1978 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 269.7 269.3 268.9 268.4 268.1 268.0 268.4 269.0 268.9 268.2 267.4 266.9 267.2 267.5 266.4 265.8 265.4 265.5 265.2 265.0 263.7 261.8 261.2 261.4 261.4 261.7 261.9 262.2 263.2 264.0 264.4 34 Hudson Bay 279.3 278.6 276.9 277.5 275.6 273.6 273.7 276.1 276.1 279.1 277.5 272.9 269.9 270.2 270.6 272.0 272.4 272.1 273.9 275.4 270.1 266.9 269.6 271.5 270.9 268.7 265.7 264.1 267.1 268.3 270.6 36 Hudson Strait 268.5 265.6 266.8 270.8 275.0 276.1 273.4 272.0 267.3 265.7 272.0 278.1 276.1 268.3 266.9 265.7 266.3 270.9 267.2 265.7 264.5 263.1 262.3 263.0 262.8 266.6 266.8 265.3 262.9 265.3 263.8 98 Bering Strait 267.6 267.2 266.5 265.5 267.6 269.8 270.9 271.5 271.1 267.3 264.2 262.4 262.8 263.5 262.3 261.6 265.2 269.1 266.4 264.8 263.4 261.0 259.3 263.6 264.9 263.3 262.3 259.5 261.9 265.1 261.6 128 Arctic subocean 247.4 248.4 253.0 250.2 250.3 251.2 248.5 248.0 244.7 245.5 245.0 243.6 242.5 245.5 244.3 243.9 240.9 243.1 244.5 243.6 240.6 244.0 244.4 248.4 246.2 243.2 244.4 243.7 240.9 237.7 240.5 130 Chukchi Sea 268.0 267.0 265.5 264.0 264.5 266.1 268.1 268.8 268.3 264.6 264.6 263.9 263.1 263.1 262.1 261.4 262.6 264.5 264.1 262.4 260.1 255.6 258.1 262.1 263.7 261.6 260.4 259.0 264.1 263.8 260.6 132 Beaufort Sea 273.1 271.4 271.7 268.8 268.3 272.0 275.0 274.4 275.3 271.4 268.0 267.5 267.2 269.6 269.3 269.6 266.8 273.9 274.7 269.0 265.7 265.9 268.3 265.1 265.5 264.4 261.8 261.6 261.0 266.1 271.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.3 263.7 259.8 255.8 253.7 253.6 255.0 252.9 253.1 253.7 251.5 252.7 253.6 254.0 254.6 253.0 251.3 246.5 243.9 246.6 248.6 248.6 246.0 246.8 247.3 246.6 246.4 246.5 247.0 246.7 250.9 136 Foxe Basin 263.5 268.2 266.0 265.7 259.7 257.0 255.1 257.4 254.1 256.6 266.2 261.6 255.4 257.2 254.2 253.5 256.5 259.3 263.0 263.5 261.1 253.4 247.2 247.0 247.9 251.2 256.4 258.2 250.3 246.9 250.2 138 Baffin Bay 252.2 251.4 255.0 254.5 252.7 251.9 255.4 256.0 255.0 247.6 245.9 250.6 253.1 254.4 253.1 246.1 242.7 244.5 245.3 247.4 253.1 249.2 247.4 245.5 242.6 240.7 243.3 245.1 248.3 249.6 245.8 139 South Greenland 259.6 257.8 257.1 255.1 253.7 252.9 256.8 262.8 264.9 262.6 259.5 257.2 263.3 265.8 258.4 257.0 254.8 250.0 250.4 256.0 259.0 252.9 248.1 248.1 248.3 248.9 248.9 254.4 257.8 256.8 248.7 140 Greenland Sea 248.0 249.4 249.1 247.4 246.4 247.0 248.8 254.8 256.8 252.8 245.9 245.6 251.1 253.8 256.0 248.5 242.4 243.8 244.0 246.4 249.1 246.9 243.8 244.7 240.7 238.7 241.3 243.1 245.3 247.7 246.2 142 Norwegian Sea 276.4 277.0 277.6 275.9 274.9 274.3 274.8 275.8 277.4 275.6 278.6 280.7 278.6 277.0 274.6 275.5 275.8 276.3 275.5 273.6 271.7 271.2 271.7 273.3 273.9 273.5 277.2 272.9 271.6 271.5 274.8 144 Barents Sea 270.4 270.0 270.9 272.1 272.3 273.2 272.8 271.6 271.3 272.2 271.0 271.9 274.5 273.1 271.3 269.3 267.9 269.4 272.0 271.8 273.0 272.8 272.3 270.9 271.5 271.6 270.3 269.9 269.1 267.7 267.7 146 Kara Sea 272.5 273.6 273.8 273.2 272.4 271.3 271.4 272.7 273.0 272.4 272.4 272.4 272.5 272.4 270.6 270.6 271.3 270.2 268.4 268.1 267.5 266.2 265.7 266.4 267.3 268.9 270.6 270.5 270.4 271.4 271.0 148 Laptev Sea 266.9 265.4 264.3 264.9 266.7 267.2 265.9 264.7 264.0 264.1 266.0 266.2 266.4 266.8 267.0 265.7 264.6 263.6 263.4 263.1 261.0 259.0 257.1 254.9 254.7 257.3 258.6 261.9 263.0 261.6 264.4 150 East Siberian Sea 269.6 270.8 270.2 269.8 267.9 267.9 265.7 263.8 263.6 262.4 261.3 262.6 263.6 262.8 260.4 259.7 259.1 258.9 259.5 257.5 255.7 253.3 250.2 248.5 247.2 247.7 252.1 250.7 251.4 253.2 251.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.1 274.5 272.0 274.2 277.6 278.6 276.9 276.0 275.0 274.0 273.1 271.6 274.2 271.7 270.2 271.1 275.5 275.6 273.3 271.6 270.5 269.8 266.0 273.4 273.0 271.8 268.2 266.2 271.6 272.0 269.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.9 269.6 266.8 270.2 275.4 277.9 276.1 273.7 274.0 273.4 269.6 266.8 268.8 268.7 271.1 275.7 277.7 276.4 272.6 268.2 263.9 260.1 265.3 274.2 272.5 269.1 265.2 269.7 273.4 272.0 270.0