2002 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 251.5 250.0 250.0 249.8 250.3 251.2 250.8 252.5 254.6 255.2 254.8 253.5 253.6 253.9 253.7 253.3 253.0 252.8 253.0 252.8 252.1 251.5 252.2 252.8 252.2 251.6 250.5 249.2 248.4 248.0 248.5 34 Hudson Bay 255.9 252.8 252.4 254.5 254.9 258.2 255.6 252.8 259.5 259.5 262.0 259.6 258.7 260.9 260.5 262.3 263.2 264.7 265.4 264.4 262.9 260.4 258.2 256.8 257.1 259.4 262.1 259.1 253.5 254.1 256.1 36 Hudson Strait 257.3 258.1 260.3 259.4 255.9 254.8 257.3 253.3 249.9 249.5 252.4 259.3 250.8 252.2 251.8 254.6 259.7 261.6 258.2 262.1 267.7 268.8 264.8 260.5 254.9 254.5 251.5 258.9 258.2 250.6 248.0 98 Bering Strait 262.0 260.6 263.1 265.6 264.6 265.7 265.8 266.3 263.9 261.2 260.4 261.3 261.4 256.8 255.9 253.8 251.0 251.8 256.2 257.6 254.6 255.3 260.4 258.4 255.0 249.8 246.3 247.7 247.7 246.6 247.5 128 Arctic subocean 238.5 237.7 237.9 235.9 240.0 247.6 252.7 251.9 250.8 248.2 250.7 255.5 253.4 248.6 249.0 248.6 245.9 238.9 240.4 243.2 242.9 238.4 233.5 239.6 244.1 246.2 247.2 250.0 247.2 247.4 247.0 130 Chukchi Sea 254.5 252.9 257.6 262.1 265.1 266.2 266.0 264.6 265.8 262.5 262.3 259.4 258.4 257.0 251.3 250.8 246.3 247.9 256.8 261.4 258.3 254.4 252.7 253.0 253.4 251.2 247.3 243.7 244.6 242.2 245.8 132 Beaufort Sea 265.7 258.0 257.6 258.8 260.8 258.5 259.4 267.6 266.1 263.6 260.4 260.6 265.2 263.5 263.2 261.3 260.5 260.2 258.2 254.8 254.9 252.9 259.6 263.5 261.7 260.9 255.1 249.7 247.7 250.2 253.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.8 251.1 256.1 247.4 248.1 246.1 245.6 245.6 245.0 247.6 251.3 252.5 251.5 257.6 259.4 255.2 251.8 252.5 252.9 254.0 252.8 251.0 246.1 244.7 241.6 243.4 242.4 240.2 240.9 242.7 246.1 136 Foxe Basin 251.4 254.0 250.3 250.5 250.8 252.0 252.6 256.7 257.0 255.7 254.8 253.4 254.4 253.8 255.0 258.5 260.5 253.9 248.1 248.9 249.4 249.7 248.9 242.1 238.0 238.4 240.4 245.4 248.7 241.5 238.5 138 Baffin Bay 252.8 247.5 244.6 244.6 249.9 253.8 248.0 248.1 256.0 258.9 258.7 251.3 247.2 248.9 246.0 247.9 246.8 242.4 240.8 240.2 239.5 239.0 239.3 240.0 243.8 247.3 245.9 245.4 247.3 251.5 249.1 139 South Greenland 257.2 255.7 254.1 253.2 257.1 254.3 246.4 255.2 262.3 261.4 256.7 251.2 254.5 251.1 246.0 245.5 255.6 252.2 252.8 252.7 244.8 243.7 244.4 247.2 253.0 252.0 249.5 252.7 254.5 254.6 251.9 140 Greenland Sea 248.0 240.8 243.1 247.7 249.0 258.5 248.6 245.2 249.5 256.4 256.2 248.8 245.0 246.1 242.4 242.1 242.4 237.8 236.8 235.2 237.8 234.6 236.6 247.0 250.9 250.7 253.6 249.5 246.4 247.9 245.5 142 Norwegian Sea 268.3 267.7 269.1 269.0 268.4 268.8 267.3 268.5 269.5 269.6 273.0 271.4 269.3 268.9 267.1 267.9 271.7 270.5 270.7 267.3 265.2 262.0 262.7 264.9 266.6 269.3 267.0 265.0 261.1 260.5 264.8 144 Barents Sea 262.1 260.1 259.9 256.3 259.3 259.4 255.4 256.7 257.2 261.6 259.7 256.8 260.5 266.4 267.6 264.1 262.2 261.6 260.8 259.5 261.4 258.6 256.5 256.0 250.4 249.2 252.4 251.3 248.7 247.1 251.9 146 Kara Sea 248.7 248.8 247.5 245.9 245.1 247.0 248.6 249.7 251.6 252.0 250.7 250.6 250.8 251.3 253.7 254.7 253.7 253.1 253.1 252.7 251.8 251.9 253.0 254.6 254.8 253.9 253.1 250.8 249.5 248.4 247.5 148 Laptev Sea 235.9 235.1 234.9 235.3 235.5 234.7 236.6 240.2 243.2 246.2 247.8 245.8 244.9 243.6 242.3 241.0 240.5 242.3 242.2 242.6 242.9 244.4 246.4 246.3 245.7 244.0 241.5 241.0 242.5 241.2 240.4 150 East Siberian Sea 243.6 243.5 246.0 249.5 247.9 249.0 251.2 252.5 252.5 250.9 249.1 248.1 247.8 247.8 244.5 241.1 238.1 237.5 239.9 242.2 243.7 244.0 243.1 241.9 240.4 237.6 235.4 238.6 242.1 241.3 242.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.4 269.6 272.0 270.7 270.3 268.8 269.9 272.3 271.6 271.5 269.1 269.3 266.8 264.0 264.5 265.3 267.5 267.4 264.7 262.6 262.8 268.0 271.7 268.5 262.7 257.1 259.3 260.1 262.5 263.2 264.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.8 272.5 273.6 273.5 274.1 274.4 273.7 273.3 272.9 271.3 265.8 261.6 262.6 259.9 261.4 258.7 256.7 259.9 265.5 268.4 267.4 267.1 266.2 261.1 257.5 256.0 252.1 251.3 254.3 251.2 249.2