1978 05 - 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 268.5 268.9 268.2 268.1 268.6 269.3 269.5 270.1 269.6 269.0 269.0 270.0 270.6 270.4 271.0 271.1 271.0 271.4 271.8 272.1 272.4 272.5 272.7 273.1 273.5 275.1 275.9 275.2 275.1 274.8 275.1 34 Hudson Bay 272.7 273.3 273.9 274.4 275.6 275.3 274.2 273.6 273.4 272.5 271.8 273.3 274.3 276.0 278.2 277.8 277.1 277.2 276.6 276.9 278.7 279.6 280.1 280.1 280.3 282.4 282.8 282.5 281.0 279.0 276.7 36 Hudson Strait 271.3 271.1 271.0 269.7 266.2 263.8 265.6 270.6 272.3 270.9 268.4 273.2 269.6 270.4 271.1 273.2 269.1 267.9 264.6 264.9 267.6 265.4 266.6 266.8 267.6 267.7 271.0 271.7 272.7 269.5 268.8 98 Bering Strait 268.3 268.3 269.5 270.2 270.3 270.5 270.6 270.6 269.7 269.9 269.9 273.0 272.9 270.8 271.0 271.2 271.9 272.3 274.0 274.0 272.0 272.9 273.4 273.1 272.5 272.3 272.1 272.2 274.6 275.4 276.0 128 Arctic subocean 256.3 256.5 254.4 252.7 252.2 253.5 255.2 258.9 260.4 259.7 260.2 262.7 265.9 263.9 263.3 262.7 263.9 265.1 264.9 265.2 266.7 267.3 266.0 266.5 265.5 265.3 265.0 265.6 266.6 266.9 267.3 130 Chukchi Sea 264.6 263.4 265.1 267.2 268.4 269.1 270.7 270.1 268.9 268.5 268.8 271.8 272.4 270.2 268.6 267.1 267.9 268.7 269.5 269.8 268.3 270.4 270.8 269.4 268.2 267.4 268.1 269.7 273.1 273.0 273.6 132 Beaufort Sea 272.0 272.2 270.8 269.7 270.4 271.0 269.1 269.2 267.9 265.2 264.7 267.6 269.5 269.9 270.4 271.7 272.9 274.2 276.8 276.8 274.5 273.0 271.9 272.4 273.6 275.4 275.2 274.6 274.3 275.1 276.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.5 264.6 262.0 258.8 261.8 263.9 261.2 258.0 257.3 257.5 259.4 261.4 261.2 261.9 260.8 260.6 261.8 263.0 263.9 264.4 265.9 266.0 266.2 266.7 266.1 267.0 268.5 268.5 266.6 266.2 268.3 136 Foxe Basin 263.1 265.3 265.9 263.1 258.0 260.3 263.2 262.6 261.7 265.1 263.2 260.2 259.5 263.4 266.4 265.8 262.9 265.5 264.0 262.3 263.9 264.1 263.4 265.0 266.0 267.7 266.3 269.2 270.5 267.4 267.3 138 Baffin Bay 256.9 258.2 255.4 255.3 255.7 256.0 258.2 262.8 262.1 258.3 262.6 265.0 262.9 258.3 258.3 259.5 262.6 263.9 263.6 264.1 264.6 263.6 262.5 261.7 262.3 262.1 262.7 263.0 262.8 263.1 263.9 139 South Greenland 261.4 263.0 262.2 261.0 261.6 261.5 262.9 266.1 261.9 261.9 265.8 266.7 265.5 261.6 261.0 261.2 262.8 263.1 263.8 264.0 262.3 262.0 264.0 265.2 265.2 265.7 265.6 264.2 264.6 263.8 262.9 140 Greenland Sea 254.6 256.2 254.2 251.1 252.9 255.9 259.4 266.9 266.0 259.4 258.7 260.9 262.6 262.7 263.8 261.7 262.6 263.4 264.8 264.1 264.4 263.1 263.8 265.1 263.3 263.6 262.8 262.4 262.5 263.6 264.7 142 Norwegian Sea 272.1 271.2 272.2 271.7 272.9 274.1 274.0 273.9 272.6 272.9 274.2 275.1 275.5 274.9 275.8 275.7 276.3 277.4 280.1 281.9 277.3 277.3 277.6 277.1 277.6 279.5 279.1 276.8 277.6 277.4 276.7 144 Barents Sea 265.8 267.6 269.1 271.7 272.9 270.9 270.6 269.9 268.6 268.2 270.7 273.1 275.1 272.7 273.1 272.6 272.8 273.6 275.0 272.3 271.1 272.2 273.3 274.8 277.2 281.4 281.9 276.7 275.5 275.1 273.6 146 Kara Sea 274.0 273.8 272.8 272.6 272.6 274.3 274.9 275.8 274.9 273.5 272.1 271.5 272.6 273.4 274.0 273.9 272.3 272.2 271.7 272.9 274.4 275.3 275.1 275.4 276.0 277.9 278.9 278.3 279.0 279.2 280.4 148 Laptev Sea 263.6 263.8 263.2 264.0 264.4 264.2 265.1 266.0 267.1 269.0 269.6 269.9 270.8 269.8 270.3 270.4 270.6 271.1 272.2 272.9 271.9 271.1 271.8 272.5 272.4 274.1 276.8 276.4 276.1 275.6 276.2 150 East Siberian Sea 261.7 263.9 262.0 263.0 263.7 265.3 266.5 266.3 267.8 269.0 267.3 267.0 266.8 266.7 267.1 269.5 269.9 269.8 270.1 270.2 271.0 271.3 271.1 270.7 271.3 273.0 273.0 271.8 271.5 271.4 270.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.5 273.3 271.8 272.1 273.3 272.6 273.9 273.8 272.7 273.4 273.2 275.7 275.0 273.2 272.8 273.2 272.8 274.2 274.8 274.9 273.8 273.8 274.0 274.8 276.5 277.2 275.7 275.0 274.4 274.5 275.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.8 273.3 272.7 272.6 273.9 275.1 274.5 274.4 274.1 274.7 275.7 278.7 278.0 276.7 276.5 276.0 275.6 276.6 278.3 276.3 275.9 277.9 277.1 277.4 279.0 280.7 279.4 278.4 278.5 278.7 279.4