1972 10 - 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 269.5 269.6 269.6 268.8 268.1 268.0 267.7 266.4 266.3 267.1 267.6 266.9 266.2 264.8 264.7 263.8 263.5 264.0 265.2 265.7 264.6 263.3 261.6 261.2 260.8 260.6 259.5 259.0 259.1 259.3 258.5 34 Hudson Bay 274.7 275.8 279.1 279.0 275.2 273.4 275.2 271.4 270.1 271.6 270.2 270.1 273.1 270.4 270.2 268.4 263.5 262.3 267.2 271.5 270.9 267.6 267.1 267.5 269.6 268.6 264.3 262.6 261.6 263.2 267.7 36 Hudson Strait 271.2 272.2 269.0 272.9 275.4 270.0 266.9 268.8 270.2 265.8 269.7 265.9 265.3 266.8 268.6 265.3 265.6 268.0 266.8 265.5 267.6 270.8 264.4 262.1 265.3 267.2 265.5 260.7 266.0 260.6 262.3 98 Bering Strait 265.8 263.9 262.5 262.6 266.2 266.4 266.4 265.0 265.9 269.0 269.2 267.5 266.7 268.8 271.4 269.6 268.9 267.1 265.0 262.4 263.2 263.4 264.7 264.3 263.9 266.4 266.5 266.6 265.0 259.9 256.6 128 Arctic subocean 251.5 247.3 249.6 251.8 250.9 250.5 250.7 247.6 250.0 247.1 246.2 246.5 247.3 250.6 250.6 252.3 250.6 248.8 251.9 260.6 257.6 252.2 247.8 246.1 243.9 244.7 246.6 249.8 245.5 250.8 247.5 130 Chukchi Sea 265.3 263.0 262.5 263.0 261.3 260.7 266.8 271.7 273.0 272.3 267.0 264.5 263.6 263.9 268.2 270.6 270.6 268.3 264.1 264.9 265.2 266.6 266.0 268.3 271.4 270.1 269.6 270.0 266.1 261.2 263.3 132 Beaufort Sea 273.9 272.8 271.5 267.3 266.3 271.2 269.2 264.0 263.8 263.5 267.8 272.4 270.4 270.2 270.0 266.7 265.9 270.2 270.7 267.2 264.3 266.8 266.0 266.0 262.6 259.6 261.5 261.9 263.8 267.0 263.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.5 258.1 262.1 261.1 257.2 254.8 255.4 255.8 254.2 255.1 258.9 261.1 257.9 253.6 251.5 249.6 250.4 251.2 253.9 256.1 252.6 254.0 252.3 249.0 248.8 248.9 248.3 248.5 249.4 256.6 253.1 136 Foxe Basin 265.9 260.9 259.7 269.4 268.1 261.3 253.9 250.0 254.2 259.6 258.5 256.2 253.5 255.5 262.0 265.6 263.6 260.3 262.1 257.1 257.2 254.6 253.1 252.4 251.7 250.0 251.0 246.6 246.7 247.3 256.0 138 Baffin Bay 252.3 252.6 251.2 252.8 253.4 252.4 253.8 251.6 251.3 255.2 257.6 251.0 246.0 247.9 248.3 247.8 252.2 255.8 261.9 264.7 254.2 251.0 248.9 247.9 247.6 248.3 252.9 254.7 251.6 251.5 249.0 139 South Greenland 259.6 260.4 255.9 253.1 254.0 256.3 256.5 253.9 255.6 262.6 258.4 251.7 250.6 251.3 249.9 255.2 261.7 262.1 265.9 264.7 257.9 254.4 252.5 250.5 248.3 248.8 251.4 250.4 252.1 255.3 254.9 140 Greenland Sea 249.9 250.0 249.3 246.8 245.4 245.1 247.3 246.5 246.2 247.4 253.6 248.0 246.9 248.3 247.1 247.2 249.2 254.1 258.2 263.9 259.8 256.4 250.9 245.0 243.1 243.5 246.1 247.2 246.7 250.0 248.5 142 Norwegian Sea 279.8 277.4 277.4 277.7 275.9 277.5 278.7 279.3 278.8 278.4 275.8 274.1 275.7 277.1 276.7 276.3 273.6 273.3 274.4 273.0 270.8 272.1 273.5 273.1 274.0 274.1 274.1 273.5 274.0 274.0 274.5 144 Barents Sea 273.8 274.8 275.2 275.7 275.4 273.4 273.0 272.2 271.3 273.9 274.2 273.6 271.5 270.7 272.3 272.4 272.0 271.4 268.9 270.3 272.2 272.5 271.8 272.6 272.2 270.4 269.3 268.8 268.1 264.8 261.5 146 Kara Sea 274.4 274.5 273.1 272.1 272.0 273.0 272.6 272.1 272.0 271.5 271.0 270.1 269.1 266.4 265.5 264.9 265.3 266.6 267.8 268.3 268.0 266.7 263.9 265.4 265.7 266.1 264.3 263.4 264.1 263.6 262.6 148 Laptev Sea 269.4 269.3 270.4 268.3 267.4 267.2 266.4 266.7 266.1 266.1 267.1 267.8 265.6 263.2 263.4 262.7 262.5 261.9 261.1 261.2 260.4 257.4 254.4 252.1 250.4 251.1 249.5 248.7 248.8 248.3 247.5 150 East Siberian Sea 265.2 265.2 267.5 268.9 266.9 265.1 261.7 261.5 263.0 262.7 263.7 262.4 265.6 263.6 262.1 259.8 258.3 257.4 258.0 257.0 258.0 257.4 259.7 259.2 256.6 254.6 251.9 252.5 252.5 250.8 248.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.8 270.8 268.1 268.9 275.2 273.1 268.8 266.0 266.5 271.5 274.6 272.3 273.9 276.4 278.0 274.7 274.5 273.3 270.7 268.4 271.4 269.6 271.2 270.7 267.5 269.5 268.2 270.2 272.1 269.4 266.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.7 268.4 268.9 271.0 273.2 268.7 269.9 273.4 275.5 277.9 277.2 273.2 276.9 279.0 279.8 275.5 274.2 273.8 271.7 274.6 274.0 272.3 271.0 267.0 272.5 272.9 272.9 273.8 269.2 266.3 270.7