1983 08 - 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 284.7 284.1 284.0 284.1 284.4 284.3 283.9 283.2 283.0 283.4 283.3 283.1 283.1 283.4 283.7 283.6 282.8 282.7 282.4 281.9 281.7 281.7 281.9 281.9 281.7 281.1 280.7 281.3 281.5 280.9 280.5 34 Hudson Bay 290.7 291.3 291.1 291.4 291.6 291.8 291.0 288.3 288.8 290.2 291.4 291.7 290.9 290.5 290.0 289.0 288.3 288.7 286.8 284.7 285.3 285.3 286.0 287.7 289.3 289.5 288.5 288.8 288.7 288.8 290.1 36 Hudson Strait 282.6 281.5 279.7 279.1 280.8 281.3 279.6 280.1 279.1 281.0 282.5 283.4 284.5 286.4 282.7 281.6 280.4 279.9 282.1 282.1 279.6 277.9 277.2 277.8 277.7 277.8 276.9 278.3 279.0 278.8 279.9 98 Bering Strait 283.5 283.0 283.0 283.3 282.7 282.1 281.9 280.2 279.2 279.1 280.3 279.9 279.8 280.4 279.3 279.3 279.8 278.5 280.3 280.6 281.9 279.6 277.9 277.1 277.8 278.6 278.4 279.8 280.4 279.4 275.9 128 Arctic subocean 272.6 273.0 272.2 271.3 270.9 271.3 270.9 271.0 271.3 271.5 271.4 271.4 271.4 271.2 269.9 268.4 268.0 268.3 268.4 269.6 270.3 269.9 269.3 267.8 267.5 267.9 267.3 265.9 265.8 265.7 266.0 130 Chukchi Sea 282.9 282.2 282.0 281.7 280.9 277.8 278.8 279.1 278.1 277.7 278.3 277.6 277.4 279.0 278.3 277.9 279.0 278.6 278.7 280.4 278.2 274.8 274.6 274.6 276.4 277.0 276.2 277.2 275.4 273.4 271.8 132 Beaufort Sea 286.9 286.2 286.0 284.6 286.1 286.1 285.8 286.7 287.6 289.0 288.5 284.6 282.1 281.5 281.6 281.7 280.2 279.7 280.3 281.1 282.4 283.2 283.7 284.2 283.9 283.9 283.7 284.1 284.6 285.8 284.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 275.7 275.5 277.2 277.7 276.5 277.0 277.9 278.3 279.3 279.9 278.0 277.0 274.7 275.1 275.2 274.4 273.9 273.7 274.1 275.1 275.6 275.7 275.3 275.2 275.3 274.8 275.3 276.9 277.8 278.3 279.2 136 Foxe Basin 274.9 274.8 274.5 275.2 275.3 275.2 275.5 277.0 276.9 277.4 277.5 277.6 276.8 276.0 274.4 274.4 274.1 273.7 274.3 274.0 274.1 274.8 274.7 274.5 273.8 273.7 273.9 273.8 274.6 274.9 275.3 138 Baffin Bay 271.2 268.6 269.4 269.5 268.9 267.3 265.4 266.5 265.0 266.6 265.3 266.9 267.0 266.5 266.8 265.1 263.1 263.4 262.0 262.2 262.1 262.6 264.5 267.2 266.3 263.9 261.4 260.4 261.0 260.4 259.0 139 South Greenland 271.7 269.7 270.4 268.1 267.3 266.5 266.7 268.4 267.9 269.0 266.4 266.0 264.5 265.0 268.5 269.6 267.8 268.2 266.3 265.1 263.5 265.0 267.7 269.3 267.1 263.5 261.7 262.3 261.4 260.4 258.6 140 Greenland Sea 271.8 270.5 268.6 268.6 266.2 265.5 265.7 265.5 265.9 265.6 266.1 266.8 265.6 265.2 264.5 262.8 260.0 260.5 260.6 259.9 260.4 261.2 260.2 263.7 264.3 262.3 260.3 261.8 261.1 259.1 256.7 142 Norwegian Sea 284.9 284.3 282.7 283.1 283.1 282.9 284.9 285.1 283.3 282.4 280.4 279.7 278.8 280.1 282.3 281.1 279.7 281.0 282.2 283.4 286.3 283.2 279.7 279.0 281.2 281.7 281.8 280.5 281.1 280.6 279.9 144 Barents Sea 285.6 285.0 286.6 288.2 289.2 287.3 283.4 284.3 285.2 285.4 285.5 285.5 285.3 286.8 284.6 282.2 283.8 282.5 281.4 282.4 282.0 282.7 284.1 283.0 280.5 278.7 278.3 278.5 279.6 281.3 281.1 146 Kara Sea 285.0 284.6 285.0 286.1 286.9 286.8 286.8 286.3 285.8 284.9 284.9 285.8 287.2 288.2 290.4 291.5 289.4 288.4 287.6 286.3 286.4 286.4 286.9 286.7 286.6 285.1 284.5 284.7 285.2 284.8 284.3 148 Laptev Sea 291.0 289.6 288.1 287.5 287.6 288.5 288.8 287.0 285.8 286.5 287.1 286.1 286.0 285.4 284.4 283.5 285.4 286.6 287.8 287.5 284.4 284.8 283.7 281.2 281.7 283.4 284.6 284.8 284.3 283.5 283.5 150 East Siberian Sea 285.5 286.5 284.3 282.5 283.9 283.9 282.2 280.7 281.0 282.0 280.2 280.1 282.6 284.6 285.9 286.6 284.1 284.4 284.5 283.6 284.5 285.1 285.1 286.3 282.2 278.2 278.2 280.2 281.7 274.7 273.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.5 279.6 280.2 280.2 279.5 281.4 282.4 280.0 278.3 277.4 277.5 277.8 277.8 278.9 277.0 276.9 277.3 277.6 277.8 279.5 281.5 279.1 278.0 277.7 277.5 278.1 278.7 281.3 280.5 279.8 278.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.5 284.6 285.2 286.5 285.1 283.8 284.2 283.6 281.6 282.6 283.1 281.4 281.3 280.3 280.6 282.3 283.4 282.7 283.5 283.9 284.4 283.3 281.0 280.4 280.0 280.4 282.5 283.5 283.4 282.8 282.0