1972 08 - 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 283.7 284.0 284.5 284.6 284.4 284.1 283.5 283.3 283.2 283.2 283.3 283.4 283.0 282.5 282.1 282.1 282.0 281.6 281.4 281.0 280.5 280.0 280.5 280.7 280.6 280.0 279.9 279.1 279.2 279.0 278.7 34 Hudson Bay 283.7 283.1 283.8 285.0 285.2 284.8 285.1 285.2 286.4 287.6 287.8 286.9 287.1 287.8 289.2 290.0 291.1 289.9 289.3 290.1 287.1 285.2 287.1 288.2 289.8 289.9 289.9 288.0 286.3 286.6 285.2 36 Hudson Strait 282.2 279.0 281.7 281.9 280.7 281.1 281.2 280.7 280.0 280.0 279.7 280.5 280.3 281.1 280.9 282.0 280.9 278.3 279.4 279.0 279.8 275.9 276.9 276.3 278.2 276.0 279.0 280.4 278.0 275.4 276.5 98 Bering Strait 284.8 284.5 284.7 285.6 285.2 285.6 284.8 283.8 283.6 283.8 284.6 285.2 284.1 283.5 283.5 283.3 282.9 282.8 283.2 282.6 282.9 281.9 281.2 280.1 280.4 281.2 281.2 279.6 278.7 279.4 280.7 128 Arctic subocean 271.6 272.5 272.6 272.9 273.0 273.0 272.4 272.8 272.3 273.0 271.5 271.2 271.5 271.4 269.6 268.5 270.2 269.3 268.1 267.8 267.4 266.6 265.7 267.5 267.0 266.6 266.2 263.3 261.4 262.4 262.6 130 Chukchi Sea 284.7 285.8 286.3 285.2 282.6 282.6 280.9 283.3 283.5 283.2 282.7 282.9 283.6 284.0 282.9 281.8 281.9 282.1 281.3 280.2 281.3 282.7 282.2 280.8 279.5 279.9 280.2 281.1 279.6 277.5 279.2 132 Beaufort Sea 283.9 283.5 282.6 282.2 284.1 286.9 286.7 286.4 285.0 284.0 283.9 284.1 284.9 285.9 287.1 287.6 287.1 285.7 285.8 286.7 288.4 288.3 288.0 287.9 286.5 284.7 283.7 282.9 282.6 280.7 281.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 275.1 275.2 274.7 275.2 276.4 278.2 279.1 279.8 278.9 277.8 277.0 278.6 276.9 274.3 274.4 275.3 276.2 274.3 272.8 272.3 274.2 273.9 273.9 275.5 274.5 274.4 272.7 271.3 270.3 269.6 270.7 136 Foxe Basin 275.0 275.2 275.3 275.9 274.9 275.8 275.1 274.4 274.7 274.2 274.4 274.5 275.8 274.3 271.7 271.5 271.0 270.3 272.2 271.4 272.9 271.8 270.0 271.0 271.2 270.7 269.4 269.6 271.8 271.2 270.8 138 Baffin Bay 266.7 269.3 270.6 271.5 271.4 269.9 268.5 267.9 266.5 268.3 268.1 268.2 267.3 266.6 266.2 265.0 264.8 265.1 264.3 264.3 265.1 264.5 266.3 266.3 264.8 261.3 261.3 260.3 262.5 261.4 259.2 139 South Greenland 270.4 271.6 271.6 271.9 271.0 270.7 268.8 268.4 268.4 266.0 265.6 267.0 266.9 265.9 264.9 265.5 264.8 265.2 265.5 265.7 265.3 267.5 267.6 264.8 262.9 261.2 262.8 263.8 266.9 267.1 266.7 140 Greenland Sea 268.4 269.1 269.5 270.5 269.9 268.8 266.8 267.4 266.4 266.9 268.8 267.4 265.8 263.9 262.7 263.1 264.8 261.3 263.3 264.3 264.4 262.3 264.7 264.9 263.0 261.8 260.5 256.7 262.3 262.7 260.1 142 Norwegian Sea 287.8 286.4 284.8 282.4 282.3 283.7 286.6 287.0 286.9 284.1 282.5 282.4 283.2 285.0 284.3 283.8 283.7 281.2 281.6 283.3 280.8 280.5 281.6 281.7 281.2 280.6 281.8 281.9 280.9 282.2 283.3 144 Barents Sea 287.2 287.5 287.8 289.7 291.9 290.8 289.2 290.2 292.7 293.7 292.1 289.9 288.6 285.3 283.2 283.5 284.1 285.5 287.2 286.4 286.0 287.8 288.9 289.8 285.9 285.5 286.6 285.9 284.6 280.1 278.7 146 Kara Sea 288.7 289.5 289.8 288.8 287.7 287.0 287.3 287.5 286.6 285.7 286.1 287.0 286.1 285.5 285.2 284.6 283.7 283.8 283.5 282.9 282.8 281.8 282.5 282.7 283.7 283.0 282.2 281.5 281.7 282.4 282.0 148 Laptev Sea 287.5 287.4 288.7 289.1 287.9 286.1 283.2 282.6 283.8 284.8 284.6 283.9 283.9 283.6 281.9 281.1 281.5 281.6 281.5 280.0 279.5 279.5 279.0 279.1 278.7 278.0 278.8 279.3 279.5 279.1 279.6 150 East Siberian Sea 281.4 283.2 285.0 284.6 285.8 286.3 286.2 282.0 280.3 282.4 283.7 284.6 283.7 283.2 282.9 282.7 282.8 281.9 279.3 276.5 272.6 272.9 274.9 275.0 275.4 276.6 275.8 275.1 277.1 279.1 278.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.5 283.7 283.9 283.5 282.4 282.4 281.3 282.0 282.9 283.2 284.2 283.2 282.1 279.1 279.3 279.8 279.4 279.3 281.5 282.4 279.2 278.1 277.8 276.3 276.8 278.5 279.2 276.7 276.5 276.6 277.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 288.1 287.6 287.8 287.4 286.0 285.6 285.0 284.6 285.1 285.5 286.7 284.4 283.4 283.8 284.0 283.1 282.4 283.5 283.1 281.7 282.4 282.6 282.8 281.9 281.6 281.9 281.7 281.8 282.5 282.5 282.2