1981 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 256.3 255.8 256.1 256.7 257.0 256.1 254.9 254.4 253.6 253.8 254.0 254.8 254.7 254.2 253.9 254.7 256.1 256.1 254.7 253.6 252.6 251.9 250.9 249.1 248.1 249.0 248.7 248.6 247.4 246.4 245.6 34 Hudson Bay 261.8 261.3 261.3 260.4 258.8 260.6 260.7 258.0 257.1 259.5 261.7 260.1 256.8 254.3 251.7 251.6 252.3 253.4 257.7 261.4 261.7 258.8 255.9 255.7 251.9 251.5 249.4 247.0 246.9 245.5 244.9 36 Hudson Strait 262.1 264.7 265.8 260.9 261.3 258.3 268.4 270.7 270.7 266.7 260.0 260.5 258.7 257.6 257.0 253.2 256.5 250.0 249.3 254.1 255.9 250.9 249.7 252.6 256.3 248.7 248.0 244.3 251.3 250.0 245.2 98 Bering Strait 255.5 252.6 251.9 253.5 253.8 254.6 250.5 249.8 250.5 247.6 248.1 251.6 254.0 250.2 248.5 252.8 260.9 263.1 256.7 251.3 251.6 255.6 256.4 254.7 254.0 252.8 245.2 246.4 243.5 245.6 246.8 128 Arctic subocean 241.0 241.9 243.1 244.9 247.3 243.7 245.8 253.3 249.7 254.0 255.5 250.0 243.2 242.5 245.0 246.6 244.4 240.3 235.8 233.8 233.6 241.4 245.9 242.6 241.6 238.0 243.4 252.0 251.9 244.7 245.9 130 Chukchi Sea 252.9 247.6 244.8 247.8 247.2 248.9 253.6 261.9 255.7 245.6 243.5 245.7 247.0 247.5 246.4 253.1 262.9 264.0 253.1 251.3 250.7 253.6 256.4 252.8 253.1 255.9 255.9 253.6 249.7 252.1 250.3 132 Beaufort Sea 261.2 262.0 260.2 258.0 260.3 260.9 257.0 254.0 251.4 254.0 252.9 253.2 251.8 252.4 253.2 254.8 260.4 267.0 266.9 263.9 259.9 259.3 257.8 252.8 254.1 253.9 248.8 248.7 247.2 243.9 242.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.7 242.9 243.5 243.7 245.9 247.8 245.7 247.1 251.3 251.8 248.8 246.8 246.5 246.0 246.1 248.0 246.4 250.1 245.6 242.7 243.0 247.1 246.8 246.3 243.5 243.3 244.1 243.0 240.1 243.2 244.5 136 Foxe Basin 251.0 250.8 256.7 253.8 244.5 241.6 244.5 255.2 257.2 255.7 257.3 248.2 242.1 243.3 243.0 237.8 234.6 238.5 247.2 251.3 248.3 243.1 241.7 243.6 246.9 244.2 243.7 238.5 244.4 251.3 251.9 138 Baffin Bay 246.2 245.3 248.5 252.0 245.4 239.2 237.7 245.5 246.6 247.8 249.7 246.7 243.5 238.2 236.9 237.0 237.8 235.3 234.3 234.1 238.1 245.7 247.3 244.5 244.8 245.7 254.8 256.5 252.3 250.9 249.5 139 South Greenland 256.0 253.2 256.8 257.6 256.5 249.3 242.5 245.4 246.7 243.5 244.2 244.6 244.0 243.0 240.0 238.8 239.4 238.6 237.6 239.1 244.6 248.0 246.9 246.1 246.9 256.4 260.1 256.9 252.4 249.1 248.8 140 Greenland Sea 243.7 244.5 244.7 248.9 248.0 239.2 236.0 247.5 245.2 244.2 247.6 248.0 245.1 239.3 234.7 239.7 240.6 234.5 226.8 227.5 237.1 244.3 242.6 242.2 241.4 244.3 251.0 250.1 249.3 247.4 246.8 142 Norwegian Sea 266.7 273.5 274.8 270.3 266.4 262.2 261.6 262.6 259.8 259.9 260.5 259.2 261.5 266.9 264.4 262.6 265.1 261.9 259.5 262.6 262.6 263.4 263.8 262.5 259.0 262.6 265.5 263.1 264.5 267.0 265.2 144 Barents Sea 266.2 266.8 269.0 269.3 269.8 268.1 264.9 260.5 261.7 264.7 262.4 260.2 263.4 267.0 266.7 263.1 259.5 257.7 258.5 258.6 256.7 255.4 255.0 256.5 257.7 263.0 262.2 262.8 263.0 260.6 252.7 146 Kara Sea 258.8 260.1 261.3 262.7 262.4 261.4 261.5 260.6 260.2 260.2 261.7 263.2 262.2 261.2 261.8 262.8 263.0 262.1 260.0 256.9 255.2 254.6 254.0 250.9 249.2 249.6 251.7 252.4 249.6 249.7 250.4 148 Laptev Sea 251.7 248.3 247.1 249.4 252.2 252.5 251.0 248.3 244.1 243.2 241.3 245.6 251.2 254.0 254.2 256.5 259.4 257.5 253.9 252.9 248.1 241.8 238.6 238.2 236.0 235.6 235.4 236.9 237.9 235.6 233.6 150 East Siberian Sea 246.0 245.1 242.7 243.4 244.9 243.5 242.0 241.0 241.2 242.6 245.1 243.6 242.8 244.2 245.8 243.7 242.1 243.1 245.3 244.2 242.9 240.5 240.6 237.1 241.2 250.0 245.2 244.4 245.3 240.3 238.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.1 264.9 265.7 263.8 264.9 263.5 260.2 260.6 261.0 258.3 261.2 269.9 269.4 262.9 267.0 270.6 273.4 272.9 266.8 263.9 263.5 265.2 268.8 266.5 263.4 259.7 253.3 251.0 249.9 250.9 255.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.5 258.0 252.4 248.8 252.9 255.0 252.9 260.6 268.3 262.0 257.6 263.7 270.6 265.8 266.7 268.2 272.1 267.6 260.0 254.1 254.7 269.0 270.2 263.9 260.3 253.1 253.7 254.6 255.6 261.9 263.3