 284.0 284.2 284.4 283.9 283.4 284.4 285.3 284.4 284.1 284.1 283.4 282.8 283.3 283.0 279.5 278.7 281.7 283.6 283.1 281.6 281.7 281.4 282.3 283.8 282.9 283.5