1992 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 252.9 253.0 252.2 252.5 253.0 252.9 253.0 252.5 251.6 250.9 250.6 251.7 254.0 254.7 253.0 251.8 251.7 250.7 250.4 249.7 249.5 250.5 249.6 249.9 250.0 250.1 249.7 249.8 249.0 249.5 249.7 34 Hudson Bay 262.1 260.3 256.4 255.6 260.7 259.6 255.2 256.4 259.2 259.2 259.1 260.3 260.1 264.0 264.5 257.7 251.4 250.1 251.4 250.3 249.0 249.6 248.7 249.4 247.2 245.6 244.8 242.8 241.8 245.0 247.3 36 Hudson Strait 248.7 254.1 253.9 253.2 251.5 251.6 253.9 252.9 251.7 257.8 253.7 252.2 260.1 258.0 248.9 263.5 257.9 245.4 248.8 253.3 243.1 244.2 245.4 245.0 241.6 239.7 238.7 243.1 239.5 240.9 244.5 98 Bering Strait 257.8 262.6 256.9 252.7 253.0 251.0 251.5 253.0 251.0 251.8 248.4 249.7 250.2 246.6 244.7 243.3 251.1 253.9 247.4 245.2 240.1 242.4 244.0 246.8 248.6 247.0 251.7 255.5 257.9 260.6 261.9 128 Arctic subocean 243.0 245.9 245.6 246.8 245.9 243.9 241.5 237.9 237.7 238.9 240.0 241.0 242.7 241.9 242.9 246.3 244.5 240.4 237.7 237.1 236.0 236.9 236.6 241.4 237.0 236.0 239.4 242.7 247.5 248.5 240.8 130 Chukchi Sea 245.4 260.5 250.5 245.6 245.1 250.9 252.3 249.8 248.2 245.5 243.4 243.1 245.0 243.1 241.2 245.3 258.3 247.5 247.2 243.5 238.2 242.3 241.2 241.4 241.1 248.6 263.8 264.6 259.4 260.4 262.5 132 Beaufort Sea 263.3 262.8 262.3 264.7 259.1 253.2 253.2 252.9 251.3 253.2 251.5 249.7 257.1 259.0 250.5 247.4 246.5 250.4 249.2 245.5 247.0 245.1 246.9 247.2 247.1 244.6 240.0 241.8 243.4 248.9 254.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.3 246.9 250.0 254.9 251.2 246.9 245.7 244.5 239.6 239.6 244.8 247.1 245.8 248.8 249.5 246.6 248.5 245.4 240.6 241.4 241.6 239.5 238.1 238.3 237.5 237.3 241.0 240.6 247.5 253.0 247.9 136 Foxe Basin 243.9 243.7 244.4 245.9 247.6 247.1 242.7 246.1 249.9 237.9 235.4 241.9 247.4 246.0 248.1 253.6 251.2 240.2 241.6 240.2 238.4 236.9 235.4 236.2 240.3 241.9 237.4 235.2 236.7 240.8 239.2 138 Baffin Bay 243.9 242.6 241.4 241.6 240.6 240.6 240.0 240.6 239.4 237.2 236.3 235.1 237.7 240.3 243.5 245.2 244.1 243.6 243.8 243.7 238.4 239.0 234.4 235.1 237.3 244.7 243.8 245.9 244.1 239.0 238.5 139 South Greenland 249.1 246.8 244.4 243.3 242.9 242.6 246.9 249.9 245.3 243.4 243.0 238.6 239.2 240.9 242.8 244.4 246.4 248.6 248.1 247.5 244.6 250.4 243.5 241.6 245.8 253.5 246.7 253.1 243.0 239.5 247.7 140 Greenland Sea 243.2 242.3 241.3 239.8 238.9 239.2 239.6 239.7 241.2 239.9 238.1 237.2 238.9 239.4 241.0 243.6 241.5 240.1 237.1 239.1 237.9 241.1 242.0 241.6 239.5 242.2 245.7 244.4 247.4 243.4 239.9 142 Norwegian Sea 274.3 274.6 273.9 272.8 270.8 270.6 270.9 272.5 274.6 275.7 273.5 269.8 267.7 270.2 272.2 272.9 273.1 274.4 273.5 268.8 270.4 273.5 273.7 274.2 274.1 271.7 272.9 274.3 272.4 272.5 272.8 144 Barents Sea 256.7 262.7 268.2 269.5 270.1 270.1 266.6 263.2 265.7 267.1 269.6 268.3 264.7 262.1 262.1 259.4 261.5 268.3 268.8 268.1 263.7 262.4 266.2 268.3 267.9 267.5 263.4 258.5 255.6 255.4 257.6 146 Kara Sea 253.5 253.1 253.3 254.2 255.4 257.6 259.5 258.1 256.0 253.4 254.0 257.5 259.4 258.0 256.2 256.5 255.7 252.4 253.0 254.9 259.0 260.1 256.9 255.1 256.0 256.7 257.1 256.6 254.7 252.7 251.2 148 Laptev Sea 239.8 239.6 240.6 242.2 243.4 245.2 247.0 246.4 244.7 243.8 242.0 244.0 250.7 253.6 251.1 249.0 249.6 248.4 248.2 243.5 243.9 246.8 247.9 249.2 247.1 246.9 246.0 246.0 247.1 247.6 245.1 150 East Siberian Sea 251.6 248.3 245.7 241.2 239.8 240.2 239.8 239.9 241.5 240.8 240.6 240.5 242.6 244.9 243.3 241.1 242.7 243.8 244.6 247.6 245.3 241.7 241.0 242.5 247.3 248.2 249.6 246.5 242.4 241.0 240.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.9 272.1 268.3 262.7 266.4 264.0 267.4 264.4 264.0 263.5 264.5 264.1 268.2 263.5 258.7 255.5 262.0 261.8 257.4 254.4 253.2 256.8 259.1 265.5 266.7 256.4 252.5 257.9 261.5 263.4 266.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.7 271.7 258.2 262.3 271.0 265.7 259.2 253.1 251.4 253.9 253.3 252.7 253.4 252.1 247.2 255.9 271.2 261.3 263.6 255.9 250.1 260.3 258.9 269.8 267.1 257.7 263.9 270.6 271.9 272.4 270.4