1979 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 256.3 256.3 256.0 255.2 254.9 254.3 254.6 255.2 254.7 254.4 252.9 252.3 252.4 252.3 251.8 249.9 248.4 248.5 250.0 250.6 250.5 250.8 251.4 252.9 253.9 253.8 252.9 251.5 250.7 250.8 249.9 34 Hudson Bay 259.2 263.7 266.0 264.0 261.8 261.0 257.4 254.5 253.5 250.8 248.5 249.9 250.9 251.6 250.4 248.5 251.4 253.7 257.5 265.5 265.4 263.1 260.5 258.8 262.5 261.9 264.2 265.5 264.2 262.0 259.0 36 Hudson Strait 254.4 261.6 262.5 264.8 262.4 255.4 252.3 257.8 249.1 245.2 246.2 242.5 244.7 243.0 244.9 253.4 247.5 243.1 244.6 249.6 253.1 258.8 254.6 251.6 253.2 251.5 253.0 255.3 256.5 264.9 264.1 98 Bering Strait 263.0 261.4 258.5 257.5 251.7 248.0 249.0 247.6 244.0 249.3 244.9 244.7 246.4 249.4 253.0 248.6 249.2 252.5 253.4 251.7 249.4 247.1 247.1 248.9 252.4 254.0 252.9 249.1 248.2 247.5 245.9 128 Arctic subocean 232.3 233.1 234.1 236.7 237.6 239.7 243.2 240.2 238.3 238.2 237.9 235.8 233.8 237.2 238.3 243.1 238.3 235.2 232.4 237.4 238.8 240.5 241.8 242.8 241.2 243.1 243.9 243.3 240.8 239.4 236.3 130 Chukchi Sea 259.1 262.3 259.3 253.9 244.5 240.8 242.9 243.3 241.8 243.8 242.0 245.2 256.7 257.9 251.4 247.2 249.0 250.1 243.8 241.7 240.3 240.5 240.4 242.2 244.6 245.1 246.0 243.7 243.0 239.6 240.4 132 Beaufort Sea 266.6 264.1 262.0 260.3 263.3 258.0 252.6 252.2 250.0 248.6 251.7 247.4 245.3 246.3 249.7 250.9 250.9 257.3 264.7 262.5 260.0 258.0 252.7 253.9 256.0 264.2 265.1 263.8 263.9 257.9 254.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.7 248.2 245.2 241.5 241.8 243.1 244.9 243.8 242.4 241.8 239.8 238.0 239.3 242.1 243.0 242.7 239.5 236.1 237.5 242.5 244.2 245.8 249.3 247.9 244.5 243.9 249.9 247.2 247.4 247.8 244.4 136 Foxe Basin 252.0 239.9 237.3 246.2 253.4 248.5 242.5 246.4 242.6 239.3 238.7 238.3 237.8 234.6 234.0 235.6 236.2 236.4 237.1 238.6 243.9 243.0 244.4 250.8 250.1 253.6 251.7 253.8 253.2 255.4 254.9 138 Baffin Bay 233.9 232.1 235.4 240.0 241.3 242.4 246.1 246.3 243.9 242.2 240.4 241.4 242.4 243.0 247.0 246.5 244.1 242.0 244.5 238.6 232.9 234.2 236.9 243.1 241.4 242.5 244.7 245.2 241.9 243.3 246.9 139 South Greenland 249.5 242.1 242.7 243.4 244.8 245.8 250.4 253.3 251.7 251.8 252.8 253.7 251.4 251.2 253.5 251.9 250.2 249.1 258.4 242.4 241.4 240.1 238.7 241.2 243.2 244.9 248.5 248.6 249.2 248.9 252.1 140 Greenland Sea 231.9 232.0 238.7 241.1 239.0 239.8 242.5 245.5 245.4 244.6 242.8 243.1 243.8 245.2 248.0 249.4 246.9 242.2 245.2 244.4 238.9 240.2 241.0 240.1 241.6 239.6 244.6 244.5 242.1 240.6 241.9 142 Norwegian Sea 270.4 273.9 274.1 274.2 273.2 271.3 268.5 268.0 266.0 262.7 259.5 264.4 265.3 264.6 262.8 262.4 261.6 266.2 270.7 271.4 274.2 272.1 269.1 271.9 271.1 270.4 271.6 272.2 270.1 269.0 266.2 144 Barents Sea 256.2 259.6 262.4 260.1 263.2 268.6 265.8 261.1 257.1 257.5 255.0 251.9 252.0 256.6 257.1 256.6 259.4 266.4 267.9 267.8 267.3 267.7 266.5 268.2 267.7 263.5 263.4 267.4 266.8 264.4 262.5 146 Kara Sea 262.9 261.0 258.9 257.7 257.8 258.8 262.4 266.6 266.0 263.8 260.0 260.9 262.2 258.2 254.7 250.7 247.7 246.6 246.9 248.1 249.6 252.4 256.6 259.6 259.4 256.5 251.6 249.5 250.6 253.5 251.9 148 Laptev Sea 249.5 253.6 253.9 253.1 253.1 250.4 249.5 249.7 254.8 257.9 258.8 254.7 251.9 254.8 252.1 246.4 242.2 239.1 238.8 240.7 241.3 241.5 242.3 243.6 245.8 247.5 244.0 238.9 235.6 234.4 235.7 150 East Siberian Sea 243.0 241.2 242.1 242.1 239.5 240.9 243.3 243.2 244.7 248.4 250.0 253.9 254.4 249.5 251.4 256.7 253.1 249.6 245.6 240.5 238.5 239.4 241.1 240.7 238.4 237.7 237.3 235.9 234.7 240.6 244.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.3 267.7 265.2 268.7 267.0 260.9 261.2 257.8 258.0 264.7 255.6 249.2 247.9 251.4 255.7 259.5 261.3 265.0 262.2 265.5 262.7 259.2 260.3 262.2 268.4 268.2 267.7 266.2 259.2 256.4 253.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.1 268.0 266.0 268.8 264.7 265.8 266.8 260.7 259.3 260.8 252.9 251.6 252.7 257.1 260.6 259.9 255.3 250.9 247.7 248.8 248.4 247.0 246.8 263.6 266.0 258.3 253.2 248.3 243.3 244.8 246.6