1991 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 248.9 248.2 247.5 247.1 248.2 249.3 249.3 249.2 250.3 251.2 251.3 250.5 250.0 249.9 250.9 251.8 251.1 250.6 250.8 250.1 249.7 250.7 252.1 253.8 254.5 254.9 254.4 252.9 252.2 252.7 252.9 34 Hudson Bay 250.8 247.9 248.2 247.8 248.0 250.2 253.1 254.9 253.8 257.7 260.3 259.0 254.3 249.0 248.6 252.8 250.7 254.0 259.1 262.6 263.7 263.4 257.1 256.9 257.1 258.7 263.3 263.4 259.0 259.3 259.3 36 Hudson Strait 263.1 256.9 256.1 253.0 257.8 251.8 250.0 250.7 256.9 247.8 254.1 250.0 258.2 254.7 243.6 243.0 245.0 246.5 250.3 245.1 252.4 255.3 255.8 246.5 246.7 247.9 250.5 250.8 249.3 248.1 255.0 98 Bering Strait 254.5 251.9 251.3 252.5 254.6 254.8 252.8 251.3 251.5 250.6 250.2 250.8 250.7 257.9 258.1 257.4 254.7 249.1 249.2 246.9 245.9 248.5 255.3 257.7 255.4 253.8 258.1 256.2 250.5 255.0 258.3 128 Arctic subocean 240.6 240.9 243.6 243.9 241.2 238.7 238.9 242.8 241.8 240.3 238.6 240.5 242.2 241.5 238.7 235.7 234.6 235.9 235.4 235.4 236.2 238.3 240.2 241.1 241.7 240.8 233.6 237.1 238.5 236.7 240.0 130 Chukchi Sea 255.5 256.4 257.5 257.0 256.6 255.7 254.5 250.4 247.8 245.9 241.7 245.7 248.5 245.2 247.3 251.1 245.6 242.9 240.8 238.6 238.0 238.8 242.0 249.3 251.3 249.3 251.6 248.6 241.3 242.0 244.8 132 Beaufort Sea 249.7 247.5 245.0 244.1 244.7 247.6 248.6 247.6 252.3 252.7 249.6 248.4 249.9 253.8 258.9 255.7 258.3 255.7 257.3 252.2 253.5 252.5 259.9 261.1 261.2 261.6 261.3 260.9 262.6 256.8 260.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.8 240.6 240.9 241.3 241.4 239.9 239.7 239.5 237.1 232.6 233.0 235.3 235.3 237.1 243.1 244.9 242.7 243.0 240.1 242.0 240.5 240.6 237.8 240.2 246.1 250.3 244.2 242.0 248.5 249.2 248.8 136 Foxe Basin 249.3 252.4 252.1 249.5 243.7 244.0 238.9 236.5 238.6 235.3 240.1 236.6 235.5 237.3 233.6 237.4 243.4 239.0 241.3 237.6 246.8 248.8 248.5 252.2 249.1 247.9 248.1 243.5 237.7 237.6 245.5 138 Baffin Bay 238.8 241.2 247.6 247.5 249.6 250.9 248.0 243.6 242.7 241.7 243.1 243.5 241.9 234.7 234.0 236.3 237.3 237.3 233.8 232.9 229.5 231.6 237.0 243.5 245.8 246.8 244.0 239.5 238.5 241.5 236.5 139 South Greenland 246.9 251.9 252.9 256.5 263.8 260.7 249.3 244.1 248.0 251.5 249.4 245.5 243.8 246.4 250.4 246.4 242.2 241.1 238.4 239.3 236.1 239.7 247.3 252.8 253.1 257.0 252.8 244.2 247.1 249.5 241.8 140 Greenland Sea 240.1 240.4 245.0 247.0 252.1 254.2 249.6 248.7 242.8 241.9 243.0 241.9 241.8 237.3 234.6 235.3 234.6 237.2 236.2 233.2 229.3 230.0 235.8 241.2 242.4 243.5 242.3 240.2 237.5 239.7 241.4 142 Norwegian Sea 275.1 274.0 274.2 272.6 272.7 274.1 274.7 275.0 273.6 275.2 275.0 274.6 273.7 269.6 271.1 270.2 273.0 274.0 271.8 271.0 268.7 267.5 266.4 267.3 269.9 269.0 271.5 275.6 272.1 270.4 273.8 144 Barents Sea 257.0 260.0 256.6 254.6 254.4 255.9 255.5 254.7 258.1 263.1 260.2 261.4 264.5 264.3 260.9 258.2 258.6 262.1 263.7 265.6 266.2 267.7 265.5 265.2 262.2 259.0 254.5 255.5 261.8 263.8 258.5 146 Kara Sea 248.9 247.9 245.6 245.7 247.4 250.0 251.8 252.1 253.0 253.5 253.4 252.8 253.1 252.8 255.1 258.4 258.5 255.1 253.0 251.2 250.5 251.1 252.4 254.7 256.7 257.4 255.9 255.2 254.3 254.1 254.2 148 Laptev Sea 244.3 243.0 242.6 240.7 240.1 240.8 241.4 242.8 245.4 246.6 246.6 245.6 244.6 245.2 245.2 244.6 244.4 246.8 248.6 246.9 244.0 244.4 246.7 249.3 249.8 250.4 250.1 247.9 246.4 249.1 249.6 150 East Siberian Sea 246.9 246.4 245.6 243.8 243.4 243.8 242.4 243.8 245.8 246.6 248.7 247.2 243.6 242.5 244.3 244.0 242.3 242.3 240.6 242.7 247.6 249.7 250.0 249.2 248.6 244.9 242.5 241.1 240.9 239.8 240.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.7 264.9 264.6 267.7 270.4 270.2 267.5 265.9 263.6 261.0 260.7 260.2 263.0 269.2 268.6 268.8 261.6 261.4 260.5 262.4 259.5 269.2 270.5 269.8 267.9 265.0 268.0 264.0 263.8 270.0 270.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 262.3 266.8 269.9 264.9 264.9 258.5 256.3 257.5 256.2 264.5 265.7 260.5 263.2 271.7 269.6 263.1 258.4 252.5 250.3 250.6 249.1 261.7 266.0 263.2 258.2 257.5 266.0 252.7 252.8 256.7 259.8