2000 01 - 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 246.1 244.7 243.8 243.9 244.4 245.7 246.2 247.0 248.1 248.6 247.8 247.9 247.8 247.7 247.8 247.6 248.0 248.9 249.1 249.6 250.2 251.3 253.3 254.4 253.1 252.4 253.0 253.1 254.2 255.0 254.6 34 Hudson Bay 250.0 248.9 248.8 249.8 251.1 252.3 253.2 253.9 255.7 256.1 250.0 245.7 244.9 246.2 246.4 246.0 250.2 250.2 247.7 246.0 246.2 248.4 249.8 254.4 252.1 252.5 256.3 259.3 263.9 262.9 259.6 36 Hudson Strait 246.2 246.9 246.0 245.9 243.0 245.7 248.1 245.0 243.1 250.0 258.4 249.2 241.0 244.0 242.4 242.9 241.1 240.0 243.7 247.9 246.1 248.2 246.8 246.9 250.3 247.2 243.6 247.3 259.2 256.9 253.0 98 Bering Strait 242.4 241.5 240.5 244.3 245.6 247.7 251.6 250.9 246.5 244.3 244.2 243.5 245.5 249.2 250.5 251.0 251.8 257.9 262.6 259.3 256.8 260.0 260.8 261.1 259.6 257.1 258.6 255.3 249.8 249.7 254.7 128 Arctic subocean 252.8 250.9 246.1 242.6 241.3 242.3 243.5 243.4 245.4 245.5 237.1 239.6 242.0 240.2 237.5 243.9 243.6 238.9 236.6 233.8 238.1 237.6 237.7 239.8 237.8 240.4 240.1 240.8 239.7 238.8 236.9 130 Chukchi Sea 242.6 245.2 245.0 245.6 243.7 247.0 248.5 248.8 249.9 246.3 241.5 241.7 256.5 257.1 248.2 249.8 243.9 250.5 253.5 247.1 251.5 252.2 253.4 251.8 250.7 250.5 254.1 250.4 245.1 241.9 241.8 132 Beaufort Sea 249.0 248.1 245.8 246.3 249.1 250.3 250.9 251.9 250.4 244.9 243.0 244.8 242.9 242.4 244.0 247.0 244.7 246.6 251.9 256.4 256.1 256.0 260.4 261.4 261.6 261.5 263.6 267.4 264.0 261.4 262.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.8 246.2 244.8 244.6 245.1 243.8 243.4 243.4 239.7 241.5 242.1 241.6 241.5 240.0 242.0 243.9 242.4 239.3 237.3 235.8 236.1 235.7 239.7 237.9 239.8 248.0 253.6 253.9 247.2 243.3 247.8 136 Foxe Basin 239.6 239.9 240.7 237.8 233.3 237.9 237.8 238.0 240.1 238.8 235.7 233.2 235.6 237.2 236.1 234.7 236.1 238.7 241.7 249.3 248.4 248.0 246.8 243.2 241.7 236.2 242.2 249.0 247.6 238.8 244.1 138 Baffin Bay 249.5 240.3 239.4 239.0 236.6 240.7 240.4 235.6 238.8 238.3 236.0 244.8 242.0 239.8 241.6 241.4 237.9 235.1 235.4 244.6 248.0 250.8 251.5 250.7 242.3 237.6 235.9 232.9 231.6 234.2 235.7 139 South Greenland 246.8 243.3 243.2 241.8 241.6 246.6 240.2 238.4 239.8 243.5 243.4 250.3 255.1 258.7 254.3 247.0 248.0 256.6 258.5 261.1 256.7 259.8 264.7 256.7 246.5 243.8 244.5 239.9 238.4 242.0 242.2 140 Greenland Sea 250.7 244.4 242.4 241.0 240.2 242.0 244.3 248.0 250.8 246.1 240.6 240.9 245.1 239.7 245.4 243.7 239.9 235.2 235.0 239.4 248.1 250.7 252.3 253.2 246.2 237.7 234.2 230.4 230.7 232.9 233.8 142 Norwegian Sea 270.3 272.4 272.0 271.7 270.6 273.2 274.0 274.5 273.2 273.2 273.7 272.2 269.8 270.7 273.0 274.0 272.0 270.1 270.0 267.2 263.1 265.2 266.8 271.7 274.2 272.5 268.4 265.2 267.7 266.8 268.0 144 Barents Sea 251.8 252.7 254.1 254.9 257.1 255.3 256.8 262.3 268.2 268.2 264.4 263.0 264.1 256.4 261.3 263.4 262.8 260.6 259.6 260.4 262.3 258.2 256.2 254.4 254.4 256.3 258.1 258.2 259.7 263.7 267.1 146 Kara Sea 242.9 241.6 238.7 238.9 240.4 242.3 242.9 245.1 247.1 251.5 254.5 253.7 251.4 251.4 251.1 250.3 252.0 254.3 253.9 254.5 255.8 255.7 256.1 256.7 256.0 255.2 256.1 257.3 258.2 258.6 257.3 148 Laptev Sea 241.5 241.0 241.9 241.2 240.0 239.9 240.1 241.4 242.6 240.3 239.1 240.7 243.2 244.5 242.9 241.6 241.6 240.5 240.0 239.7 239.9 243.1 249.3 253.0 252.3 251.2 248.4 246.2 250.9 256.2 253.2 150 East Siberian Sea 246.9 245.8 245.7 245.2 243.4 242.2 241.0 239.0 242.4 244.6 243.9 247.7 246.2 241.7 241.7 242.9 239.0 234.3 234.2 235.5 236.8 237.8 238.7 243.1 246.4 242.8 238.8 239.0 245.8 248.0 247.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 254.5 255.4 257.8 259.1 260.6 265.5 268.1 266.2 259.8 255.6 252.5 251.1 250.6 253.8 257.6 254.5 258.2 267.9 269.2 265.0 264.9 266.7 267.1 268.7 267.2 267.5 269.3 264.4 263.6 263.8 268.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 244.3 245.1 246.3 242.1 242.4 251.4 253.4 252.2 250.3 248.5 246.7 247.7 248.2 259.6 255.8 256.0 267.8 272.4 270.1 262.7 268.9 268.7 271.6 269.7 265.3 267.2 264.3 250.5 243.5 244.9 249.1