1978 03 - 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 250.8 250.3 249.3 248.9 249.1 249.6 250.5 252.2 253.7 254.6 255.8 255.8 256.5 256.7 256.3 256.4 257.7 258.4 258.6 258.3 258.1 257.2 256.5 256.6 256.7 257.3 258.2 258.4 259.1 259.5 260.3 34 Hudson Bay 251.8 252.6 252.3 252.5 251.7 252.7 256.6 259.8 259.3 256.6 257.5 252.5 252.9 255.5 255.0 254.1 257.5 260.5 259.0 260.2 261.4 259.3 256.8 257.1 258.7 261.0 263.9 263.3 264.4 264.3 262.8 36 Hudson Strait 244.9 248.7 251.9 252.0 254.9 254.8 248.5 249.9 249.7 241.6 245.8 249.0 243.9 246.7 249.7 247.8 250.2 250.1 251.6 248.3 247.5 244.1 244.1 248.7 248.7 246.2 249.8 252.5 251.8 255.3 259.6 98 Bering Strait 258.5 254.5 253.2 253.1 251.6 249.9 254.9 260.4 259.2 258.9 258.7 258.4 259.4 260.6 259.9 260.4 259.3 258.1 257.3 258.3 258.3 256.2 258.2 259.3 259.4 260.8 262.1 261.1 260.3 259.0 257.7 128 Arctic subocean 238.5 244.3 240.0 234.7 232.0 233.4 232.9 235.8 231.9 234.2 234.3 236.8 239.4 240.2 244.3 247.9 242.4 231.3 233.0 234.9 234.2 235.7 238.0 239.1 241.7 240.4 238.8 240.1 240.1 241.3 244.2 130 Chukchi Sea 262.6 256.6 254.3 251.7 248.5 246.3 246.6 251.1 252.9 253.7 255.0 256.4 254.5 253.3 251.2 251.0 251.1 248.6 251.4 248.2 250.5 254.3 252.1 256.5 255.2 254.8 253.8 253.0 252.3 250.7 251.4 132 Beaufort Sea 251.8 248.9 251.5 252.3 251.4 252.6 255.9 261.3 262.1 260.7 256.1 253.9 254.6 256.8 258.6 260.4 263.6 261.6 262.4 263.2 259.7 254.1 254.7 254.7 256.4 260.5 262.4 263.5 262.0 261.5 260.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.4 251.2 248.4 242.2 240.5 240.6 240.6 240.0 240.9 241.2 242.7 242.5 240.8 240.0 241.6 244.8 246.3 244.1 244.0 243.1 242.9 242.3 242.1 243.6 246.1 247.7 247.9 248.5 246.2 246.4 246.3 136 Foxe Basin 232.7 236.6 236.9 238.9 242.2 242.5 241.0 241.0 240.0 240.7 242.8 248.9 244.8 246.3 245.5 246.9 246.9 246.4 244.7 243.8 243.1 245.3 242.6 242.3 244.0 242.7 242.9 246.3 245.8 245.5 245.2 138 Baffin Bay 235.5 235.0 233.9 233.6 233.6 234.1 235.4 236.4 238.2 247.7 248.9 247.7 244.5 241.7 241.6 242.5 242.1 243.5 242.0 239.4 237.8 239.1 239.9 243.4 244.8 242.9 241.5 239.4 237.9 237.6 239.0 139 South Greenland 239.9 239.7 240.9 244.2 249.2 251.2 253.4 250.2 253.1 256.4 255.2 251.4 249.6 248.5 248.0 250.4 256.6 257.0 251.4 248.5 246.3 246.9 247.1 251.9 252.5 249.9 248.2 245.1 244.8 245.0 247.2 140 Greenland Sea 236.7 235.7 234.7 235.9 235.4 234.0 234.3 237.2 236.8 241.5 241.6 237.2 239.6 241.3 241.3 240.7 239.5 241.1 242.8 241.7 243.0 241.8 240.6 241.5 244.5 243.4 243.8 242.5 240.8 240.8 242.9 142 Norwegian Sea 272.9 271.9 271.7 271.3 271.7 270.5 270.0 271.2 272.9 273.3 271.0 272.7 270.8 264.0 260.8 260.7 261.5 262.6 266.5 265.3 263.8 264.6 266.0 268.7 271.2 271.3 271.6 272.1 273.5 274.0 273.4 144 Barents Sea 262.6 262.7 261.2 259.8 260.8 264.0 263.5 263.0 263.9 265.4 265.0 260.1 262.5 262.4 264.0 260.3 258.7 263.6 263.2 258.9 259.1 265.2 265.8 267.4 267.3 269.2 269.6 271.4 272.0 272.2 273.3 146 Kara Sea 254.7 252.2 249.0 248.1 249.4 250.0 249.9 252.1 256.9 260.0 261.9 263.1 263.0 261.3 260.2 262.3 265.0 264.9 265.6 264.7 265.0 264.0 263.2 261.2 260.0 261.4 262.8 263.7 265.7 266.4 268.5 148 Laptev Sea 246.6 248.1 247.8 245.7 243.9 243.1 243.0 242.8 243.3 245.3 250.8 256.1 260.4 261.2 259.3 255.3 254.1 259.0 259.4 260.2 259.2 260.2 256.5 254.3 251.8 250.0 250.6 251.4 254.9 256.8 257.8 150 East Siberian Sea 245.6 246.8 247.0 252.9 255.1 254.8 251.5 250.0 248.7 246.6 247.1 248.5 252.2 253.7 254.0 254.0 252.5 247.3 250.6 254.8 257.7 254.1 257.8 261.2 262.0 259.0 256.0 254.8 253.7 253.1 252.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.8 257.9 257.2 256.9 259.3 262.5 268.6 270.2 269.8 266.2 265.9 268.4 269.0 268.3 270.6 269.2 267.3 266.6 269.4 270.2 268.4 264.7 265.0 266.9 269.3 269.9 269.5 269.1 268.9 267.8 269.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.7 261.0 260.4 257.5 257.8 258.3 258.1 264.3 268.8 263.5 268.8 272.6 269.7 267.2 263.5 255.6 255.8 258.2 264.0 265.1 260.9 259.8 260.1 260.7 261.8 266.1 269.9 268.6 267.3 270.5 271.3