1971 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 254.3 253.6 252.6 251.9 251.8 251.8 252.6 251.9 251.8 251.2 250.3 249.4 249.5 250.1 248.7 246.7 247.5 249.0 248.8 248.9 248.3 247.9 247.5 248.0 248.0 248.4 249.6 249.1 248.8 249.4 250.2 34 Hudson Bay 259.8 261.5 262.2 261.8 261.2 258.0 253.4 253.1 257.2 257.8 257.1 254.9 253.0 254.7 254.4 252.8 253.9 253.5 253.0 254.1 251.8 249.2 248.8 248.4 246.7 244.7 247.1 250.8 249.9 251.1 257.2 36 Hudson Strait 257.6 258.9 255.3 253.6 258.8 262.2 260.5 253.3 255.5 252.4 257.6 261.9 259.3 256.0 250.5 245.5 246.1 247.3 246.9 251.6 252.7 253.2 247.8 243.9 243.8 242.2 244.8 246.9 245.1 243.6 242.2 98 Bering Strait 249.2 250.0 248.9 247.2 246.0 249.8 255.4 253.4 245.5 242.3 242.1 241.5 246.7 251.3 255.9 253.3 254.3 260.5 251.6 249.4 248.6 249.2 255.0 263.8 265.1 262.8 262.1 264.5 262.3 256.8 255.2 128 Arctic subocean 241.7 234.7 230.3 232.4 233.5 234.5 235.5 235.3 234.4 235.7 236.2 233.9 234.2 237.2 239.0 236.6 235.0 233.4 233.8 231.8 233.2 235.8 237.5 239.4 238.3 236.7 235.3 243.2 242.8 241.2 239.9 130 Chukchi Sea 244.2 243.6 243.5 242.2 241.9 243.1 247.4 243.8 242.2 244.9 247.5 247.1 249.5 246.4 251.4 242.9 246.4 254.2 242.7 246.0 257.0 263.2 261.9 263.0 266.9 261.7 257.2 263.5 260.4 253.2 245.3 132 Beaufort Sea 255.6 258.9 256.7 252.1 248.6 247.1 248.4 251.7 248.8 243.7 241.7 241.6 241.8 244.5 245.0 247.9 253.9 255.9 255.5 249.8 243.1 240.8 243.2 244.2 247.0 255.7 257.9 256.6 259.9 262.3 260.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.9 240.5 246.1 247.8 242.7 239.3 239.9 237.3 237.8 238.6 239.7 239.2 239.4 242.8 241.4 241.5 242.9 243.0 241.8 238.5 235.7 236.0 236.8 237.4 239.3 238.9 237.1 234.1 235.3 239.0 241.1 136 Foxe Basin 241.5 240.1 239.7 243.5 251.6 250.0 241.5 239.9 238.3 238.6 240.9 239.8 237.3 235.3 238.5 234.9 239.3 243.7 245.3 247.8 244.3 241.0 237.3 234.7 231.0 228.9 231.2 231.8 229.0 227.8 229.3 138 Baffin Bay 236.0 234.2 234.3 233.9 236.0 238.4 243.2 241.2 236.8 232.1 231.8 228.1 227.1 229.0 229.5 229.8 230.8 231.5 231.3 231.2 232.0 234.2 236.8 235.5 234.6 236.2 246.2 238.3 235.1 236.5 237.5 139 South Greenland 241.2 245.4 244.1 242.3 244.0 243.9 250.0 249.7 246.3 239.4 237.5 235.1 234.5 234.4 233.8 235.8 236.6 238.6 240.7 240.1 240.3 241.8 242.5 241.0 240.8 247.6 253.6 248.0 244.6 248.8 248.5 140 Greenland Sea 234.1 232.9 230.9 232.3 233.1 236.0 243.0 242.2 238.8 236.0 232.0 228.6 230.3 233.8 231.1 232.0 230.8 229.0 230.9 239.6 243.1 244.8 243.4 244.6 246.2 241.9 248.0 246.6 241.3 238.3 239.4 142 Norwegian Sea 273.2 272.0 271.2 274.0 275.0 275.3 270.9 268.7 272.2 271.6 269.3 268.5 271.2 273.0 274.4 275.4 272.4 271.2 269.1 270.9 272.2 271.7 271.2 270.3 274.2 275.2 272.1 271.6 271.7 273.8 274.0 144 Barents Sea 266.5 267.8 268.7 266.4 265.4 265.1 268.8 266.7 265.8 264.6 263.0 259.1 257.0 255.3 255.9 256.4 256.9 261.7 264.7 261.8 260.5 258.2 255.5 253.7 252.4 254.0 255.3 252.6 253.3 256.3 262.4 146 Kara Sea 261.5 258.1 255.5 256.5 257.1 257.1 257.5 257.2 258.2 258.2 257.1 257.4 258.4 257.7 253.8 249.7 249.7 250.8 252.2 252.8 253.1 253.3 251.7 253.0 253.1 253.5 252.8 249.9 249.6 250.9 251.3 148 Laptev Sea 249.7 248.2 247.1 245.2 246.6 248.6 248.4 247.7 248.9 251.8 249.8 248.9 248.5 248.8 245.2 241.5 240.7 241.8 242.0 243.5 244.8 243.9 242.5 240.7 239.2 238.5 239.7 242.1 240.6 239.3 239.3 150 East Siberian Sea 250.9 246.7 245.4 244.7 241.5 239.1 240.3 240.8 241.7 243.4 244.6 243.4 241.8 240.3 238.3 237.2 237.9 238.0 238.2 246.5 246.2 245.2 240.9 242.1 244.2 240.4 240.7 241.7 249.0 247.6 244.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.2 262.1 261.4 258.8 258.6 266.5 271.6 268.7 260.4 255.4 254.9 252.2 259.0 259.9 266.8 266.0 262.5 269.7 261.5 252.6 249.2 250.4 258.2 265.5 265.1 266.9 267.5 269.8 265.3 268.5 267.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 248.8 249.2 249.2 249.7 260.4 269.6 272.0 266.0 255.5 262.9 262.5 263.3 269.5 269.0 270.1 258.0 266.3 271.3 258.7 250.0 255.1 260.9 271.6 274.0 273.9 271.5 271.6 271.0 267.7 267.5 263.8