1974 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 269.0 270.1 269.7 268.1 267.0 267.1 266.7 266.3 266.4 266.0 264.7 264.2 264.6 263.0 261.3 260.5 260.0 260.2 261.0 262.3 262.2 262.5 261.4 260.9 260.5 260.1 260.6 259.7 259.3 258.9 258.6 34 Hudson Bay 268.9 272.8 277.0 274.1 270.2 268.8 272.2 272.7 274.4 274.6 273.2 270.6 272.9 268.9 265.8 266.4 266.7 267.2 266.4 268.5 270.1 268.8 268.6 270.2 268.5 267.3 268.2 267.6 267.7 269.2 267.5 36 Hudson Strait 269.1 270.0 270.4 271.8 273.1 272.6 270.3 268.9 268.6 268.9 267.2 270.4 268.4 268.4 269.5 266.7 264.5 263.9 266.1 264.2 261.5 264.3 268.3 267.0 263.5 267.4 267.9 266.0 263.8 264.9 267.2 98 Bering Strait 266.3 263.9 259.4 260.0 267.7 268.1 265.8 264.9 262.2 261.5 261.4 263.0 264.1 266.9 264.7 263.3 263.5 263.2 263.4 260.9 260.5 264.2 261.3 265.6 267.8 265.5 264.6 262.8 261.2 264.4 266.1 128 Arctic subocean 251.9 251.0 258.0 255.6 259.7 257.4 259.7 256.2 257.2 257.0 256.7 252.9 252.5 248.5 244.9 245.9 246.3 245.8 245.0 247.2 245.9 243.8 246.3 244.5 242.8 243.1 246.4 247.1 246.1 245.2 249.2 130 Chukchi Sea 266.0 263.3 263.3 263.0 264.4 264.5 264.9 264.1 263.0 261.3 261.8 262.6 262.2 262.1 259.3 257.1 258.2 259.7 261.3 261.8 263.0 261.4 257.4 260.3 262.9 264.0 262.1 260.3 258.4 260.6 264.5 132 Beaufort Sea 268.7 270.0 264.3 260.4 261.0 267.7 267.1 267.4 269.4 265.8 262.6 267.2 264.5 263.8 267.3 267.0 264.0 263.0 265.5 265.8 263.6 264.9 265.1 263.5 266.0 267.5 266.3 264.8 264.1 261.8 264.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 258.2 258.1 258.2 259.7 259.8 258.2 255.8 255.4 253.8 255.5 256.0 255.1 253.7 252.6 251.4 253.2 254.1 252.2 252.4 251.8 253.2 252.8 254.0 253.6 251.4 248.3 249.2 249.9 248.5 248.2 247.1 136 Foxe Basin 266.1 268.3 266.2 270.9 271.6 269.8 267.6 268.1 269.9 269.9 267.6 266.5 264.7 262.0 259.9 260.8 260.4 261.1 260.4 260.6 260.2 260.0 259.8 259.9 262.4 262.2 259.7 259.8 259.2 257.3 257.2 138 Baffin Bay 254.6 262.4 261.5 257.8 257.7 257.1 259.8 260.4 260.5 261.1 259.8 257.2 254.8 255.0 253.3 247.3 247.2 248.5 250.5 252.9 251.6 254.8 250.5 246.9 244.3 242.6 248.3 250.6 255.1 251.9 247.9 139 South Greenland 266.7 267.9 263.4 259.5 255.2 257.8 260.4 260.7 261.0 260.8 260.4 262.0 261.6 261.7 258.5 255.5 255.1 253.7 255.0 258.1 259.5 259.7 253.3 250.9 253.7 252.4 252.7 261.3 264.0 255.2 249.2 140 Greenland Sea 250.2 260.2 262.4 256.2 253.5 252.8 255.8 253.7 254.1 255.9 253.8 253.0 251.9 251.9 252.1 245.9 243.5 246.0 254.0 256.7 250.8 251.9 250.7 246.8 241.6 238.0 245.0 247.8 252.7 254.1 247.5 142 Norwegian Sea 275.7 274.3 274.6 274.7 275.4 276.3 275.8 274.1 273.3 271.9 271.0 271.7 274.0 276.1 276.5 273.9 274.0 273.7 273.2 271.5 271.5 271.6 270.2 273.2 273.8 273.0 270.6 270.7 271.9 271.0 270.4 144 Barents Sea 280.7 279.0 278.5 277.7 275.8 277.5 272.9 272.8 270.5 268.3 269.4 270.6 271.7 271.4 271.2 272.0 269.4 267.2 267.6 267.7 267.8 266.9 266.8 266.1 267.9 269.1 271.4 271.2 269.6 268.6 267.4 146 Kara Sea 273.6 274.1 273.7 272.6 271.7 270.5 268.9 268.0 269.4 268.4 264.9 264.5 266.1 263.3 260.1 259.9 260.5 261.3 262.4 265.7 266.3 265.3 262.8 261.4 261.2 263.6 264.3 260.0 258.2 259.1 259.5 148 Laptev Sea 269.6 269.8 269.6 267.1 263.2 262.9 263.6 263.4 260.9 261.2 263.0 260.3 258.2 256.6 255.8 253.6 253.2 255.1 256.0 255.2 255.3 256.6 257.5 257.1 254.5 250.7 251.1 250.3 249.1 247.4 247.3 150 East Siberian Sea 266.3 267.0 269.0 268.0 267.3 266.6 264.2 264.2 265.4 267.2 264.7 263.2 265.8 265.6 262.6 262.6 259.9 259.8 258.0 259.3 254.4 256.3 254.3 254.5 254.7 253.2 249.7 252.5 256.7 256.5 256.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.8 266.4 263.6 267.5 276.1 277.6 274.3 270.6 267.6 268.0 270.5 272.1 274.2 274.9 272.7 271.3 272.5 270.1 268.2 267.5 271.7 273.9 273.2 274.9 274.4 272.1 273.5 271.3 270.6 273.2 272.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.4 265.6 266.0 274.3 278.2 275.6 271.9 268.0 265.9 265.3 265.7 262.9 272.0 273.4 270.2 265.6 264.2 259.1 262.0 263.8 269.1 273.1 272.8 274.1 274.2 272.1 270.8 269.1 267.4 268.5 265.8