1978 12 - 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 252.0 252.9 253.8 253.9 253.0 252.8 251.8 252.5 252.9 252.2 250.5 250.0 251.0 249.6 248.7 248.5 249.5 250.5 251.9 252.6 251.9 250.8 249.8 249.3 248.4 247.9 247.9 247.6 247.7 249.3 250.2 34 Hudson Bay 251.9 251.7 255.5 260.5 257.8 253.8 252.1 251.9 251.1 253.5 257.0 257.4 257.3 256.5 256.9 255.9 253.0 251.3 253.8 256.7 257.4 253.6 250.2 251.5 254.0 253.7 252.8 250.9 250.5 252.5 251.9 36 Hudson Strait 252.5 250.3 248.4 249.9 254.6 253.4 253.6 250.3 249.8 249.8 252.0 253.0 251.4 252.9 253.1 253.3 250.4 250.8 259.8 256.6 252.9 250.3 253.6 261.1 256.3 261.5 261.2 255.9 254.6 252.0 255.8 98 Bering Strait 257.7 262.2 260.0 257.4 258.9 260.3 261.2 262.6 261.3 260.1 256.6 255.7 255.0 250.1 247.3 247.3 250.2 253.2 247.2 248.9 246.2 245.9 252.8 252.0 249.1 248.5 251.5 255.8 255.5 260.0 261.3 128 Arctic subocean 249.3 251.1 252.8 250.4 249.2 250.7 245.4 240.7 237.7 236.7 237.9 239.8 240.7 243.8 250.4 246.9 241.5 238.4 247.3 249.4 254.4 263.2 261.0 250.3 243.1 244.0 248.4 245.7 239.3 245.1 248.1 130 Chukchi Sea 261.3 262.7 257.2 258.7 257.1 252.5 254.1 256.6 255.7 251.5 251.3 248.6 246.6 242.5 241.7 245.2 250.4 242.4 241.8 241.9 239.8 243.4 246.1 242.6 238.5 238.4 245.8 263.4 260.6 259.1 265.8 132 Beaufort Sea 255.2 259.6 262.3 257.0 255.2 255.9 252.4 256.2 258.2 258.4 256.0 257.1 259.2 261.5 257.3 251.1 248.1 251.2 254.7 254.2 250.4 245.8 249.2 254.4 251.5 248.8 246.8 243.7 245.3 247.1 248.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.6 244.6 243.5 243.4 245.0 244.4 242.4 241.6 242.8 241.3 241.5 242.3 246.4 248.9 246.1 242.6 245.2 244.2 247.4 247.6 243.3 242.9 240.7 241.9 244.1 247.1 244.5 243.7 245.2 245.2 245.1 136 Foxe Basin 239.0 240.1 241.0 245.7 249.1 248.1 246.7 247.4 250.3 249.9 247.9 246.1 246.3 247.3 246.5 246.5 244.8 245.2 244.9 256.7 260.4 258.7 251.8 261.1 256.1 253.0 252.3 250.9 248.5 248.7 246.9 138 Baffin Bay 254.8 257.5 253.0 253.6 254.6 253.5 251.4 249.4 248.6 250.2 249.2 245.5 244.8 241.3 244.6 246.1 244.6 240.7 242.4 252.1 262.5 265.6 258.9 254.2 254.0 253.1 251.5 245.1 237.1 240.9 239.8 139 South Greenland 259.1 257.1 256.9 256.7 258.1 258.4 258.5 260.3 261.0 259.1 255.7 254.6 260.4 256.0 252.8 253.9 248.7 245.5 247.4 258.5 261.6 261.1 261.1 260.2 255.8 253.8 253.7 251.1 246.6 243.5 242.5 140 Greenland Sea 253.7 255.9 250.8 253.0 251.6 253.2 250.8 248.5 246.7 247.9 246.2 247.9 246.3 243.1 241.8 242.5 238.4 238.4 241.0 247.0 259.0 263.8 258.5 254.5 251.6 245.9 245.9 245.1 238.0 239.9 242.1 142 Norwegian Sea 265.3 268.4 269.1 265.8 267.2 267.7 267.4 267.0 265.7 263.6 266.7 265.9 264.2 261.5 262.1 264.7 267.6 270.5 270.2 268.7 272.4 268.0 263.1 261.4 263.1 259.5 259.3 258.0 256.0 258.7 260.7 144 Barents Sea 261.0 262.2 262.1 259.7 255.6 260.9 262.6 258.9 255.3 252.1 250.5 248.7 247.8 244.7 246.8 248.2 249.1 250.8 252.2 250.6 252.2 252.6 249.5 252.2 257.4 254.5 249.2 241.9 239.7 241.4 246.8 146 Kara Sea 252.6 255.2 257.6 257.6 256.2 254.1 252.4 255.2 257.2 254.4 250.1 250.8 253.2 250.4 249.1 251.7 255.8 257.5 258.1 257.4 255.9 254.0 250.3 246.4 245.9 246.9 248.7 250.8 253.2 254.6 250.6 148 Laptev Sea 243.3 240.8 241.3 242.1 242.4 243.6 241.4 241.0 243.3 244.0 242.6 239.4 237.2 238.1 238.8 238.3 240.5 245.5 248.8 246.1 243.3 242.9 244.8 244.4 240.1 238.8 238.8 240.9 242.2 244.7 250.6 150 East Siberian Sea 238.5 240.4 241.2 239.4 236.4 242.2 249.7 249.0 244.9 244.0 243.6 240.0 243.0 242.6 241.1 237.4 239.8 239.6 236.6 234.8 233.6 236.3 236.6 237.4 239.0 237.6 234.2 232.6 231.1 235.0 244.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.4 271.7 267.6 263.7 267.9 269.1 273.0 273.1 272.2 268.0 261.9 268.2 268.9 264.0 258.7 256.1 259.5 266.7 262.7 264.6 259.1 258.9 267.5 263.1 259.3 257.8 264.9 266.2 267.4 266.1 265.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.9 268.2 266.7 270.8 272.0 270.5 273.3 273.5 272.2 269.5 268.1 266.1 265.5 255.8 256.0 257.1 271.0 262.7 264.2 266.7 260.5 265.8 268.0 261.6 266.0 265.9 273.1 273.3 274.1 273.0 272.8