1977 08 - 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 283.8 283.6 283.5 283.3 283.1 282.6 282.7 283.0 282.9 282.4 281.9 282.0 282.1 282.1 282.0 282.0 282.2 282.4 282.6 282.3 281.5 281.0 280.9 280.6 280.4 280.2 279.8 279.4 279.0 278.5 278.2 34 Hudson Bay 284.8 284.8 285.7 285.2 284.7 284.7 284.7 285.4 285.3 284.5 284.8 284.1 284.1 283.9 283.6 283.4 283.4 284.7 284.9 284.3 283.0 281.8 281.5 282.5 284.1 285.4 285.8 285.4 284.7 284.4 283.9 36 Hudson Strait 284.3 281.7 282.0 283.6 284.1 284.2 281.1 280.3 280.7 280.7 281.3 282.9 282.6 281.8 279.4 279.6 280.5 280.6 280.7 280.8 280.5 280.7 281.2 280.2 279.2 278.5 282.0 282.9 281.2 277.9 279.0 98 Bering Strait 286.7 285.8 286.2 287.7 287.2 286.1 285.9 286.8 286.8 286.5 286.3 285.4 285.7 287.4 286.7 285.0 284.7 285.9 286.0 286.1 287.5 287.6 286.0 283.8 282.3 281.3 279.8 278.3 278.0 279.0 280.3 128 Arctic subocean 272.9 273.0 273.2 272.6 272.4 271.5 270.7 269.6 270.8 271.2 270.0 268.9 270.1 270.5 270.5 272.1 270.7 269.6 268.3 266.4 267.6 269.5 269.0 268.4 266.9 265.9 264.6 261.8 260.5 260.2 261.2 130 Chukchi Sea 288.9 287.4 286.6 287.3 286.0 283.6 282.7 283.8 284.8 285.4 285.5 285.5 285.4 285.2 284.8 283.3 283.2 284.0 283.4 283.6 285.4 285.8 284.7 282.8 279.9 277.2 278.7 280.0 279.9 280.0 280.3 132 Beaufort Sea 284.4 285.0 285.5 285.8 286.5 285.2 284.7 284.0 284.5 285.2 283.3 283.4 283.2 283.7 284.2 285.3 286.9 286.9 286.2 284.9 282.5 280.9 280.4 280.5 279.7 278.8 278.9 279.7 279.0 278.0 278.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 277.6 278.1 277.6 278.2 278.2 277.8 277.5 278.3 278.1 277.2 276.7 276.9 276.5 274.9 274.7 275.3 276.2 276.4 274.1 273.8 273.5 273.8 274.8 275.6 274.8 275.1 274.1 273.5 273.5 272.7 272.2 136 Foxe Basin 274.5 274.7 274.4 276.1 277.9 278.0 277.8 277.3 277.3 278.0 278.6 278.8 278.2 277.1 276.6 275.7 274.8 275.2 276.4 276.1 276.7 275.7 275.2 275.0 273.5 273.8 273.5 273.5 273.8 272.3 272.6 138 Baffin Bay 269.1 269.1 269.2 267.6 267.4 266.9 267.3 268.4 269.0 268.1 267.1 267.6 269.2 271.4 272.1 272.2 271.1 269.7 268.7 266.3 265.4 264.1 263.1 261.7 261.1 260.0 260.9 260.4 258.8 257.7 256.9 139 South Greenland 269.6 269.2 268.8 268.3 268.6 268.3 268.0 267.9 267.1 266.7 268.1 269.1 271.6 272.8 273.2 271.9 270.3 270.7 271.1 270.7 270.1 268.8 267.5 266.5 266.7 267.1 266.4 265.1 263.1 262.0 261.2 140 Greenland Sea 268.1 268.9 268.1 266.2 266.1 265.6 266.2 268.4 270.3 267.7 266.6 267.3 268.9 270.6 271.6 271.1 268.3 267.8 267.3 265.8 262.9 261.3 260.7 259.1 257.6 256.5 256.3 257.0 254.8 254.6 253.2 142 Norwegian Sea 283.4 285.3 286.3 285.6 286.1 283.6 282.1 284.1 285.1 286.1 286.4 286.2 285.5 285.4 284.9 283.8 282.3 282.4 282.9 282.6 282.0 281.5 280.8 280.3 281.5 282.7 279.7 279.6 282.5 282.6 281.7 144 Barents Sea 290.9 289.7 289.3 289.8 290.4 289.8 289.0 287.8 286.9 284.7 283.2 282.7 282.1 281.5 281.5 280.4 281.0 281.1 281.7 282.6 282.8 282.7 282.7 282.4 282.6 282.1 282.1 282.4 283.1 282.8 283.5 146 Kara Sea 288.0 288.2 287.4 286.8 286.0 285.3 285.7 285.9 285.6 285.1 284.8 285.3 284.7 284.4 284.0 284.1 284.3 285.0 285.7 285.8 285.3 285.5 286.2 285.9 285.6 285.2 283.8 282.8 282.8 283.2 283.4 148 Laptev Sea 285.1 284.4 284.8 284.0 283.0 282.5 283.3 284.9 284.8 283.8 282.8 282.8 282.9 282.6 283.3 284.3 285.2 283.6 284.2 283.4 281.5 281.2 281.2 281.5 281.3 280.8 281.4 282.3 282.0 278.6 277.1 150 East Siberian Sea 280.9 280.3 279.6 280.0 281.2 283.3 284.2 282.8 281.2 282.1 282.5 283.3 283.4 283.4 282.9 282.8 282.1 282.5 283.3 282.9 284.1 282.4 281.5 279.9 280.4 280.7 278.1 275.8 275.5 279.4 278.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.0 280.6 282.5 285.3 285.2 283.8 283.4 283.0 283.3 284.3 284.1 282.9 284.5 285.5 284.6 283.2 284.1 286.5 286.8 287.6 288.6 286.5 284.8 282.2 281.2 282.5 281.0 279.6 280.1 279.9 279.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.4 282.8 282.5 284.3 283.6 282.8 283.3 283.9 283.1 284.4 284.9 284.5 284.9 283.7 281.7 281.5 281.7 285.7 285.8 287.3 289.4 289.7 289.0 287.3 285.3 285.8 282.9 280.7 281.4 281.3 281.5