1972 03 - 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 249.9 249.9 249.8 250.7 251.3 251.2 250.5 250.2 249.9 251.2 251.4 252.6 255.1 256.4 256.5 256.2 255.4 254.7 255.8 256.1 255.9 255.9 256.8 257.1 257.9 258.1 258.0 258.4 258.9 259.1 259.2 34 Hudson Bay 242.4 244.7 244.7 247.6 250.8 252.3 250.8 251.4 251.4 255.0 259.8 259.7 264.2 268.4 269.6 266.9 260.0 257.1 257.0 259.2 259.5 259.9 260.0 260.4 261.6 262.5 262.9 263.8 264.3 265.9 266.0 36 Hudson Strait 239.1 239.0 243.0 243.1 242.5 246.7 244.4 245.5 244.7 242.1 244.6 251.0 245.4 250.3 265.2 267.5 266.0 253.8 246.9 248.3 246.6 244.9 248.1 253.6 254.9 257.4 259.4 258.9 259.9 262.1 263.9 98 Bering Strait 246.9 246.2 246.9 250.6 249.2 246.8 243.7 244.7 248.3 252.9 254.6 250.3 253.4 254.3 254.0 256.4 253.4 251.7 256.3 255.6 256.3 256.3 256.3 255.6 260.0 259.2 257.6 259.4 254.9 252.0 252.6 128 Arctic subocean 239.7 240.4 239.7 241.0 241.7 241.9 244.8 243.9 246.8 240.9 243.8 243.4 242.5 239.2 236.9 236.7 235.5 236.5 233.6 236.4 237.9 235.8 236.0 233.9 232.4 237.1 239.6 240.3 241.1 241.4 244.1 130 Chukchi Sea 248.0 245.5 251.0 249.8 245.3 242.9 243.6 244.0 248.7 251.8 248.2 248.3 247.1 248.5 248.2 247.5 247.9 245.4 245.7 242.0 240.7 242.2 244.3 243.9 248.1 244.9 247.3 248.6 247.6 248.1 250.6 132 Beaufort Sea 245.2 246.4 247.9 249.7 249.5 249.0 246.0 245.6 248.2 255.1 256.0 262.3 263.9 264.6 261.6 259.8 261.4 257.5 259.7 264.6 263.0 260.3 263.8 263.5 261.8 262.2 261.6 262.3 263.0 260.0 256.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.9 237.5 238.7 239.5 240.0 239.5 240.9 242.1 243.2 243.8 243.8 245.6 247.5 248.2 244.4 240.9 241.1 242.8 243.9 245.9 249.9 251.5 251.3 255.0 255.4 251.5 251.9 250.6 253.3 255.7 251.3 136 Foxe Basin 231.8 233.0 235.2 236.4 236.5 235.1 234.7 236.5 239.3 238.4 238.9 237.6 237.5 242.3 247.7 247.3 245.8 243.4 242.7 243.3 241.2 245.2 249.7 251.2 254.2 255.5 251.7 252.1 252.2 249.5 256.6 138 Baffin Bay 244.4 244.1 248.1 249.5 249.3 247.7 248.1 251.8 244.6 239.6 235.0 232.0 234.0 233.9 233.3 237.0 240.9 244.4 243.3 234.3 230.8 233.6 234.6 232.9 231.8 235.8 238.0 239.2 240.9 239.8 243.4 139 South Greenland 252.1 253.4 254.0 254.6 253.6 253.5 255.6 252.3 250.6 249.3 241.6 238.8 241.0 244.6 248.3 251.1 255.2 256.4 258.0 248.1 241.2 239.6 241.3 242.3 242.4 244.7 248.1 248.0 249.9 249.5 249.9 140 Greenland Sea 246.9 248.3 249.4 249.4 248.1 247.8 247.0 249.2 251.5 246.4 241.3 237.5 238.0 234.6 234.1 235.4 242.3 243.6 242.4 237.0 234.4 237.0 236.6 233.5 235.8 242.5 242.0 239.6 238.9 238.3 239.4 142 Norwegian Sea 270.0 269.7 267.9 269.7 270.5 269.8 269.0 268.7 266.7 267.3 273.0 273.9 272.7 269.8 271.8 272.5 272.7 275.3 275.6 274.7 274.6 271.4 271.2 270.4 270.2 270.6 270.1 269.9 269.9 271.3 270.9 144 Barents Sea 258.6 261.8 257.2 260.0 261.4 258.7 254.7 252.8 252.8 256.0 259.6 263.9 267.8 265.6 263.8 265.2 263.9 262.5 269.6 270.5 269.0 270.4 270.3 268.8 268.7 266.7 267.3 267.8 270.3 271.4 270.9 146 Kara Sea 255.3 253.7 252.8 253.5 255.1 255.8 254.7 252.5 250.2 250.5 250.9 252.9 256.3 257.1 259.1 259.5 258.1 258.4 260.0 260.4 260.9 260.6 262.0 263.5 265.4 265.9 265.3 265.2 264.8 264.4 265.6 148 Laptev Sea 253.5 252.2 252.2 250.7 249.1 248.5 249.3 249.7 249.1 249.7 249.3 250.9 253.4 255.6 251.9 249.9 252.7 253.1 252.9 253.5 253.3 253.0 253.0 251.8 250.9 250.9 250.7 252.8 255.5 257.3 256.6 150 East Siberian Sea 250.3 251.8 249.2 247.7 248.2 250.3 253.9 256.0 256.5 255.8 250.5 248.8 249.2 249.7 250.8 251.8 247.3 245.6 245.5 248.2 251.9 254.0 254.9 253.6 252.0 249.5 247.2 246.7 247.5 250.1 248.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 255.5 253.5 255.3 255.5 256.7 253.0 250.2 250.8 255.5 260.1 263.0 263.8 265.4 264.1 263.4 266.4 261.9 266.0 269.4 268.1 268.2 266.7 265.1 263.3 267.5 268.6 267.3 267.3 261.4 261.6 261.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 255.6 252.3 253.9 258.0 254.8 252.4 251.2 250.5 252.3 252.9 254.1 253.5 252.3 252.4 251.9 254.8 253.3 257.3 259.5 259.1 258.7 255.1 251.6 262.5 269.7 269.9 267.6 254.7 250.6 253.9 258.9