1972 01 - 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 250.2 248.7 248.9 249.0 248.6 248.5 247.9 247.0 246.4 245.2 243.8 242.9 243.2 244.0 245.3 246.2 245.4 244.3 243.9 244.2 243.7 243.5 243.5 243.5 244.3 245.1 247.1 248.2 248.3 249.0 249.7 34 Hudson Bay 260.0 256.0 250.2 247.4 248.9 252.3 249.5 249.0 251.2 249.9 248.9 245.5 242.6 241.1 243.9 252.1 252.8 247.4 243.0 242.6 246.4 249.4 246.7 242.2 240.8 241.6 245.5 247.2 249.9 251.9 250.7 36 Hudson Strait 244.9 257.0 255.3 251.0 244.6 243.1 246.5 241.9 239.3 243.1 239.7 245.5 243.9 247.6 244.6 240.6 241.2 241.9 243.5 240.4 238.3 239.4 249.1 245.6 244.2 244.0 241.0 240.9 242.0 242.9 243.6 98 Bering Strait 256.2 256.1 257.5 255.7 250.6 245.0 245.4 244.5 239.8 238.2 238.8 241.8 245.0 246.9 250.0 247.6 243.4 245.3 247.3 251.9 251.8 248.6 247.2 247.0 249.8 259.0 264.4 266.1 262.9 258.1 256.7 128 Arctic subocean 235.4 238.1 235.9 235.0 237.2 234.4 237.7 242.9 248.2 249.3 245.9 235.9 233.2 235.2 233.9 241.4 243.2 243.1 244.8 241.1 240.6 244.2 245.1 237.8 233.0 237.1 237.9 238.0 243.3 241.9 241.4 130 Chukchi Sea 246.8 251.1 258.1 252.3 244.4 242.5 241.4 239.8 240.3 238.9 240.8 242.7 241.0 240.5 240.2 244.7 254.8 259.0 257.3 254.8 248.8 246.9 247.6 248.3 253.0 264.2 263.3 264.6 261.0 252.6 253.2 132 Beaufort Sea 259.3 254.9 249.8 248.7 247.7 245.9 244.8 246.1 248.0 241.7 239.4 237.2 238.7 241.6 249.3 249.4 243.4 240.9 243.6 246.4 247.0 243.9 241.9 240.8 243.3 249.3 253.9 257.9 261.4 261.6 255.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.3 240.4 237.8 232.9 231.3 232.6 233.3 234.0 236.3 236.4 235.0 235.3 233.8 234.2 233.3 230.0 231.5 236.0 237.5 237.4 236.1 234.6 232.7 235.4 241.7 241.0 240.7 241.5 241.1 240.2 241.9 136 Foxe Basin 231.2 235.7 239.2 243.2 241.8 240.7 241.5 237.5 232.4 233.5 238.8 237.9 238.6 239.7 239.4 233.4 230.9 228.6 225.0 229.0 228.4 229.4 232.5 231.9 233.0 233.1 230.8 233.4 235.8 235.4 235.4 138 Baffin Bay 237.9 233.0 237.5 243.2 243.9 248.9 251.9 252.0 253.1 253.2 246.5 242.3 244.5 243.6 246.9 252.6 253.1 249.2 243.1 240.8 240.8 240.5 235.1 233.9 233.3 232.1 238.9 243.0 241.4 241.4 242.2 139 South Greenland 245.0 242.7 256.5 256.1 259.9 260.4 257.2 257.6 257.1 254.6 254.7 254.5 254.2 253.0 256.6 256.5 251.5 245.3 243.6 246.6 247.3 241.8 238.7 239.8 238.6 239.5 249.8 249.3 246.4 248.5 253.0 140 Greenland Sea 240.8 238.6 238.6 248.1 247.0 250.4 250.7 251.6 252.3 252.4 252.0 250.8 251.6 248.4 246.0 251.5 251.9 254.5 254.0 251.9 244.5 243.8 242.1 241.0 236.2 233.6 236.9 244.5 244.5 245.5 245.7 142 Norwegian Sea 271.2 270.7 269.4 267.9 268.7 270.1 267.8 267.4 266.1 265.2 267.3 269.2 268.4 267.3 267.1 265.5 265.4 264.5 264.9 268.8 269.6 271.9 273.6 273.8 270.7 269.2 268.4 267.8 266.6 263.5 262.5 144 Barents Sea 263.7 257.7 258.0 262.1 255.1 259.7 262.7 257.0 254.0 260.4 251.0 249.3 250.0 254.5 254.7 255.0 259.2 261.7 256.7 252.6 253.1 256.3 259.1 259.0 256.0 254.1 251.6 250.4 252.5 256.5 259.4 146 Kara Sea 250.4 250.4 252.3 253.0 252.0 250.0 249.2 248.7 248.4 246.3 244.8 244.3 245.3 247.6 248.0 246.0 244.8 244.2 244.0 244.1 243.5 243.7 244.8 246.8 248.6 248.0 248.2 248.1 247.3 249.2 252.3 148 Laptev Sea 240.8 238.6 237.3 239.1 243.5 244.5 244.8 242.7 239.1 238.7 238.8 237.8 237.7 236.3 236.0 238.6 238.3 238.5 240.5 240.7 236.3 235.8 237.6 238.4 238.1 236.9 238.1 238.7 238.8 239.6 239.7 150 East Siberian Sea 241.0 240.7 245.0 244.2 241.4 239.7 238.7 236.5 234.9 235.5 236.3 235.9 237.3 237.1 238.0 238.6 238.3 235.8 235.4 235.9 237.0 237.4 239.1 238.5 240.8 241.7 242.2 242.7 240.9 239.4 240.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.2 260.7 266.7 265.4 264.7 262.4 260.9 259.6 253.7 248.1 246.3 249.2 257.0 261.0 260.8 253.6 248.4 248.0 250.9 253.9 254.3 254.1 253.4 254.1 257.0 262.0 267.1 271.1 268.8 263.4 265.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.5 270.7 270.5 268.5 263.7 259.5 250.4 248.6 245.4 242.7 243.7 247.1 252.6 253.0 250.0 248.1 250.6 255.4 258.5 256.9 256.1 255.2 257.3 262.6 270.6 273.4 273.4 272.8 268.6 269.3 268.5