1977 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 270.1 268.9 268.6 268.3 268.4 267.6 266.4 266.2 266.6 266.5 265.9 265.6 265.5 265.2 265.9 265.5 265.5 265.2 263.5 262.6 262.1 262.5 262.5 262.0 262.5 263.0 262.9 262.1 261.3 260.2 259.4 34 Hudson Bay 278.7 278.7 278.4 275.5 274.0 272.7 273.2 274.5 274.1 273.0 272.3 273.4 275.8 274.2 272.6 275.3 275.9 275.6 275.3 274.3 272.0 271.8 275.6 277.6 278.6 276.2 273.6 273.4 275.9 277.7 276.7 36 Hudson Strait 273.2 274.5 273.2 272.4 272.6 271.2 269.9 272.2 271.8 272.8 270.1 270.4 269.2 269.1 272.2 268.8 266.8 268.3 270.1 271.7 268.2 266.2 265.3 267.5 270.1 274.9 272.4 270.4 268.7 267.5 272.4 98 Bering Strait 270.4 268.7 267.9 269.5 267.9 266.0 265.8 265.4 268.1 267.4 267.8 266.6 264.5 264.7 265.7 263.9 264.9 264.6 261.1 260.7 265.4 266.5 264.7 263.4 262.4 263.8 263.6 263.0 258.7 257.9 257.2 128 Arctic subocean 258.9 255.5 254.8 257.9 257.0 254.1 250.1 247.9 246.9 248.7 246.2 249.5 252.6 252.8 250.5 248.6 249.0 252.1 251.5 250.2 245.9 241.7 240.9 242.8 243.5 244.4 246.8 245.5 244.7 244.0 244.5 130 Chukchi Sea 274.8 272.7 272.2 271.4 271.6 269.3 268.9 269.2 270.0 272.6 271.3 268.7 266.1 263.7 263.7 263.4 263.5 265.0 264.1 264.5 266.6 267.1 266.1 265.3 265.3 265.5 263.2 263.7 260.5 256.3 255.8 132 Beaufort Sea 275.8 272.6 270.4 268.9 268.4 269.1 268.9 269.2 268.0 268.3 268.9 270.7 269.1 267.0 273.0 273.6 271.9 271.9 270.0 265.8 266.7 272.6 273.7 269.9 266.7 268.2 270.0 271.5 270.2 267.3 265.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.6 265.8 263.7 264.6 266.0 263.9 260.9 257.7 256.9 255.4 255.1 254.8 256.1 257.3 256.9 257.2 256.8 254.3 250.7 251.8 251.4 252.5 256.5 256.1 256.2 254.3 254.9 256.2 262.3 258.0 253.1 136 Foxe Basin 267.9 269.0 266.6 268.6 268.5 267.7 266.0 265.8 266.7 265.1 261.8 267.4 267.7 263.9 264.8 263.3 262.0 266.4 266.5 263.5 261.3 259.0 257.8 257.5 262.0 265.3 266.3 264.7 265.0 269.2 265.2 138 Baffin Bay 255.0 254.0 254.5 253.4 253.8 254.5 255.0 254.8 255.9 256.3 253.6 254.1 253.8 254.4 254.4 255.8 256.5 255.3 251.9 253.4 251.6 250.4 246.4 245.3 246.5 246.8 247.1 244.9 243.5 243.4 244.5 139 South Greenland 258.5 257.6 256.2 256.2 259.0 261.8 260.5 261.0 259.1 255.6 253.8 254.0 255.5 257.2 258.0 257.7 260.0 259.4 256.4 254.5 253.1 251.6 250.0 250.9 250.0 250.5 253.4 248.9 249.4 249.1 249.0 140 Greenland Sea 253.1 249.3 248.6 249.8 249.5 249.5 249.7 250.1 251.1 250.8 246.5 248.6 248.0 247.8 247.6 248.7 250.0 250.6 246.9 250.3 247.4 244.9 246.3 245.4 244.3 244.4 244.6 246.6 245.0 245.7 247.0 142 Norwegian Sea 275.3 272.9 271.4 272.7 273.8 272.1 272.1 274.6 276.8 276.8 275.9 275.0 274.1 275.1 275.2 275.7 277.5 276.7 275.0 279.2 280.4 278.6 278.5 278.0 278.3 277.7 277.3 277.3 275.9 277.2 278.8 144 Barents Sea 273.2 274.1 274.3 271.8 269.7 270.1 270.5 270.6 270.4 271.2 270.8 271.4 269.2 267.6 266.1 265.4 264.7 265.4 263.8 264.0 267.5 270.5 267.6 266.7 271.0 268.7 267.1 266.0 266.6 265.9 264.6 146 Kara Sea 271.0 270.1 272.0 273.4 273.4 271.2 269.4 270.7 272.3 272.3 270.8 268.3 268.0 268.7 269.6 268.2 267.7 266.9 264.8 263.6 263.3 264.7 264.0 262.0 263.6 264.6 264.6 261.4 260.0 260.9 261.2 148 Laptev Sea 267.2 266.0 263.8 262.2 264.3 265.2 262.1 258.2 257.7 257.7 258.6 259.6 259.1 258.5 259.5 258.9 259.4 260.9 260.7 258.6 257.1 253.5 253.2 254.8 255.7 257.8 258.2 260.6 255.9 249.1 247.1 150 East Siberian Sea 264.9 262.2 262.4 263.4 262.8 259.7 258.5 258.4 260.5 263.3 265.3 262.2 263.2 263.3 263.2 262.1 262.0 258.3 254.9 253.6 251.7 253.2 253.0 252.3 250.7 248.7 248.7 249.1 250.9 249.8 249.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.5 271.2 271.4 272.5 271.8 272.1 274.6 273.5 273.0 274.2 275.3 273.8 273.1 273.9 274.0 271.8 271.8 267.3 264.6 271.8 273.9 274.5 271.3 271.0 268.8 272.8 273.5 271.4 271.2 269.9 267.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.0 275.2 277.3 275.5 272.7 276.3 275.0 271.5 275.4 272.5 274.4 272.2 269.9 267.7 263.8 261.5 261.8 264.7 266.5 268.3 269.5 271.1 268.5 266.0 264.3 271.0 268.5 262.7 261.0 262.4 259.5