1988 05 - 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 268.7 268.5 268.8 269.0 269.6 270.1 270.6 271.4 270.3 270.3 270.3 271.2 271.8 272.3 273.1 273.7 274.3 274.5 274.7 274.9 274.6 275.7 275.9 276.1 276.2 276.2 276.7 277.0 278.3 278.1 278.0 34 Hudson Bay 279.3 277.6 276.0 275.3 275.2 275.8 278.4 279.5 278.5 276.0 273.4 274.1 274.7 275.8 275.3 274.9 278.3 280.2 282.2 282.2 281.3 281.5 279.9 278.9 281.7 282.7 282.9 283.3 284.6 284.7 284.2 36 Hudson Strait 270.2 272.9 269.6 264.6 264.2 265.2 265.5 270.7 271.4 276.7 270.8 266.0 271.4 271.3 270.2 270.7 268.2 270.3 274.4 275.5 273.0 272.5 272.5 270.7 269.2 270.7 273.5 272.9 273.4 273.9 272.7 98 Bering Strait 268.3 267.3 267.1 268.4 268.8 268.9 270.1 270.6 269.7 270.4 272.5 273.1 273.0 273.6 274.4 272.5 271.6 272.4 272.2 272.0 272.3 273.9 273.5 273.9 274.4 273.8 274.2 274.1 277.2 276.2 274.9 128 Arctic subocean 255.0 255.2 256.5 257.2 255.8 257.2 258.2 260.3 260.5 259.7 259.4 260.5 265.0 265.2 263.6 267.1 270.7 268.2 267.2 266.4 267.2 266.5 265.5 266.6 266.3 264.9 264.5 265.7 267.0 267.9 268.7 130 Chukchi Sea 265.4 265.9 266.0 267.9 268.6 267.9 267.0 266.1 266.2 269.9 272.6 272.6 272.1 270.5 271.7 271.1 269.6 269.3 269.6 271.2 271.7 271.5 271.4 271.5 272.5 272.8 272.9 272.6 273.9 272.9 272.3 132 Beaufort Sea 267.8 267.6 269.4 270.7 272.6 273.5 274.0 274.0 270.2 271.2 273.3 274.7 276.2 274.4 273.9 275.4 275.0 274.2 274.7 275.9 275.8 277.1 277.5 276.9 276.9 276.4 277.3 278.5 280.0 278.7 278.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.7 258.1 260.3 262.2 263.5 262.1 260.2 259.1 258.0 259.2 259.7 261.9 263.1 261.6 263.3 267.0 269.7 268.9 268.3 268.7 268.3 268.6 269.6 270.2 269.5 269.3 269.8 269.3 269.8 270.8 272.5 136 Foxe Basin 263.0 261.2 258.4 259.3 258.7 259.2 258.6 258.1 259.6 264.6 266.3 261.6 264.7 267.2 270.3 272.5 272.2 271.7 270.4 270.2 270.1 269.1 268.9 270.0 269.5 270.9 271.4 270.6 270.3 271.5 271.8 138 Baffin Bay 254.9 254.9 254.2 250.6 254.4 257.2 258.0 257.6 255.2 254.2 256.5 264.1 265.0 262.0 266.1 271.2 271.7 269.8 266.6 265.8 266.6 265.7 266.8 269.2 268.3 265.9 265.0 265.8 265.2 265.3 266.0 139 South Greenland 259.1 261.2 260.2 255.7 259.0 259.6 259.9 258.4 256.2 257.4 262.4 268.4 269.1 269.0 270.6 270.2 269.3 267.6 266.3 266.6 267.2 267.4 269.3 270.3 268.8 268.5 268.7 267.7 266.9 267.0 268.0 140 Greenland Sea 251.6 251.5 252.4 253.7 255.6 257.9 259.0 261.3 257.2 257.6 255.6 260.8 268.3 267.4 264.4 267.9 267.1 264.9 263.4 264.1 264.4 264.9 266.5 269.7 268.4 266.2 264.7 263.6 264.9 266.0 267.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.6 274.7 274.0 274.0 273.8 273.9 275.4 279.0 277.8 277.3 277.7 278.3 277.4 275.7 276.2 275.2 274.3 274.1 274.3 274.6 274.3 277.2 275.5 275.8 274.9 276.0 276.6 279.5 283.3 279.5 275.7 144 Barents Sea 272.8 272.0 271.4 274.8 277.9 278.2 274.8 273.5 271.5 271.9 272.9 273.1 273.2 274.6 273.5 272.5 274.3 277.6 278.6 277.4 278.3 282.0 275.6 274.3 276.1 274.2 275.1 274.7 277.3 276.5 275.3 146 Kara Sea 272.0 270.7 271.9 272.7 272.6 273.3 274.3 275.9 275.3 274.5 273.7 273.1 273.2 274.4 276.4 276.6 276.7 277.2 277.6 277.6 276.5 277.0 277.9 278.4 277.8 278.4 278.6 278.4 280.7 281.2 281.6 148 Laptev Sea 265.7 267.6 268.8 268.9 268.8 269.1 269.1 270.1 269.6 269.9 270.3 270.9 270.5 270.9 272.4 273.6 273.9 273.8 272.9 272.1 272.2 275.0 278.0 279.3 279.8 279.4 280.6 282.0 282.4 280.4 279.7 150 East Siberian Sea 266.4 267.0 265.6 265.5 263.6 263.4 263.5 263.6 264.8 265.6 265.5 266.5 267.2 269.9 269.7 272.0 271.7 270.0 270.2 273.7 275.8 276.1 274.6 272.7 271.5 273.0 274.2 274.5 273.3 276.0 275.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.9 269.6 269.6 271.2 272.3 272.1 273.8 276.3 274.6 273.8 273.9 274.8 274.3 275.0 273.9 272.7 271.0 273.0 273.3 272.8 273.1 277.9 274.3 274.1 273.2 272.8 274.5 276.0 278.0 274.2 274.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.6 272.0 270.7 273.5 273.0 273.7 273.1 277.8 277.0 276.0 275.4 275.3 275.6 277.4 277.2 275.1 276.4 276.7 277.5 277.6 277.8 280.5 280.2 279.4 279.0 278.4 278.7 281.2 281.4 279.4 279.4