1974 12 - 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 248.9 250.4 251.1 250.7 250.7 250.3 250.0 250.5 250.6 250.3 250.8 251.4 250.6 249.9 250.3 250.7 251.0 250.7 249.4 248.2 247.3 247.6 248.2 248.5 248.2 249.0 249.3 249.3 249.8 250.8 251.1 34 Hudson Bay 259.1 257.0 256.1 257.8 258.5 259.2 255.4 255.8 261.4 261.0 257.5 255.3 252.5 252.9 256.1 257.9 260.8 259.4 256.0 257.5 257.9 256.9 255.2 255.5 258.6 261.7 260.8 260.2 260.1 259.7 258.5 36 Hudson Strait 257.8 249.6 243.0 243.4 251.1 246.3 245.5 252.1 250.2 256.1 257.8 251.1 254.0 249.5 245.7 248.1 249.3 256.4 256.6 254.6 254.4 249.1 250.0 252.0 250.7 249.6 250.0 246.2 252.2 254.9 246.6 98 Bering Strait 252.4 249.2 248.8 247.8 249.8 255.7 256.0 255.0 251.6 250.0 250.4 255.1 253.7 249.0 248.6 247.4 247.0 248.3 249.4 246.6 243.1 249.9 253.5 251.0 247.7 246.6 242.4 239.4 239.9 243.2 248.2 128 Arctic subocean 229.8 229.4 236.1 239.0 236.8 237.2 235.4 232.1 236.6 239.5 235.5 232.7 229.0 232.6 235.3 235.2 234.3 238.7 242.8 243.8 243.3 238.9 236.7 236.0 235.7 235.0 233.6 232.7 238.3 239.0 234.4 130 Chukchi Sea 244.4 243.6 243.3 243.6 244.4 246.6 245.8 244.5 238.4 236.4 241.0 244.0 247.5 247.7 243.8 242.5 242.9 243.7 241.5 238.3 239.5 239.9 239.7 239.0 239.2 235.4 235.8 233.8 239.6 232.1 234.7 132 Beaufort Sea 256.8 253.0 254.6 254.2 255.9 253.9 257.5 264.2 259.1 254.0 251.2 251.3 252.8 256.9 256.4 256.6 257.3 252.7 253.3 252.2 251.0 249.8 254.8 261.1 259.0 254.5 253.8 250.8 251.8 254.1 257.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.6 241.5 240.7 238.3 238.3 238.4 240.7 243.2 244.8 240.3 239.9 238.1 237.4 243.4 242.6 240.8 244.3 249.2 248.2 245.5 240.3 238.5 240.2 238.0 238.6 241.0 240.7 243.0 241.8 240.4 239.9 136 Foxe Basin 235.6 237.2 236.5 236.8 237.1 238.0 234.4 234.2 238.0 238.0 241.1 246.7 245.1 236.2 246.4 243.0 247.9 246.9 244.1 251.5 252.4 247.4 241.8 244.2 240.4 235.8 237.3 239.8 237.7 235.5 241.2 138 Baffin Bay 239.3 238.8 237.9 235.6 235.8 233.6 232.3 231.3 230.8 231.8 236.6 235.8 234.3 230.5 230.4 230.3 231.1 236.5 237.8 238.7 238.0 236.5 235.0 233.1 230.9 230.3 231.4 229.1 230.2 234.4 230.6 139 South Greenland 246.4 242.8 242.9 239.2 240.1 239.4 240.8 239.1 236.7 237.2 244.3 250.7 246.1 241.5 238.1 238.9 237.1 236.8 235.5 236.2 237.7 239.0 239.0 239.2 238.7 239.7 240.5 236.6 236.9 237.7 235.6 140 Greenland Sea 238.0 241.0 242.9 245.0 241.2 236.0 234.8 231.2 230.4 231.2 234.9 236.3 234.0 231.6 230.1 231.4 234.0 237.9 236.1 236.9 239.6 239.5 235.7 234.3 234.1 232.9 230.8 228.9 228.4 232.3 235.2 142 Norwegian Sea 268.5 272.0 273.6 272.2 271.1 270.7 272.5 273.6 274.0 272.4 270.2 267.0 267.3 272.1 272.6 270.4 269.8 268.6 269.5 271.9 275.0 275.0 271.4 273.7 273.2 271.4 268.1 266.0 265.7 263.6 270.3 144 Barents Sea 268.8 266.7 266.8 266.2 264.8 264.7 263.3 263.8 265.2 266.5 268.0 267.7 267.3 267.3 267.2 267.0 265.0 263.6 266.4 267.5 266.9 268.1 268.8 268.0 269.4 269.4 267.7 267.7 266.8 266.2 262.3 146 Kara Sea 248.4 254.2 255.6 253.9 252.8 251.9 252.2 252.1 251.9 253.1 254.4 255.8 255.6 255.3 256.9 258.4 258.0 257.0 254.4 251.6 250.3 249.8 250.3 249.1 248.7 251.8 255.0 256.8 258.0 258.2 256.8 148 Laptev Sea 236.3 241.0 244.2 245.9 244.6 243.4 242.7 242.8 244.2 244.6 245.0 246.3 247.3 244.1 242.5 241.9 241.0 239.5 237.4 235.7 234.9 235.1 235.9 238.3 237.1 237.7 238.1 238.8 239.7 243.6 248.7 150 East Siberian Sea 243.4 247.9 246.1 245.8 244.8 245.2 245.2 243.1 241.6 238.1 237.1 237.1 235.0 233.4 235.4 236.5 236.3 237.2 235.8 235.0 234.4 237.0 238.8 239.3 240.9 240.4 242.4 243.3 241.6 238.4 237.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.4 264.2 264.0 263.9 267.2 270.5 270.9 271.2 266.7 266.0 268.5 268.5 265.5 262.1 263.9 260.5 260.8 264.8 266.7 261.8 257.6 267.9 270.1 268.1 263.7 261.9 255.9 255.4 255.6 262.2 265.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 254.2 253.3 250.5 254.7 267.6 266.3 262.1 259.0 256.8 260.8 269.1 267.9 263.6 258.3 255.6 250.2 252.4 256.1 255.4 252.4 249.0 268.6 266.9 261.3 258.0 252.3 243.4 247.8 246.4 253.1 244.2