1973 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 251.8 250.9 251.2 252.0 252.4 252.2 251.8 252.4 252.5 252.4 250.4 249.0 249.8 249.6 249.2 249.4 249.7 249.1 248.7 250.0 249.9 250.2 250.8 249.3 247.7 247.1 246.6 246.5 246.9 246.7 247.6 34 Hudson Bay 257.3 254.8 251.5 248.7 245.4 243.7 242.8 247.6 250.5 254.0 255.0 254.9 256.3 257.8 256.9 254.8 254.5 256.5 255.0 256.9 262.1 261.8 262.5 264.4 264.3 259.4 253.0 250.4 249.2 249.5 255.4 36 Hudson Strait 256.1 249.1 243.3 246.1 244.1 240.4 238.5 241.6 244.4 245.2 246.0 245.8 247.4 246.3 243.2 244.3 242.0 243.9 246.3 245.2 245.3 248.7 261.4 252.3 251.5 256.0 253.0 249.1 247.6 244.5 243.7 98 Bering Strait 251.2 252.7 259.2 261.2 260.2 260.5 258.2 262.1 257.8 251.0 246.9 243.5 243.4 243.9 243.0 242.7 244.7 244.1 244.3 246.1 243.3 243.7 244.5 240.8 240.7 243.4 249.6 255.6 257.0 249.6 245.8 128 Arctic subocean 240.4 239.8 240.4 242.4 245.6 248.7 249.7 243.3 240.3 239.5 240.8 239.2 236.2 241.7 240.8 241.6 243.4 244.0 242.3 246.5 243.0 240.7 245.1 243.8 247.4 243.5 236.5 232.1 239.0 241.4 240.8 130 Chukchi Sea 255.9 263.0 263.3 267.1 263.6 260.1 260.4 266.5 257.2 245.2 239.8 236.1 238.9 242.3 239.7 237.9 237.4 237.6 237.7 242.4 240.0 237.5 234.4 234.9 236.8 246.9 249.7 246.1 244.3 236.9 241.2 132 Beaufort Sea 254.7 250.5 250.1 255.8 254.6 255.0 256.8 258.6 262.3 261.3 256.4 254.8 252.9 251.0 246.5 245.9 248.7 249.3 254.0 254.6 254.3 256.6 262.0 257.8 251.7 250.9 250.0 254.0 260.6 260.4 256.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.8 240.5 240.8 240.7 241.9 252.4 256.1 252.0 248.5 248.9 244.9 239.1 236.8 236.5 236.6 236.6 236.0 236.5 236.9 241.8 242.6 241.6 242.5 243.5 239.5 239.1 236.1 236.2 240.0 246.8 244.5 136 Foxe Basin 237.0 238.5 239.8 231.2 231.9 236.4 240.9 245.5 245.3 242.5 239.3 238.8 239.3 238.8 236.5 241.0 242.0 240.0 238.7 236.1 237.2 239.9 247.6 250.1 245.1 243.6 242.1 240.2 237.3 236.1 234.1 138 Baffin Bay 232.9 235.6 232.6 232.0 239.0 241.7 243.3 246.6 248.1 251.1 245.1 243.8 249.6 248.0 251.6 252.6 250.1 247.6 249.3 245.8 247.6 249.2 248.9 248.8 249.6 247.3 241.9 234.5 237.7 238.3 237.9 139 South Greenland 239.2 241.4 243.9 242.9 244.7 248.2 254.1 258.3 262.3 260.4 250.8 255.4 254.4 255.5 254.9 251.6 250.2 253.3 250.9 248.8 255.7 255.4 254.3 250.0 249.2 248.6 246.8 245.1 243.8 243.1 249.2 140 Greenland Sea 234.1 234.3 234.1 235.7 237.3 242.5 242.9 248.9 248.9 257.6 251.2 244.7 248.7 250.4 247.5 249.5 251.2 250.0 251.1 248.2 248.7 246.5 246.8 246.6 245.8 245.8 242.7 236.4 236.4 239.5 237.2 142 Norwegian Sea 274.7 274.8 271.6 274.7 274.6 273.4 274.9 272.4 275.1 274.4 274.1 273.7 270.3 271.0 272.1 271.5 271.7 270.2 268.6 268.5 266.7 269.6 269.3 274.2 274.3 271.6 268.7 269.6 270.4 272.3 273.1 144 Barents Sea 269.4 264.8 266.4 263.8 266.1 262.5 259.6 259.3 255.2 256.2 253.8 256.5 264.4 263.0 265.2 265.4 260.5 252.1 250.4 259.9 260.6 259.0 257.9 253.2 254.8 248.5 242.3 240.1 242.5 248.3 253.4 146 Kara Sea 256.4 254.7 255.9 258.3 258.6 255.6 254.8 254.6 253.5 251.7 252.0 249.7 250.9 251.6 252.0 253.5 254.3 253.4 252.3 251.4 248.0 249.8 248.8 246.1 243.5 243.7 246.1 246.8 245.7 245.1 245.9 148 Laptev Sea 245.4 247.6 248.3 249.3 251.4 252.9 249.7 245.7 246.9 249.4 246.1 245.7 244.9 241.5 241.5 243.3 244.7 242.7 241.6 245.0 245.1 244.0 244.8 244.6 242.5 242.4 244.0 243.4 243.0 243.1 244.1 150 East Siberian Sea 246.5 242.8 242.7 242.4 243.1 242.8 240.4 240.6 239.0 240.0 239.7 237.8 239.8 241.6 241.5 240.4 239.6 239.3 238.3 241.0 240.8 236.6 236.5 237.0 239.1 240.0 239.7 241.2 241.3 240.5 238.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 259.3 257.5 264.5 262.3 265.2 265.8 267.5 266.7 264.7 261.4 260.6 258.8 254.6 252.4 253.6 252.8 255.2 257.8 256.5 256.6 254.7 259.7 254.2 252.3 250.5 255.7 263.5 268.3 268.6 263.4 261.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 254.2 266.1 267.6 266.6 271.9 265.2 272.1 272.3 269.4 261.3 258.3 249.8 245.7 245.0 244.4 244.0 242.9 242.2 240.8 243.8 236.2 238.7 241.5 241.4 242.9 255.3 264.6 271.0 262.3 246.8 247.6