1971 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 257.8 257.9 258.3 258.5 258.7 258.3 258.0 257.9 257.9 258.0 259.4 259.1 258.8 259.1 258.8 257.7 257.7 259.0 259.8 259.5 259.6 258.0 256.2 254.0 252.5 252.4 253.5 254.2 254.6 254.7 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 268.4 268.0 266.9 264.7 263.4 262.1 259.9 261.3 262.5 263.5 265.7 265.5 265.2 266.1 266.9 264.9 263.9 262.7 264.9 261.8 260.0 260.2 261.7 260.1 259.9 260.4 260.3 257.9 258.3 257.9 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 269.9 267.9 263.8 265.1 265.0 265.8 269.0 265.0 260.0 259.0 262.8 261.6 260.1 259.5 259.9 260.6 264.1 263.3 266.4 266.2 262.4 260.5 260.4 261.0 258.9 260.0 265.7 262.8 261.3 260.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 256.0 257.9 256.5 259.6 261.3 258.8 257.3 254.5 252.6 255.8 261.5 258.4 255.5 257.3 259.6 259.4 260.6 264.8 262.5 260.7 259.2 255.4 253.3 256.4 252.7 248.8 248.6 249.4 249.9 249.2 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 242.1 241.8 241.4 239.0 238.6 234.7 241.1 240.2 241.5 244.3 244.6 244.5 243.1 240.1 239.5 237.7 240.2 242.7 243.5 243.4 242.8 243.0 240.5 238.2 237.6 241.3 244.1 243.5 242.6 242.4 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 259.6 257.6 264.8 265.8 268.3 264.0 256.6 254.2 250.1 252.7 258.1 257.0 256.0 261.3 266.6 263.1 259.4 259.8 257.4 256.3 254.6 252.2 255.8 257.8 260.2 254.6 253.3 250.2 249.2 248.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 260.7 259.0 257.3 255.9 253.3 252.6 255.0 255.8 254.8 255.4 258.8 261.6 260.1 259.6 258.7 257.0 254.5 259.3 261.8 261.3 260.6 260.2 257.2 256.1 255.7 254.9 255.0 255.3 254.2 255.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 256.4 255.0 252.5 248.1 247.1 246.4 244.0 242.2 242.5 241.9 242.0 244.9 248.4 246.7 246.2 245.3 243.0 242.6 242.1 243.7 245.9 243.3 245.5 249.9 250.1 245.7 241.7 241.2 242.2 242.5 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 263.9 263.9 261.0 257.2 253.0 251.1 252.7 253.9 253.0 250.6 250.1 246.0 246.7 252.1 254.0 257.9 260.5 257.0 252.6 255.2 257.0 251.5 249.5 249.3 252.9 253.1 249.4 244.5 245.0 245.6 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 243.7 242.4 244.5 246.4 245.3 241.9 242.6 247.2 249.3 244.2 241.5 238.1 236.5 237.3 236.9 237.7 244.0 249.0 246.9 245.9 252.3 248.4 245.6 242.2 235.2 231.7 231.6 232.9 233.4 232.3 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 250.9 249.2 251.0 249.6 250.7 251.7 250.6 256.6 260.2 250.7 253.0 249.9 250.3 249.8 245.2 244.7 246.3 251.3 251.8 253.2 259.4 259.8 262.9 253.5 245.9 244.3 239.7 234.9 235.7 240.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 239.2 238.0 239.8 240.5 239.1 235.9 239.1 241.6 244.5 243.2 241.0 238.8 236.3 232.8 235.2 237.4 239.8 245.2 244.8 242.2 249.2 250.1 244.5 241.2 235.2 231.9 234.3 234.0 232.9 232.8 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.8 276.4 275.1 271.9 266.6 267.0 267.5 267.5 267.9 270.3 272.8 268.6 267.9 270.5 271.1 269.7 267.6 262.3 263.5 264.3 264.0 264.9 267.3 271.8 272.3 273.4 273.2 273.4 273.5 271.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.9 269.7 271.6 270.6 267.2 265.1 261.1 258.3 263.1 267.6 265.7 267.5 265.2 262.4 263.8 263.8 265.5 268.5 266.0 262.7 259.1 256.4 255.5 258.2 265.6 266.0 267.5 269.5 271.4 269.2 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 260.3 261.9 262.0 264.8 267.1 266.4 266.2 265.9 264.9 264.3 265.3 265.7 267.2 267.7 264.4 261.6 262.8 264.7 265.8 266.9 266.8 262.7 260.1 257.3 255.0 256.0 260.2 262.8 263.4 263.4 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 246.5 248.7 252.4 250.9 251.4 255.0 256.0 254.6 254.9 255.5 257.0 256.4 255.3 256.7 258.7 259.3 255.8 253.7 257.2 257.6 259.2 259.5 251.9 245.4 243.2 244.6 246.1 249.5 249.8 250.7 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 248.7 245.6 248.1 249.7 250.9 250.6 249.8 249.8 248.3 250.4 248.6 246.5 245.0 243.9 245.6 246.7 247.6 248.1 245.3 245.6 244.4 247.2 248.3 246.5 246.3 247.6 248.0 248.7 250.3 249.9 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.0 263.5 261.2 261.7 267.4 267.5 268.3 265.1 263.9 267.5 270.0 266.2 265.2 267.1 266.4 269.0 271.5 273.1 271.2 270.0 265.7 262.4 262.2 262.2 261.4 259.9 259.9 260.2 259.7 260.8 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.9 263.4 259.9 268.3 272.2 265.5 266.4 263.8 259.1 265.5 269.1 265.8 265.6 271.4 271.4 266.6 271.7 273.4 271.4 270.4 262.5 256.9 268.1 266.5 263.4 255.8 251.3 248.8 249.1 249.5 -9999.0