1973 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 268.8 268.6 269.0 269.2 269.0 269.1 269.4 268.4 267.7 267.5 267.8 268.4 268.7 267.5 266.2 265.1 265.3 265.6 265.5 265.6 265.2 264.3 263.8 263.5 263.2 262.6 261.7 261.8 261.4 261.6 260.6 34 Hudson Bay 280.0 278.8 278.6 278.2 277.6 277.1 277.8 278.9 278.9 277.7 276.9 276.9 277.4 276.6 274.5 272.3 272.0 272.5 273.5 275.2 276.2 274.8 272.6 272.5 272.4 269.4 269.5 272.3 272.0 271.6 270.8 36 Hudson Strait 273.0 274.5 270.1 269.0 274.5 275.0 272.5 271.3 271.0 271.3 275.1 273.3 271.7 274.0 274.0 273.3 273.1 272.2 271.6 270.5 268.6 269.2 269.2 266.5 263.9 268.0 266.1 265.9 267.9 270.9 272.0 98 Bering Strait 270.6 269.8 269.1 268.5 268.8 268.8 264.9 260.9 265.8 265.5 264.1 262.9 264.0 264.8 263.9 262.3 265.7 264.4 261.8 261.4 259.7 257.5 258.5 258.2 260.5 263.5 262.1 262.6 261.8 262.3 260.0 128 Arctic subocean 248.2 246.9 246.2 251.0 251.8 255.4 260.3 261.0 262.2 263.3 261.7 259.2 257.1 256.1 255.2 248.6 252.7 252.6 252.4 251.5 250.3 245.9 245.2 242.1 239.6 243.9 248.6 252.5 254.4 250.6 247.7 130 Chukchi Sea 271.0 268.3 268.0 269.2 268.8 267.3 265.7 263.1 265.4 262.6 262.4 263.5 263.0 263.4 264.7 265.5 266.0 264.9 262.7 261.7 259.3 260.8 264.9 265.6 265.8 264.4 263.7 263.4 261.7 259.7 260.0 132 Beaufort Sea 272.5 273.8 273.4 271.1 269.2 268.0 268.0 268.6 268.2 270.4 272.2 271.9 269.3 266.3 264.4 266.5 268.0 268.6 267.9 267.0 265.2 263.2 264.2 264.6 264.2 266.9 269.3 269.8 267.4 265.1 263.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.6 258.4 262.4 265.0 265.4 266.3 265.5 266.3 269.1 267.5 265.3 264.8 267.3 267.7 266.2 263.4 261.4 259.3 258.3 258.9 257.1 252.9 251.6 254.5 251.7 253.1 257.8 261.3 258.5 255.5 254.1 136 Foxe Basin 267.8 267.2 267.7 268.7 271.3 271.3 269.3 268.6 268.7 271.1 271.4 270.3 269.1 271.4 271.4 269.5 269.6 269.5 268.5 266.6 264.7 265.6 265.4 263.1 264.0 264.7 261.9 262.6 262.4 263.6 262.9 138 Baffin Bay 256.2 253.4 251.2 251.4 252.6 255.8 260.6 259.8 256.4 257.2 261.0 261.0 257.9 255.7 257.4 255.0 255.1 257.9 256.7 253.5 253.3 249.5 248.2 245.9 242.8 241.6 241.1 244.4 249.1 251.3 248.6 139 South Greenland 261.8 257.6 256.7 258.9 259.8 260.3 261.3 259.6 256.8 256.0 258.6 262.0 260.0 257.4 257.8 258.3 260.9 259.4 255.6 253.7 253.3 252.9 252.3 251.3 249.1 245.7 248.1 253.6 256.1 256.0 251.6 140 Greenland Sea 251.6 247.0 247.0 247.1 248.1 248.8 256.3 255.5 255.0 252.5 257.6 259.2 255.7 252.6 252.7 248.0 250.0 252.7 249.2 247.9 245.9 245.3 243.5 241.5 239.4 236.3 236.0 239.8 245.9 247.4 245.4 142 Norwegian Sea 278.3 278.7 280.2 279.2 277.2 275.6 274.8 273.7 272.3 271.2 272.0 271.5 272.7 272.6 270.9 270.2 268.8 270.1 269.6 269.6 268.3 268.4 272.0 275.5 275.8 275.6 277.0 275.8 272.6 271.2 275.0 144 Barents Sea 278.2 276.5 275.9 275.7 273.8 272.4 270.4 269.3 270.3 272.5 271.2 268.7 268.4 267.3 266.8 267.8 270.7 270.2 269.0 268.3 269.8 268.0 266.5 265.5 267.4 268.4 267.4 268.2 269.0 267.7 266.0 146 Kara Sea 268.1 270.1 271.8 272.7 273.4 274.3 273.4 270.4 267.1 267.1 269.5 272.7 271.9 269.0 268.6 268.8 268.1 268.6 270.2 271.1 270.7 269.8 268.4 267.4 267.0 264.4 260.8 260.7 261.3 262.2 261.3 148 Laptev Sea 265.0 263.0 264.4 266.0 264.3 263.4 266.9 268.2 267.8 266.8 262.8 262.0 264.5 265.3 262.4 259.5 258.2 259.6 260.3 261.4 261.8 261.8 262.6 262.1 261.5 263.7 261.5 255.5 253.1 254.7 255.7 150 East Siberian Sea 264.1 267.3 266.1 260.9 261.0 263.0 261.0 257.9 256.8 258.1 259.3 260.5 267.8 268.7 264.5 260.2 258.4 257.5 257.0 255.0 254.2 258.2 259.1 263.0 263.5 260.8 260.4 257.9 253.7 256.8 257.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.7 272.8 269.2 270.2 270.9 270.6 269.2 267.5 273.3 271.5 271.0 268.8 270.7 270.2 269.2 268.5 272.0 272.1 270.2 268.5 267.4 265.8 266.6 264.0 269.2 272.7 272.1 272.5 272.3 269.8 267.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.5 275.2 272.7 275.8 276.4 273.3 271.8 274.2 273.4 272.5 269.1 265.7 266.1 266.0 264.0 264.4 274.1 270.9 267.5 265.5 264.3 266.9 271.6 272.1 273.3 273.3 270.4 268.5 267.6 267.5 263.7