1973 11 - 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 258.8 258.2 258.2 258.3 257.0 257.1 256.9 256.1 257.0 258.0 258.4 257.7 256.6 255.8 255.5 255.7 255.7 255.2 254.4 253.9 253.3 253.7 253.6 253.8 254.0 254.6 255.8 255.6 255.1 253.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 269.0 265.3 260.8 257.8 257.3 259.6 260.4 260.7 258.9 261.5 263.8 262.9 261.1 261.6 261.0 262.3 264.5 262.4 259.9 259.6 262.4 264.2 262.0 260.3 260.8 263.1 263.3 262.3 262.3 259.6 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 272.4 272.4 272.7 273.0 271.4 269.7 269.0 266.1 264.1 263.2 262.0 260.9 266.4 263.9 265.0 266.7 264.8 268.1 264.3 259.7 259.5 260.2 270.1 266.8 260.8 262.6 262.5 260.2 263.7 267.7 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 257.5 259.3 261.5 263.4 258.9 258.5 259.0 256.8 260.4 256.5 258.0 256.7 253.1 253.1 251.3 249.9 251.2 252.0 251.4 249.5 246.6 253.1 254.9 255.8 252.6 249.8 253.6 251.6 251.7 253.2 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.5 242.9 247.2 246.6 255.8 261.1 250.7 239.0 244.2 245.9 246.0 245.0 246.8 245.3 238.4 239.9 241.8 242.8 241.6 240.1 241.2 241.3 238.9 239.2 241.2 239.6 241.1 243.4 244.9 245.3 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 262.0 263.7 269.6 270.2 267.0 267.5 264.6 261.9 265.8 263.9 252.7 252.7 254.3 257.8 256.9 254.3 250.8 248.0 247.4 245.1 244.2 259.2 258.7 254.3 248.7 248.1 249.7 252.1 251.4 254.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 258.9 254.9 252.5 253.8 251.6 252.1 252.8 252.9 254.3 255.0 255.5 256.4 255.8 254.3 253.0 252.3 249.4 248.9 248.8 250.9 252.0 252.3 252.2 255.5 257.9 254.3 253.2 253.2 252.1 250.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.5 244.7 246.9 247.4 248.3 253.4 254.4 253.4 251.4 249.8 251.0 251.6 252.1 248.7 246.8 247.7 250.8 250.2 246.5 243.3 241.4 242.5 243.4 244.4 250.1 251.9 253.3 254.4 251.9 249.5 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 254.1 253.6 262.3 265.7 258.3 255.4 257.3 255.6 249.6 250.9 250.0 251.2 253.7 254.6 250.3 249.7 252.2 251.6 250.3 251.4 253.2 251.3 252.9 260.6 265.8 267.4 267.7 260.8 254.6 251.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 245.9 243.1 245.3 244.2 245.6 252.2 250.6 245.3 243.1 244.0 244.2 242.0 242.2 243.1 240.7 236.3 233.3 236.8 238.4 238.8 236.8 237.1 236.2 238.2 243.1 248.1 251.5 255.4 258.7 256.1 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 248.0 249.8 252.2 255.7 255.0 253.7 250.7 247.7 248.0 249.1 251.0 248.2 246.3 244.4 244.4 243.2 241.1 241.9 246.7 247.2 244.0 244.3 242.9 246.9 253.2 257.9 259.1 259.9 260.2 259.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 243.7 240.7 239.5 239.0 241.3 250.4 247.3 235.4 239.2 238.2 236.8 237.3 239.5 239.2 237.2 236.7 235.4 234.8 235.0 234.6 235.6 238.6 240.1 239.5 239.2 241.8 242.4 244.7 247.8 247.7 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.4 273.8 273.7 277.0 275.5 273.0 269.5 273.6 273.7 269.7 267.8 266.6 265.7 267.2 265.8 265.1 268.4 269.0 269.0 267.2 273.1 272.7 268.6 266.0 268.5 268.9 269.4 267.1 266.8 266.4 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 267.6 270.3 267.3 266.1 265.9 270.4 270.8 268.9 268.8 269.3 267.6 264.6 262.5 265.4 267.2 264.9 261.3 258.2 258.5 258.5 259.1 260.0 261.7 263.1 262.4 263.4 262.9 261.2 259.5 257.1 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 261.4 262.8 264.2 263.9 261.8 258.4 258.8 261.9 264.3 264.4 265.9 265.6 264.2 262.6 263.3 265.4 266.2 265.3 264.5 262.9 259.8 258.7 258.7 259.4 259.2 260.0 261.6 261.3 259.1 254.3 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.4 251.7 251.9 254.8 254.8 254.1 251.9 247.0 249.5 254.8 252.5 251.0 249.4 247.3 246.5 246.4 245.9 247.7 246.6 248.7 249.6 247.0 246.6 243.8 241.7 241.2 242.4 243.2 243.1 244.2 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 253.8 254.0 254.7 250.4 248.3 247.5 249.5 250.8 249.0 248.4 249.7 251.5 252.9 252.8 255.0 252.6 250.7 246.2 246.2 243.6 242.7 241.0 241.4 241.2 239.9 242.6 247.9 246.8 250.8 257.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.0 263.1 262.1 263.0 260.6 261.3 259.6 259.2 257.8 260.9 263.2 257.8 255.8 255.9 256.6 256.6 258.8 262.1 262.6 258.3 256.0 264.4 264.4 267.6 263.5 262.2 260.4 257.8 256.4 257.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 262.5 270.8 273.6 272.2 264.0 265.8 269.7 264.9 267.2 272.4 263.9 267.8 259.0 258.4 260.5 264.3 267.7 268.6 259.4 260.3 264.4 273.0 270.0 270.6 264.1 257.3 253.6 254.0 253.8 253.5 -9999.0