1972 05 - 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 268.5 268.1 267.7 267.5 267.5 268.1 269.2 270.0 269.9 270.5 270.6 271.0 272.0 272.8 272.6 272.2 272.3 272.5 272.8 273.3 274.2 273.4 273.2 273.5 273.9 274.1 275.0 276.0 275.7 275.9 276.0 34 Hudson Bay 271.7 272.2 272.0 272.0 270.9 269.7 269.9 271.9 273.5 274.9 276.3 277.0 277.2 279.6 280.4 280.1 279.2 280.1 281.1 281.7 282.1 282.7 281.6 281.4 281.7 282.6 282.4 281.2 279.8 279.5 281.1 36 Hudson Strait 256.7 261.3 262.6 266.1 268.4 266.9 265.0 265.7 262.9 262.7 263.7 264.6 266.7 268.6 267.8 272.2 269.8 266.1 268.4 271.8 268.0 266.8 266.0 267.5 268.9 271.1 273.4 271.9 270.3 269.0 269.2 98 Bering Strait 267.8 267.0 266.5 268.5 270.7 271.8 272.8 271.2 270.0 269.3 268.5 269.4 270.3 269.8 269.0 269.0 270.4 271.5 272.3 271.2 271.4 269.5 269.7 270.6 271.7 272.1 274.2 278.3 275.2 274.8 274.4 128 Arctic subocean 253.6 254.7 256.4 255.2 256.1 256.4 256.4 258.4 258.9 258.8 257.4 258.4 259.8 262.0 262.6 262.4 263.0 261.8 260.5 261.1 261.2 263.0 262.3 261.4 261.0 261.9 265.4 264.1 261.9 263.4 265.7 130 Chukchi Sea 267.9 266.9 264.5 266.8 269.3 270.9 270.9 268.7 268.9 269.1 269.1 271.7 271.0 269.4 267.3 270.3 268.5 267.6 266.5 267.1 267.1 268.3 272.0 272.2 272.8 273.3 274.0 276.7 272.7 273.5 272.4 132 Beaufort Sea 269.8 268.6 268.9 269.2 268.9 270.7 273.7 273.1 271.3 271.5 271.0 271.3 273.8 272.7 270.1 270.0 272.8 273.7 275.8 278.3 279.3 275.7 273.2 273.5 273.6 275.1 277.9 281.3 281.1 279.5 277.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.1 260.7 260.4 260.4 261.1 262.3 263.4 263.0 263.3 262.2 260.4 259.3 260.9 262.4 263.0 261.4 259.6 261.6 262.6 264.4 263.3 263.2 265.6 267.8 269.0 268.1 266.8 267.8 267.4 267.5 266.6 136 Foxe Basin 264.3 264.9 264.2 261.8 261.9 263.5 262.1 261.6 261.7 263.0 264.8 264.1 261.3 257.9 260.8 266.6 264.4 262.1 261.3 261.6 259.7 261.9 263.3 267.0 271.0 270.2 270.2 266.9 267.4 267.2 267.3 138 Baffin Bay 261.2 260.1 259.9 258.2 256.9 257.7 260.3 261.3 261.4 261.2 262.7 263.6 265.2 265.6 264.4 262.4 259.6 259.6 260.4 260.8 263.6 265.6 265.7 264.9 262.9 261.0 261.3 261.0 261.2 263.2 264.6 139 South Greenland 263.4 263.9 261.9 259.8 259.2 261.8 263.4 265.2 265.6 266.7 267.7 267.8 267.1 264.6 263.2 262.0 263.4 262.0 262.6 265.0 266.6 267.5 268.5 269.2 268.7 267.4 265.7 264.6 265.2 264.7 264.1 140 Greenland Sea 260.3 260.1 258.2 257.2 255.4 257.4 262.9 263.8 264.8 265.9 265.4 265.9 266.2 266.7 265.3 263.6 263.3 262.2 261.7 263.8 266.0 268.2 267.5 267.0 265.7 260.9 261.1 261.2 260.6 263.8 264.8 142 Norwegian Sea 274.7 275.3 275.7 275.9 275.2 276.2 277.5 275.3 275.3 275.1 275.4 274.0 274.2 276.1 276.4 276.6 278.3 279.0 279.1 279.6 281.0 276.7 275.9 276.8 277.3 276.9 277.6 278.0 275.1 276.0 276.4 144 Barents Sea 269.9 269.2 269.1 269.7 271.7 269.4 272.1 268.7 267.9 270.1 271.2 271.3 270.8 270.9 271.5 272.7 272.7 272.9 273.7 276.5 281.5 279.3 276.6 275.0 276.8 277.8 278.6 281.1 279.8 278.9 278.9 146 Kara Sea 272.7 270.0 267.8 267.6 268.2 269.5 271.1 273.5 272.9 273.8 274.4 274.9 277.2 278.1 276.7 274.8 274.8 275.3 274.2 273.1 273.6 273.9 275.6 276.5 276.1 275.9 277.8 279.7 280.7 281.2 281.1 148 Laptev Sea 267.4 268.9 270.3 268.9 268.3 268.2 268.3 268.6 268.4 268.4 267.5 267.2 268.1 269.7 272.8 273.7 273.8 273.6 274.6 275.2 275.8 273.2 270.8 270.6 272.1 273.2 272.9 272.9 273.1 274.4 274.9 150 East Siberian Sea 264.8 265.7 269.1 268.1 267.1 267.1 266.2 267.9 269.7 270.2 269.1 271.2 270.2 271.2 271.4 272.3 272.8 271.5 270.3 269.4 274.1 270.8 270.5 270.3 270.1 270.5 271.1 271.6 271.4 271.6 271.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.1 269.7 270.7 273.3 274.1 275.4 276.8 274.2 271.4 272.0 271.7 272.0 272.3 272.9 272.2 271.7 271.6 272.6 274.4 274.6 274.1 272.5 271.5 272.4 273.6 273.4 277.2 279.4 276.8 277.5 276.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.3 272.7 273.4 273.4 273.2 274.9 275.5 273.7 272.9 272.3 272.3 271.1 273.1 274.8 272.7 271.1 272.8 273.8 273.6 272.3 271.6 271.6 273.8 274.2 274.3 273.7 276.3 277.7 275.7 277.2 276.9