1971 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 270.1 270.5 270.7 270.4 270.0 269.7 269.6 269.2 269.3 269.4 268.5 268.0 268.0 267.8 267.0 265.8 265.1 265.0 264.7 265.1 265.1 265.3 265.2 264.7 264.1 263.3 262.3 260.7 259.8 258.7 258.1 34 Hudson Bay 278.5 278.2 278.6 279.7 279.3 278.2 277.5 276.0 277.2 277.4 274.5 273.7 274.9 274.3 271.9 269.2 270.7 274.3 276.5 277.1 277.1 275.7 276.3 277.0 278.2 274.6 271.5 267.2 264.5 266.6 268.2 36 Hudson Strait 273.7 272.9 270.0 269.8 273.7 273.5 271.5 270.8 269.1 269.9 272.7 272.2 272.5 271.0 270.8 269.7 267.5 265.9 265.8 272.8 273.1 273.2 270.0 271.2 272.9 273.3 272.9 272.6 269.9 265.9 265.9 98 Bering Strait 270.1 268.9 268.4 264.5 264.8 264.8 265.8 270.2 267.7 269.4 268.9 265.3 265.6 264.7 266.7 268.9 267.6 264.5 261.9 258.7 256.2 258.1 260.7 258.7 257.9 260.7 263.4 263.9 262.5 260.7 259.0 128 Arctic subocean 261.4 259.0 258.6 256.1 253.6 250.1 249.3 250.1 252.7 252.9 254.3 254.8 254.5 249.3 245.6 247.6 247.7 245.8 246.2 250.7 248.3 247.2 246.7 244.8 245.4 244.6 245.4 243.7 241.4 240.3 241.2 130 Chukchi Sea 266.0 266.0 264.8 262.7 262.2 266.4 266.3 264.5 262.9 263.7 265.0 265.8 263.3 268.8 272.4 271.7 268.9 266.5 263.3 260.1 263.1 264.9 263.7 260.5 260.9 268.4 270.9 266.2 263.1 262.2 260.5 132 Beaufort Sea 271.1 273.9 274.6 273.6 272.6 273.3 272.8 274.0 274.8 273.8 271.9 270.8 267.7 266.2 263.9 264.7 270.0 270.1 267.4 265.7 265.3 266.0 268.7 267.6 266.5 264.0 261.4 261.5 266.6 267.0 263.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.0 264.8 264.8 264.5 263.6 261.6 263.2 262.5 264.7 260.9 257.6 259.6 259.4 257.2 255.5 254.1 257.6 263.1 266.0 265.7 263.3 259.7 256.5 256.3 256.6 254.7 253.1 252.7 252.9 255.5 256.3 136 Foxe Basin 270.6 268.9 269.7 269.8 269.0 267.9 266.8 266.2 267.9 268.8 268.3 268.2 265.5 262.5 263.5 262.6 261.2 261.9 265.3 269.0 268.6 266.0 264.7 262.4 263.8 268.0 270.2 266.9 262.1 259.9 262.3 138 Baffin Bay 256.0 259.0 258.4 256.2 253.6 252.6 247.8 242.8 242.1 243.6 246.3 248.3 249.0 247.5 247.4 247.5 246.8 244.2 243.4 250.0 253.8 255.0 249.4 246.2 245.5 247.9 247.7 250.2 250.2 247.0 245.0 139 South Greenland 253.5 257.0 257.5 259.7 260.1 256.8 255.2 252.7 249.8 247.0 248.4 251.6 254.6 254.4 253.3 253.0 250.6 249.8 248.6 250.6 255.6 254.8 252.6 252.0 252.3 255.5 257.8 255.6 253.9 253.2 253.8 140 Greenland Sea 249.4 253.4 255.2 251.4 249.2 249.8 246.6 241.4 243.6 245.3 248.3 247.7 246.4 245.9 242.3 243.7 242.5 241.4 239.6 240.9 244.0 246.8 243.3 242.2 241.6 243.1 244.5 244.3 243.9 242.4 240.6 142 Norwegian Sea 278.6 276.4 274.6 274.2 276.9 279.6 277.3 273.2 271.7 273.8 274.5 272.2 271.0 270.8 272.1 274.9 277.2 275.8 275.1 274.8 273.2 271.2 271.2 275.1 274.9 275.5 276.8 275.7 276.2 276.3 276.5 144 Barents Sea 273.0 272.7 271.5 270.9 270.7 271.6 272.7 272.1 271.3 270.1 271.0 273.5 272.3 269.9 267.8 266.9 268.0 269.7 271.1 270.8 271.4 271.0 269.3 265.0 262.4 261.7 260.6 265.9 268.4 267.6 270.2 146 Kara Sea 272.5 272.6 273.5 274.8 275.0 274.5 273.4 274.3 276.1 276.7 274.4 272.7 273.2 274.9 274.1 271.0 268.0 267.2 267.1 267.4 267.2 268.4 270.0 270.2 269.6 269.4 267.2 262.0 260.9 258.6 258.7 148 Laptev Sea 268.3 268.4 269.4 267.6 266.7 268.0 270.3 268.4 266.0 266.6 268.8 269.6 268.5 267.4 267.9 267.8 264.3 263.1 261.6 263.2 262.0 261.5 260.7 261.5 259.6 256.0 256.3 258.1 253.8 250.4 247.6 150 East Siberian Sea 268.9 269.9 267.7 267.3 265.4 263.6 264.5 265.0 264.5 264.3 261.9 259.1 260.6 262.6 262.3 259.9 261.1 258.8 258.6 257.4 259.4 259.1 257.5 255.9 253.6 253.1 252.2 251.1 252.1 251.7 248.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.7 275.2 273.9 272.1 271.3 269.5 274.6 275.2 273.8 275.5 271.8 270.2 270.8 267.7 270.2 273.6 272.1 268.9 268.4 267.6 268.0 266.7 267.0 263.7 262.1 264.1 267.9 270.9 267.5 267.3 269.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.5 274.0 269.9 266.0 266.6 269.8 273.4 273.3 272.7 275.3 270.4 271.5 271.8 273.4 276.0 275.7 275.1 272.4 267.6 266.6 262.0 268.6 266.7 265.5 268.6 273.6 273.3 269.2 271.1 273.5 270.0