1987 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 270.4 270.1 270.1 269.1 266.9 266.5 266.1 265.9 265.9 266.2 266.5 265.9 265.7 265.3 263.8 263.7 263.5 263.4 263.0 262.7 262.4 262.0 262.5 262.8 262.0 260.8 260.6 260.7 260.6 259.6 259.6 34 Hudson Bay 275.6 274.7 279.3 279.6 276.1 273.9 271.6 269.9 268.2 269.2 271.3 271.8 272.7 271.4 269.0 269.8 272.4 272.5 270.2 266.9 265.5 264.4 263.9 267.0 270.9 270.9 268.9 267.0 267.3 266.8 266.7 36 Hudson Strait 270.7 268.3 270.1 271.2 269.8 271.0 273.8 273.4 271.9 270.0 269.4 268.9 267.7 269.2 271.5 268.5 265.7 267.4 270.2 270.5 268.3 267.6 265.9 266.7 266.8 268.2 272.1 271.1 267.6 267.1 266.2 98 Bering Strait 270.3 268.7 269.1 270.2 269.5 268.4 266.4 268.6 270.6 269.9 269.5 266.7 266.1 268.1 268.2 266.2 263.9 265.4 265.8 265.2 263.7 268.1 267.5 266.5 264.8 262.5 259.2 259.8 259.1 254.8 255.4 128 Arctic subocean 251.0 253.4 254.0 247.5 252.1 257.5 252.2 248.8 253.3 251.8 252.9 255.8 253.6 250.5 247.2 250.5 250.9 253.5 254.8 250.5 245.9 246.4 243.3 242.5 243.5 245.2 245.4 246.7 242.8 240.2 237.1 130 Chukchi Sea 270.0 269.0 268.9 268.1 268.2 268.2 267.5 267.3 267.7 267.9 267.8 268.4 269.0 270.9 270.5 269.2 266.8 267.8 264.1 261.7 261.0 266.7 267.4 266.7 265.1 262.2 259.0 256.4 255.7 253.5 257.1 132 Beaufort Sea 275.2 278.2 278.1 275.1 270.7 270.3 269.7 266.7 268.1 270.4 272.9 270.5 267.3 264.4 265.6 269.4 267.4 265.2 264.6 268.5 268.1 265.7 268.8 271.6 272.3 269.8 267.1 265.6 265.5 263.2 264.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.0 264.1 264.1 260.3 258.0 258.9 261.5 259.1 257.8 257.6 257.8 257.0 255.2 253.2 251.8 252.7 251.7 251.1 250.2 251.1 249.7 250.5 257.2 260.7 254.6 253.2 256.8 257.3 255.1 251.6 248.0 136 Foxe Basin 267.1 267.0 265.8 268.5 267.0 265.1 263.8 265.6 268.0 267.5 265.9 264.7 263.2 263.4 262.1 261.1 260.4 259.7 258.0 256.6 257.8 260.5 259.5 265.2 268.8 269.5 270.7 268.8 264.4 259.7 257.7 138 Baffin Bay 252.8 250.2 249.1 244.0 245.1 249.2 249.4 248.5 248.6 250.5 250.8 252.6 253.0 252.1 248.9 247.9 247.0 247.2 248.2 246.4 243.6 244.9 247.0 249.4 248.1 247.7 249.1 249.8 250.4 248.2 244.3 139 South Greenland 262.1 262.7 260.7 256.9 252.9 250.1 250.1 251.0 254.2 259.1 258.3 256.2 254.6 253.2 252.1 250.5 249.3 249.1 248.2 249.3 251.0 253.4 259.2 261.8 256.2 252.1 250.3 254.9 257.9 256.1 259.7 140 Greenland Sea 249.1 247.2 246.4 243.1 241.6 247.0 247.3 244.7 243.6 246.0 247.7 250.5 251.1 249.7 246.4 242.7 244.4 246.3 250.0 244.9 243.1 241.8 244.2 251.7 249.4 245.2 244.0 244.0 245.7 244.6 240.5 142 Norwegian Sea 276.3 277.0 277.7 278.2 276.4 277.3 276.9 277.3 277.3 278.4 280.9 276.5 276.9 276.3 276.8 278.9 279.2 278.5 276.2 276.3 275.6 275.4 274.4 273.7 274.6 275.9 275.7 275.9 275.6 274.2 275.7 144 Barents Sea 274.1 274.2 275.8 276.2 271.6 272.5 273.4 273.4 272.9 274.7 277.8 273.0 271.8 272.2 272.8 273.1 274.5 274.6 271.5 270.2 271.1 270.3 269.9 266.7 268.0 269.2 271.7 272.6 272.0 272.3 271.6 146 Kara Sea 275.0 273.4 272.2 271.4 269.9 270.0 269.3 269.1 269.2 268.6 268.9 269.3 270.1 269.6 267.3 267.1 266.9 267.7 268.2 268.4 267.8 266.9 265.1 263.5 262.1 260.5 260.7 262.5 261.8 261.9 262.8 148 Laptev Sea 268.0 267.9 265.1 264.4 262.9 261.2 262.3 264.0 263.5 263.1 261.1 260.8 262.4 263.4 261.4 259.6 258.3 257.1 257.8 257.8 258.9 257.9 259.5 257.4 255.5 255.7 256.1 254.7 255.8 255.3 254.1 150 East Siberian Sea 267.2 265.9 269.0 270.2 268.3 265.4 264.5 265.8 266.0 264.1 260.8 259.1 256.0 255.0 254.1 255.2 255.6 254.8 251.9 252.5 252.8 251.7 251.6 250.7 249.1 248.7 250.5 249.8 250.3 250.0 249.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.7 274.8 275.0 272.9 272.7 273.0 271.3 273.8 274.2 274.9 274.0 271.6 272.8 273.5 272.9 269.2 272.2 273.3 274.2 271.4 272.9 273.8 273.7 273.4 272.1 269.8 269.5 267.6 264.1 262.7 263.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.3 272.9 273.2 273.7 270.0 270.9 274.7 275.2 274.5 272.4 272.4 272.5 271.4 275.1 272.6 271.9 274.6 273.0 271.0 267.1 273.7 273.3 274.1 274.0 273.3 266.9 265.0 262.4 259.4 258.4 265.9