1978 09 - 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 278.7 278.3 277.8 277.5 277.1 276.7 276.6 276.7 276.4 276.4 276.2 275.5 275.4 275.0 274.9 274.5 274.6 275.2 275.5 275.3 274.8 274.5 274.4 273.5 273.2 272.8 271.9 271.0 270.6 270.2 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 283.7 283.8 284.4 284.5 283.5 282.7 282.5 282.1 282.2 282.5 281.1 278.4 279.3 279.9 279.8 277.7 277.9 279.1 279.8 279.5 278.3 279.5 280.8 278.5 277.0 277.4 276.6 276.0 276.6 278.5 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 277.2 277.5 276.8 276.4 276.4 275.1 275.1 275.4 275.5 275.1 274.5 273.6 274.6 276.1 275.2 274.9 272.8 273.6 274.8 276.0 275.2 271.7 273.4 275.5 271.1 271.1 272.3 269.7 269.4 269.9 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 282.4 282.2 281.1 280.5 279.9 279.0 278.8 279.1 278.6 277.6 277.3 277.7 278.7 277.1 276.6 275.5 274.3 274.2 274.5 273.9 273.8 273.2 272.9 273.1 274.0 274.3 273.7 274.2 272.7 269.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 263.3 263.3 261.8 259.8 260.2 260.4 262.0 264.6 265.0 266.0 261.7 260.3 259.9 261.8 262.7 256.4 254.6 253.8 257.8 256.1 255.1 254.4 251.7 251.4 251.2 248.6 252.6 251.9 250.4 251.2 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 279.8 279.8 280.4 280.5 279.8 278.2 278.0 277.7 277.3 277.7 278.0 277.9 278.5 277.9 276.1 274.2 274.4 274.7 273.9 271.9 270.6 271.4 272.5 274.4 275.9 274.8 271.4 271.8 270.6 269.3 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 283.0 281.0 280.0 280.4 280.6 280.7 280.8 279.8 278.4 279.2 280.6 280.7 282.1 281.9 281.3 279.1 276.8 275.0 275.1 277.3 277.5 275.9 274.5 273.6 275.1 276.1 276.0 277.1 277.4 275.5 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.8 269.7 269.7 269.7 270.6 270.0 268.8 268.9 269.5 270.3 271.9 272.8 269.6 268.3 271.3 274.2 270.3 266.1 264.8 261.8 261.2 261.1 261.2 262.6 260.9 260.5 260.9 261.6 262.7 264.2 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 273.5 273.0 273.1 273.0 272.9 272.3 272.1 270.3 269.6 269.6 267.5 269.9 271.2 268.6 267.9 269.0 272.2 270.3 266.3 264.7 264.6 264.0 264.5 265.5 267.2 266.5 266.3 264.6 265.0 266.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 265.0 265.8 264.5 262.9 260.6 259.8 258.8 258.9 258.7 258.9 258.5 255.8 254.5 253.3 255.6 257.4 258.2 255.9 254.2 252.5 253.3 256.5 259.8 259.9 258.2 257.4 258.1 254.2 251.6 250.1 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 267.8 267.4 265.6 265.2 264.5 265.1 264.6 261.6 259.5 259.5 258.9 257.8 257.7 258.6 256.9 257.1 259.1 264.4 264.0 261.0 265.0 268.2 266.7 264.0 262.3 259.9 257.5 256.6 257.9 258.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 262.2 263.3 261.2 259.7 257.7 257.3 255.7 255.3 255.5 258.1 256.3 252.1 249.6 249.8 253.1 253.4 253.6 252.7 252.1 254.0 251.8 252.8 258.3 258.9 256.6 253.4 253.2 249.2 247.6 246.5 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 280.8 281.5 284.2 283.9 282.6 281.6 281.0 281.2 281.7 281.2 280.9 278.1 276.5 278.6 279.6 279.9 279.5 277.9 276.1 276.9 276.4 276.3 275.5 276.6 277.0 276.9 276.2 274.9 274.4 275.2 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 281.8 282.4 282.5 282.6 282.0 280.3 279.8 279.6 279.7 281.0 281.4 282.0 281.2 277.5 276.7 277.4 276.9 277.9 278.6 278.8 278.1 277.1 276.5 274.7 273.4 271.7 271.7 272.6 273.2 271.9 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 280.9 280.5 280.4 279.9 279.8 280.3 281.1 282.0 281.5 279.9 279.3 279.1 279.4 279.9 279.6 279.4 280.8 282.1 282.9 281.9 280.7 279.9 280.0 279.5 279.8 278.7 276.7 275.0 273.3 272.8 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 278.4 277.4 276.0 275.2 274.9 274.2 274.2 274.6 275.2 276.6 277.1 276.6 275.0 273.5 273.2 273.5 274.5 275.2 275.3 276.3 275.3 274.5 272.9 271.7 272.4 273.4 272.0 269.7 269.4 268.5 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 275.6 275.4 276.0 276.8 276.2 274.1 272.8 272.3 272.7 273.0 272.7 271.5 271.1 270.5 270.4 269.1 269.5 270.1 270.9 273.6 274.7 274.2 273.1 269.5 266.0 265.3 266.6 268.5 269.4 269.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.4 279.5 277.4 276.9 277.4 276.4 277.7 279.1 278.2 276.1 276.9 278.0 277.2 278.3 278.6 277.3 274.8 275.6 276.0 275.9 274.9 274.7 273.8 272.7 274.9 274.6 275.3 276.1 275.8 273.7 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.6 282.4 281.6 281.3 280.9 279.6 280.0 280.8 281.0 279.9 278.7 280.7 281.0 280.1 279.3 279.1 278.0 279.2 278.4 278.3 275.7 273.7 273.0 276.2 279.6 279.8 277.8 277.5 275.5 274.1 -9999.0