1973 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 284.4 284.0 283.8 283.9 284.1 284.0 284.1 284.3 284.3 283.8 283.3 282.9 283.0 282.8 282.4 282.3 282.2 282.5 282.3 281.8 282.0 282.2 282.5 282.5 282.4 282.4 282.4 282.0 281.9 281.1 280.1 34 Hudson Bay 290.3 291.1 290.8 291.1 291.0 290.7 290.0 289.7 289.8 290.5 290.0 288.1 289.4 290.8 290.5 290.7 290.5 290.3 288.4 285.5 284.7 285.1 285.9 287.1 287.0 287.5 288.9 288.5 287.8 287.0 287.4 36 Hudson Strait 280.9 282.8 282.4 284.1 286.0 286.5 286.1 284.7 284.0 285.2 285.7 284.5 285.2 285.9 285.5 285.9 285.1 284.4 284.0 285.0 284.8 280.3 278.9 278.4 279.6 279.4 280.3 279.9 278.9 281.1 281.8 98 Bering Strait 281.6 281.4 281.6 281.7 282.0 280.8 280.5 281.5 280.9 279.3 278.9 279.2 277.0 276.7 277.2 278.5 280.2 283.0 284.3 283.6 281.8 279.5 279.0 279.0 278.6 278.5 277.7 275.8 276.1 276.6 274.5 128 Arctic subocean 273.1 273.5 273.8 273.1 272.2 272.8 272.3 270.8 270.6 271.4 270.0 269.9 270.7 270.2 269.9 269.0 269.8 270.4 269.5 267.5 268.5 270.9 272.2 271.5 268.9 267.0 266.9 267.8 270.0 270.2 269.2 130 Chukchi Sea 281.3 280.5 280.7 282.4 282.8 280.8 279.5 280.7 278.6 275.1 274.4 274.8 275.5 276.8 277.7 280.6 281.8 281.9 282.5 281.9 280.1 279.0 278.8 279.1 277.5 276.3 277.0 275.1 275.0 275.6 275.6 132 Beaufort Sea 285.2 284.7 284.9 285.7 285.3 285.6 286.8 287.2 286.5 284.5 283.8 283.9 283.8 281.8 279.9 278.1 278.2 278.8 279.7 281.0 283.0 285.2 285.5 284.9 283.9 282.9 281.7 280.2 279.7 279.2 279.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.7 278.8 278.6 279.9 280.9 281.2 281.8 281.9 281.8 280.1 279.0 279.5 278.5 275.3 274.5 274.0 273.6 272.2 272.6 272.7 273.5 274.2 275.5 275.5 276.5 278.1 278.5 278.7 277.0 275.9 274.9 136 Foxe Basin 274.5 274.4 275.6 276.4 277.8 277.4 277.0 278.2 276.9 275.3 275.6 277.9 277.6 278.5 277.4 277.5 277.1 274.8 274.0 277.6 276.2 274.5 275.1 275.3 275.0 274.7 274.1 275.1 275.8 275.7 275.7 138 Baffin Bay 269.4 269.5 269.9 270.0 269.0 269.4 269.6 270.0 268.6 267.5 266.6 265.8 268.2 268.0 267.8 267.3 267.3 267.2 266.4 267.3 270.2 270.1 269.8 266.6 266.3 266.4 265.0 264.2 265.7 266.9 266.2 139 South Greenland 268.0 268.2 269.8 269.7 268.6 267.3 267.5 269.7 269.8 267.7 267.2 267.5 268.4 267.6 268.1 268.5 267.6 268.2 269.0 269.5 271.0 271.3 270.4 270.4 271.3 270.1 267.3 266.1 265.9 266.5 265.9 140 Greenland Sea 267.0 266.5 267.8 269.2 268.7 268.5 268.3 266.7 265.2 266.7 264.8 263.2 263.5 265.8 264.4 264.1 263.1 263.3 263.9 265.4 270.4 270.5 270.2 267.4 264.0 262.9 261.8 261.4 261.5 260.5 261.5 142 Norwegian Sea 280.1 280.5 281.3 283.8 284.4 282.3 281.3 278.9 278.7 281.1 281.7 282.9 283.8 284.5 284.0 285.2 286.4 283.4 280.9 280.2 278.7 279.7 279.8 279.2 278.9 280.6 282.4 283.2 282.9 283.0 282.3 144 Barents Sea 284.0 285.0 286.1 285.8 285.0 285.4 286.7 288.8 289.1 288.9 289.5 288.2 288.0 286.8 286.4 285.7 283.0 285.3 287.4 287.8 288.0 286.2 282.7 281.3 281.1 280.8 279.9 279.4 279.9 280.0 279.7 146 Kara Sea 287.4 285.3 284.0 284.3 285.2 285.6 285.9 286.3 288.1 288.7 288.8 288.5 288.8 288.9 288.2 287.5 287.3 286.6 285.0 284.4 285.3 286.4 287.3 287.4 287.3 287.4 287.7 287.8 287.8 286.7 285.1 148 Laptev Sea 288.3 289.0 288.6 288.6 288.3 287.6 286.1 285.9 285.3 283.5 282.1 281.7 280.8 280.2 280.4 281.7 283.1 284.9 285.4 285.3 283.9 283.6 284.7 285.6 285.6 285.8 285.9 285.9 285.3 284.1 282.9 150 East Siberian Sea 287.1 287.6 287.2 282.9 284.6 284.7 287.7 285.9 282.3 281.6 280.5 282.1 283.3 283.0 281.9 281.4 280.1 279.8 280.0 279.2 278.2 277.6 276.6 276.3 277.3 278.7 280.6 279.5 282.7 277.9 273.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.7 277.5 278.4 279.1 280.7 278.5 277.6 277.4 277.2 276.7 280.0 280.9 276.5 276.6 276.6 277.0 278.1 280.7 283.9 281.6 278.8 278.0 277.7 277.2 278.9 278.6 275.8 275.9 275.0 274.9 274.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 281.3 282.0 283.1 283.9 283.0 281.9 281.5 282.6 283.0 282.8 282.3 281.5 279.3 280.5 282.3 284.0 285.0 286.6 287.1 285.5 283.6 283.1 282.1 282.3 280.9 281.3 281.1 278.9 278.3 278.9 279.1