1978 01 - 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 250.1 250.3 250.3 249.4 248.5 247.7 247.7 249.9 250.5 249.8 250.0 249.9 250.3 250.1 250.0 249.8 250.0 250.7 251.0 250.4 249.4 249.3 249.4 248.6 247.6 247.3 247.9 248.1 247.9 248.3 248.9 34 Hudson Bay 250.7 253.2 249.1 246.1 244.1 245.2 246.3 248.4 247.6 249.3 249.2 248.5 249.9 250.6 249.3 247.7 247.0 248.3 250.0 252.2 253.9 256.0 258.2 257.1 250.8 249.0 251.8 252.0 250.3 249.5 247.7 36 Hudson Strait 244.6 241.8 247.4 246.0 242.1 242.2 241.5 243.3 241.8 248.7 246.9 237.7 242.1 247.8 249.4 246.0 243.3 242.1 240.5 245.0 248.6 247.0 245.1 245.6 245.5 245.3 248.8 256.4 248.8 244.0 247.1 98 Bering Strait 261.2 260.6 258.7 256.2 256.2 251.1 248.7 251.9 260.1 261.1 261.1 259.1 259.6 258.4 257.1 257.5 256.2 261.6 262.7 261.3 261.1 259.7 259.8 262.4 260.6 256.3 254.6 255.3 256.1 254.2 254.3 128 Arctic subocean 232.8 233.5 234.0 236.7 237.2 233.3 236.7 244.9 232.3 228.4 232.4 233.6 235.1 235.2 237.3 239.1 240.9 241.4 246.4 241.5 236.3 237.6 240.2 239.6 239.6 244.0 247.4 240.6 233.4 232.7 234.8 130 Chukchi Sea 255.0 261.8 264.0 256.7 257.7 256.2 252.8 254.2 253.6 255.7 254.4 258.6 261.1 264.6 262.9 259.4 251.5 253.1 260.0 260.9 258.3 255.6 254.1 252.7 250.5 245.1 249.7 253.2 254.7 255.9 251.9 132 Beaufort Sea 261.1 258.4 251.7 245.6 243.6 244.5 242.7 248.1 252.4 254.3 255.6 256.3 256.6 253.1 251.5 251.1 248.7 253.0 254.8 255.0 255.4 254.8 252.9 253.3 258.5 256.4 249.9 246.8 247.9 248.4 246.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.4 239.5 237.1 236.0 240.5 240.9 243.7 248.7 244.5 236.7 237.0 245.6 249.2 244.4 243.1 239.4 246.4 250.7 249.8 242.5 237.2 237.4 240.1 240.6 244.8 249.9 249.4 244.4 243.4 239.1 237.0 136 Foxe Basin 237.5 238.3 237.0 234.2 234.1 235.7 232.0 231.4 243.5 241.8 239.2 244.1 239.8 241.5 239.0 236.7 233.6 232.5 235.0 237.8 241.7 247.6 247.1 248.1 247.7 247.0 249.1 247.9 243.1 239.7 239.2 138 Baffin Bay 232.6 232.2 231.9 233.6 233.2 231.1 230.2 235.5 234.9 233.1 239.6 243.2 240.5 234.7 233.2 234.3 234.1 238.4 242.0 242.8 246.6 251.7 251.1 246.3 246.0 244.1 243.4 239.8 237.2 237.9 238.8 139 South Greenland 239.0 237.2 238.6 243.2 244.0 239.8 240.3 240.0 238.2 239.5 252.0 251.5 251.4 245.0 243.9 242.5 246.3 247.3 248.0 250.5 253.8 256.4 254.8 251.5 248.4 246.8 245.5 242.4 244.9 247.0 247.5 140 Greenland Sea 232.5 232.6 231.6 230.0 233.7 232.2 230.6 235.4 235.3 231.8 233.5 237.9 237.3 233.6 235.0 234.4 235.4 238.7 243.0 242.0 244.0 247.4 248.7 240.7 238.2 239.4 240.5 237.2 228.0 234.5 240.9 142 Norwegian Sea 266.9 265.7 266.1 266.7 270.5 273.3 274.8 273.5 273.2 270.7 267.2 265.6 270.5 272.8 273.5 271.6 267.9 267.5 267.5 267.7 266.1 265.8 266.6 262.6 261.5 260.8 262.2 262.4 266.4 265.5 269.0 144 Barents Sea 254.5 258.4 262.4 258.9 255.9 256.9 261.9 264.9 264.9 265.8 265.8 265.0 260.6 254.9 256.1 264.9 267.0 264.5 260.2 259.0 256.1 256.2 256.6 254.8 255.0 257.0 258.2 257.0 254.0 258.2 262.4 146 Kara Sea 255.3 257.1 259.7 259.6 257.2 255.8 256.4 257.4 256.0 254.5 253.7 253.0 254.1 256.0 255.7 255.1 256.7 256.5 256.3 254.1 250.0 248.9 248.8 248.7 247.8 247.9 249.0 251.4 252.4 252.2 253.5 148 Laptev Sea 241.2 240.2 241.8 242.3 241.4 241.9 240.7 243.8 246.4 243.5 241.1 239.7 238.8 241.4 245.1 245.7 243.1 239.5 238.6 239.4 238.7 236.1 235.1 234.9 235.0 235.6 236.0 236.4 237.3 239.9 242.7 150 East Siberian Sea 242.0 242.2 242.2 246.1 251.9 247.4 243.9 241.8 240.6 239.6 240.4 239.5 240.8 243.0 241.8 242.5 242.8 243.2 241.2 240.1 239.0 238.9 240.0 237.5 236.4 235.6 240.2 244.5 246.2 247.9 247.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.4 262.7 261.9 260.3 257.6 256.8 256.4 264.3 272.7 272.5 268.5 267.0 266.9 264.1 263.1 261.3 266.1 271.3 272.0 270.9 269.2 268.9 271.4 272.1 264.8 262.7 265.5 264.6 264.8 263.3 262.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.9 270.0 267.4 267.5 263.9 259.0 261.3 256.6 268.3 269.5 270.3 271.7 273.0 272.0 266.6 261.7 263.0 272.0 272.4 267.3 266.9 269.9 272.1 267.0 262.5 266.5 271.4 272.3 268.8 270.6 271.0