1976 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 270.9 269.7 268.5 267.8 267.4 266.6 266.4 266.4 266.6 266.4 266.6 266.2 265.9 265.1 263.6 262.4 261.8 261.5 261.8 262.4 262.3 261.2 259.8 258.5 258.2 259.1 259.7 260.3 259.6 258.3 257.3 34 Hudson Bay 280.2 278.6 276.9 275.3 273.8 271.8 272.0 275.1 275.4 276.5 278.2 277.7 275.3 272.1 269.5 268.7 267.6 268.2 270.6 270.6 268.5 267.1 265.0 264.0 263.9 265.2 270.2 275.2 273.7 269.2 266.9 36 Hudson Strait 268.5 271.8 272.5 269.6 272.6 277.9 271.6 268.1 268.6 268.3 269.0 272.2 272.4 269.3 267.8 268.7 269.1 267.7 266.4 265.8 263.8 265.9 267.8 266.7 264.1 263.7 263.5 262.6 268.1 268.0 264.6 98 Bering Strait 269.7 268.7 267.1 266.4 268.2 268.1 269.2 266.0 263.2 262.6 262.0 260.3 260.2 265.6 265.8 265.3 269.9 269.5 265.3 266.5 267.3 265.5 264.2 260.5 259.2 260.1 259.4 257.2 256.5 256.0 257.8 128 Arctic subocean 251.0 252.5 250.3 247.5 243.0 245.7 246.5 244.1 246.4 250.7 253.3 250.8 249.9 244.9 247.4 249.7 248.1 245.9 245.1 240.7 243.5 247.7 245.8 247.7 249.7 247.8 247.1 243.7 239.2 241.9 241.3 130 Chukchi Sea 269.9 268.5 265.3 265.2 266.7 268.2 266.4 263.0 262.5 260.2 262.7 260.6 263.8 267.4 267.3 266.3 267.9 265.7 267.2 264.7 265.1 263.8 262.0 254.9 253.5 252.4 256.6 255.2 253.5 254.1 252.7 132 Beaufort Sea 272.3 269.2 267.6 267.0 268.7 269.7 274.8 273.8 272.6 272.1 270.3 270.7 268.3 267.6 267.3 269.1 269.8 271.8 269.9 265.6 263.8 261.9 262.1 262.5 262.9 269.3 271.9 267.1 263.4 263.3 267.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.3 260.1 258.1 255.7 257.1 257.6 256.8 257.8 256.7 255.2 256.8 257.4 255.3 254.0 255.2 256.2 255.3 259.3 260.4 258.6 253.9 248.0 247.4 250.2 253.2 257.2 258.0 255.3 250.1 251.1 252.2 136 Foxe Basin 268.3 269.8 266.9 265.3 261.1 260.9 262.6 263.0 264.2 258.6 261.5 261.4 261.4 260.0 258.6 259.1 258.7 259.3 260.0 261.7 261.6 260.6 257.4 254.7 256.0 256.7 255.5 259.4 257.5 256.3 255.2 138 Baffin Bay 256.6 252.4 251.9 253.6 252.0 248.4 249.2 249.4 253.0 254.5 253.0 252.7 256.1 255.6 251.5 248.3 244.9 242.9 244.8 250.5 252.8 251.0 252.2 251.6 249.5 248.7 248.5 251.2 255.8 254.7 247.4 139 South Greenland 263.6 263.3 265.2 265.4 262.9 257.8 256.9 257.4 258.8 259.3 259.3 259.2 262.5 260.7 256.3 251.3 250.3 250.2 256.2 261.5 260.9 258.9 256.6 254.9 256.8 257.6 257.8 260.2 261.4 256.4 250.6 140 Greenland Sea 255.9 251.9 249.8 251.5 253.2 253.9 250.9 253.6 255.9 256.4 256.3 255.2 259.1 256.7 254.2 248.1 244.9 244.7 242.8 246.1 252.2 249.6 247.3 246.6 247.7 248.0 247.0 247.1 251.0 252.4 246.0 142 Norwegian Sea 275.6 275.9 276.9 277.6 277.5 277.8 277.7 276.9 276.0 274.2 273.5 272.2 270.4 270.5 272.5 274.1 274.3 274.2 274.5 274.1 274.9 276.4 275.1 274.1 273.6 271.2 270.8 272.3 274.0 271.6 269.9 144 Barents Sea 273.4 272.8 273.0 274.6 273.9 271.8 269.6 268.6 267.0 266.7 265.3 263.6 265.5 268.8 268.7 269.2 270.4 269.3 269.0 269.8 268.3 266.4 266.4 264.6 266.0 268.4 266.9 264.3 261.0 258.7 259.4 146 Kara Sea 273.6 272.5 270.9 270.8 271.4 270.7 269.5 269.1 269.8 269.8 269.3 269.1 268.5 267.6 265.1 263.7 262.7 261.7 261.8 263.7 263.4 261.6 258.7 256.7 255.5 255.4 256.4 258.4 257.7 257.1 254.3 148 Laptev Sea 269.8 270.5 269.1 266.2 263.9 263.4 263.1 263.8 263.9 262.5 264.2 264.8 264.1 261.4 260.4 258.7 256.3 254.1 253.5 254.6 256.8 257.6 258.2 256.8 257.0 256.9 254.9 254.6 255.0 254.1 254.9 150 East Siberian Sea 263.9 261.0 259.6 259.7 257.6 257.1 257.5 256.2 257.1 257.2 257.3 254.6 255.6 256.7 256.8 252.2 252.6 255.3 256.0 253.4 257.0 262.2 257.8 256.8 254.7 254.8 253.4 251.6 252.1 251.9 253.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.6 271.7 274.0 275.6 275.5 275.7 275.0 271.3 270.0 271.5 270.9 268.6 267.7 273.3 273.4 272.8 274.4 273.3 271.7 274.2 273.0 269.9 267.4 268.8 270.3 268.1 262.2 265.9 266.4 265.3 269.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.8 275.7 276.2 276.4 277.1 275.2 274.1 271.8 271.2 271.3 266.7 265.6 271.1 275.6 274.8 275.3 274.5 272.8 274.0 275.2 275.0 274.4 272.3 268.7 263.7 254.9 254.5 258.0 261.8 256.5 259.8