1996 03 - 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 256.7 255.1 253.8 253.3 253.2 253.5 254.5 255.5 255.8 257.2 257.2 255.5 255.9 256.9 256.8 256.6 255.9 254.7 255.3 255.5 255.5 254.9 254.5 255.2 257.1 258.2 258.8 259.2 259.5 258.9 258.3 34 Hudson Bay 257.2 253.6 251.7 248.5 246.2 246.8 250.8 255.0 258.0 263.9 267.1 265.9 264.8 261.4 260.1 260.6 261.3 261.4 258.3 258.5 258.6 257.8 256.5 254.5 252.6 252.9 253.5 255.4 258.7 259.1 260.1 36 Hudson Strait 251.9 255.4 258.1 259.3 252.4 249.6 248.6 248.3 244.8 250.3 257.2 254.4 253.0 263.0 253.0 249.0 252.0 263.3 264.3 252.6 249.4 257.0 262.0 259.6 255.2 262.3 253.4 247.8 249.4 254.7 256.9 98 Bering Strait 264.3 262.4 260.9 262.0 262.4 258.3 255.1 257.3 257.5 256.2 255.5 256.1 262.1 262.2 259.0 257.5 252.0 253.6 255.9 256.9 260.5 259.9 260.3 264.6 265.7 265.8 266.4 263.5 263.2 260.5 260.4 128 Arctic subocean 245.2 250.3 245.5 239.1 241.1 241.0 235.1 236.8 239.9 237.3 233.8 235.1 236.2 240.9 247.3 245.0 249.7 248.1 245.0 235.5 238.4 234.8 233.0 240.4 243.3 245.1 249.1 245.4 247.4 243.4 244.2 130 Chukchi Sea 253.0 262.5 268.6 264.1 262.2 261.2 259.9 256.1 250.8 248.4 247.9 249.8 251.4 247.5 244.4 244.8 247.2 247.0 255.3 263.7 265.2 266.4 264.0 265.5 269.9 266.3 265.1 265.2 266.3 264.9 262.2 132 Beaufort Sea 262.2 256.4 251.9 250.6 249.1 249.0 251.8 255.3 259.8 261.0 259.8 257.0 256.7 263.4 262.3 262.1 260.0 255.3 258.2 255.1 251.8 251.1 251.7 255.4 259.3 260.6 260.2 262.2 258.7 255.6 253.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.9 240.2 240.3 239.1 242.1 251.6 254.3 252.2 249.7 244.8 241.1 240.0 241.8 244.3 244.8 249.0 249.9 241.6 240.6 240.0 240.5 244.4 244.6 241.5 242.6 245.2 249.5 247.9 247.4 246.1 245.8 136 Foxe Basin 251.3 247.3 247.2 246.8 244.0 243.0 242.4 238.3 238.7 243.1 246.0 243.5 239.1 238.0 240.7 243.3 253.2 253.3 251.4 243.3 241.4 243.7 245.2 244.7 246.1 246.9 246.9 243.5 247.1 250.0 248.7 138 Baffin Bay 259.2 255.3 245.0 239.2 241.3 244.6 242.0 239.3 237.5 238.2 236.3 235.3 239.3 245.8 248.3 251.7 249.1 250.4 249.0 245.3 237.9 228.9 228.4 234.5 247.8 252.5 247.4 252.7 249.3 240.0 237.3 139 South Greenland 265.8 260.3 255.9 255.0 257.0 255.2 253.2 247.1 246.8 247.3 246.3 246.8 249.9 253.3 256.6 257.6 256.5 254.5 259.4 259.1 253.3 242.2 243.7 252.7 260.4 260.7 261.2 261.6 261.5 260.7 259.5 140 Greenland Sea 259.1 261.5 249.5 241.5 239.9 244.9 245.5 246.1 241.0 239.1 244.7 241.4 240.8 247.6 251.3 252.0 252.2 249.8 252.8 255.0 246.1 234.1 233.2 238.8 246.7 253.6 249.0 252.8 255.5 245.7 239.3 142 Norwegian Sea 270.3 271.7 274.0 272.4 270.8 272.2 273.4 273.0 272.3 271.5 269.7 268.4 268.0 268.1 267.9 268.0 267.4 268.1 270.7 269.2 269.6 270.0 269.0 270.1 269.5 269.2 268.3 268.6 266.6 267.0 267.7 144 Barents Sea 264.7 261.4 262.2 263.5 263.6 259.5 262.8 266.6 265.3 266.9 267.2 264.4 264.9 264.4 265.0 265.3 264.4 266.1 264.7 265.2 266.1 265.4 264.0 262.5 265.6 267.4 267.1 266.9 267.4 267.6 267.3 146 Kara Sea 260.2 259.5 260.2 259.4 258.0 258.8 260.7 262.0 261.4 262.7 261.2 259.8 259.2 259.7 260.3 259.1 257.5 255.6 257.0 258.0 260.0 261.0 259.8 259.3 260.8 262.0 263.3 263.0 262.7 263.3 263.4 148 Laptev Sea 246.8 245.9 246.9 249.6 251.3 251.7 251.7 252.3 252.7 255.0 254.9 250.3 251.2 251.5 250.0 249.7 251.2 248.7 247.8 250.5 251.4 252.5 253.6 253.4 253.7 254.7 256.6 256.9 256.7 257.1 256.6 150 East Siberian Sea 242.8 245.4 243.2 247.3 253.4 253.0 248.4 245.8 246.0 246.9 249.7 249.3 246.7 247.5 249.2 248.8 245.9 248.2 252.1 255.0 254.1 252.3 249.3 251.7 253.5 251.1 253.1 256.3 261.5 261.3 260.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.6 265.6 262.6 261.2 263.8 261.1 259.8 260.8 266.6 267.6 267.4 267.3 270.9 269.0 268.2 270.0 266.5 266.6 263.0 261.2 264.9 265.1 267.5 269.1 268.0 268.6 267.8 265.8 264.5 263.9 261.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.3 268.3 263.6 266.0 267.2 264.9 267.4 270.1 265.2 261.4 260.1 268.8 272.0 271.7 270.2 265.3 262.6 262.8 263.2 263.9 270.7 270.3 266.2 266.2 271.7 273.0 268.8 269.1 267.3 268.6 266.5