1975 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 248.2 247.5 246.7 246.1 246.8 247.6 248.5 249.6 249.6 249.3 249.0 249.2 249.6 249.7 250.0 251.2 253.0 254.8 254.7 253.6 252.3 252.3 252.8 253.0 254.3 254.7 254.3 253.7 253.0 252.5 252.4 34 Hudson Bay 252.3 248.9 250.7 254.0 255.3 252.7 254.3 255.9 258.7 256.5 248.8 245.5 248.1 250.3 249.5 246.6 244.9 250.1 254.6 255.6 259.0 254.9 253.1 253.6 255.5 256.9 258.4 260.2 262.5 259.9 254.4 36 Hudson Strait 265.5 254.0 254.9 253.6 252.4 261.9 253.0 255.7 253.5 261.0 264.4 252.1 246.8 249.4 255.8 249.6 247.1 244.7 249.2 246.9 254.7 251.0 244.0 244.3 247.7 248.2 248.3 251.2 254.2 258.3 257.1 98 Bering Strait 247.0 244.7 240.5 237.5 238.1 238.3 241.9 242.9 241.3 240.3 238.2 238.0 242.1 245.8 246.9 259.0 262.8 259.2 257.0 255.0 250.1 253.2 256.7 254.2 257.0 255.3 254.6 257.0 253.5 251.6 259.8 128 Arctic subocean 237.8 238.1 241.8 238.9 237.1 235.7 232.3 231.6 238.2 239.5 239.9 240.5 242.0 240.6 240.8 241.0 238.0 241.7 238.7 239.1 239.2 242.4 240.1 239.4 237.4 238.2 237.7 242.8 245.9 243.7 237.6 130 Chukchi Sea 248.8 245.9 246.5 242.3 244.3 241.8 240.4 246.4 237.2 234.9 238.0 240.0 242.5 243.2 243.2 253.4 251.4 246.2 247.2 244.5 243.9 244.7 245.8 248.2 251.3 249.3 249.6 250.4 247.5 247.9 261.7 132 Beaufort Sea 244.9 242.9 241.7 239.3 241.4 244.6 245.2 249.5 246.0 239.6 238.6 238.6 238.9 243.9 243.9 245.9 260.0 266.0 263.3 264.0 256.7 257.5 261.7 260.2 262.2 260.7 264.2 264.3 261.0 256.6 252.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.7 242.9 243.0 237.0 233.1 233.3 234.9 234.3 234.2 236.2 237.6 238.3 241.4 240.0 236.5 235.9 239.7 251.0 248.9 244.0 238.4 240.1 242.3 244.9 247.4 245.0 242.1 243.0 243.3 245.0 242.5 136 Foxe Basin 254.6 238.4 239.7 237.2 237.7 238.6 236.0 238.3 242.7 242.3 245.0 237.9 238.0 239.0 238.8 243.1 238.5 236.2 241.3 242.7 244.6 246.7 244.0 235.2 240.5 248.5 240.3 241.8 238.6 238.7 243.0 138 Baffin Bay 246.1 249.5 236.5 235.6 236.7 235.2 234.5 234.5 234.6 234.8 237.2 246.2 245.6 233.9 232.7 236.7 240.1 238.6 239.9 237.2 235.1 235.7 234.6 234.5 235.0 233.5 229.6 232.1 234.9 235.1 234.4 139 South Greenland 251.2 254.4 245.8 245.8 245.8 248.2 251.3 245.1 243.9 244.4 248.0 256.2 253.3 241.8 240.2 249.7 252.9 255.8 247.8 245.8 242.0 241.1 241.9 247.3 247.0 244.9 240.5 235.2 234.6 233.6 234.7 140 Greenland Sea 239.9 245.7 242.1 235.9 236.5 237.8 235.5 238.2 237.3 236.5 238.6 242.4 243.1 238.4 236.3 235.3 239.1 238.0 238.3 235.4 235.8 234.0 231.3 233.3 233.0 230.0 230.1 232.9 235.7 233.1 234.3 142 Norwegian Sea 271.8 271.2 270.9 272.4 272.1 271.0 271.3 269.1 268.4 267.9 273.4 269.1 269.0 274.0 270.0 266.3 266.2 267.2 269.2 272.6 273.3 271.1 269.8 268.2 266.9 268.6 272.9 270.3 268.0 271.4 268.7 144 Barents Sea 267.9 267.7 266.8 268.7 267.9 268.7 266.7 267.2 265.7 264.6 260.9 262.2 263.7 262.8 264.7 263.4 259.8 258.2 255.7 254.7 260.2 263.4 262.1 259.9 257.6 256.0 255.8 262.6 261.6 259.0 263.7 146 Kara Sea 246.1 245.8 246.2 245.4 246.3 248.3 250.5 252.2 253.1 254.2 256.1 256.0 255.2 255.9 256.8 257.6 259.0 260.0 259.8 257.8 256.6 255.9 258.2 261.0 261.2 259.7 260.0 259.3 259.9 259.1 257.3 148 Laptev Sea 242.0 244.1 245.4 244.6 245.7 245.4 246.4 247.7 247.4 248.4 249.6 250.6 249.7 249.7 250.1 249.3 249.4 250.4 252.1 252.2 249.0 251.4 249.3 247.2 250.8 256.4 254.4 247.7 244.0 248.1 249.6 150 East Siberian Sea 253.2 246.3 243.0 245.1 249.5 250.2 247.7 246.6 246.5 246.2 245.3 242.6 242.9 244.4 245.5 247.1 248.7 248.0 247.3 245.7 243.8 242.1 243.4 240.6 241.2 246.7 245.3 242.0 239.6 238.5 244.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 252.3 251.9 249.2 247.7 247.9 250.7 253.9 254.1 251.3 249.7 251.7 251.6 258.4 262.2 260.6 271.0 271.2 268.3 270.0 267.6 264.5 269.7 270.3 267.4 270.6 268.6 268.0 267.0 261.7 260.4 267.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 251.1 250.1 254.1 250.7 244.5 243.7 242.6 243.5 250.1 247.1 246.9 260.5 266.5 257.7 265.6 272.8 270.0 269.5 265.8 261.5 263.0 267.5 268.8 262.4 265.1 267.5 263.9 261.7 256.4 267.0 270.4