2008 08 - 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 284.8 284.7 284.6 284.5 284.7 284.7 284.9 285.1 285.3 285.3 285.0 284.8 284.9 284.9 284.5 284.4 284.0 283.8 283.5 282.6 282.1 281.5 281.4 281.6 281.5 281.5 281.5 281.4 281.2 281.2 281.4 34 Hudson Bay 289.0 289.3 289.3 289.0 289.0 289.1 289.3 289.7 290.1 290.7 290.5 290.5 289.4 289.6 290.3 290.1 289.2 288.4 290.4 290.0 289.7 287.6 285.8 285.5 286.8 288.7 287.4 286.9 286.6 286.7 286.3 36 Hudson Strait 285.5 285.3 286.0 286.9 287.8 287.4 286.0 283.3 283.1 284.9 284.2 283.9 284.4 283.3 281.7 283.8 280.6 279.9 280.9 281.8 284.5 287.0 285.7 284.2 279.9 279.6 281.4 286.9 287.8 285.0 281.5 98 Bering Strait 282.1 283.1 282.0 282.2 283.0 282.7 282.7 282.9 282.7 281.9 281.9 282.8 283.1 282.4 282.3 282.9 282.7 281.3 280.3 280.3 281.0 281.6 282.0 282.4 280.1 278.3 279.1 279.1 278.1 277.3 278.0 128 Arctic subocean 274.6 275.3 274.9 274.9 274.9 274.6 274.5 274.6 274.2 273.3 271.6 269.7 270.3 271.9 270.7 270.1 269.1 269.4 268.8 270.7 268.0 266.5 265.4 266.5 266.8 269.0 269.2 269.5 271.1 270.1 268.9 130 Chukchi Sea 279.8 277.8 278.3 278.7 280.0 280.7 281.6 282.7 282.0 280.5 280.5 280.5 280.6 281.1 281.7 282.2 282.2 280.2 279.0 279.3 280.0 280.9 281.5 281.3 277.8 276.1 276.7 277.5 277.9 277.6 277.9 132 Beaufort Sea 285.2 285.7 286.8 285.8 286.3 286.9 287.6 287.3 287.7 287.2 285.6 285.0 286.4 287.5 287.8 286.7 285.7 286.1 283.1 280.3 279.7 280.7 283.1 284.4 284.3 282.1 281.0 280.2 278.6 276.9 276.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 284.4 284.2 283.3 282.9 282.1 281.1 280.9 280.7 281.1 281.1 281.3 279.1 277.4 278.1 278.2 277.8 276.4 275.5 274.4 273.3 274.6 275.2 275.6 274.4 273.9 274.0 274.3 275.0 275.7 275.7 275.9 136 Foxe Basin 280.1 280.9 281.6 282.2 282.4 282.5 281.8 280.7 280.5 280.6 279.0 280.1 277.0 275.3 275.6 276.3 276.8 276.9 276.9 276.5 273.2 273.9 274.8 275.2 275.3 274.3 273.9 275.4 276.9 277.4 276.9 138 Baffin Bay 273.4 273.4 274.3 273.9 273.7 273.2 271.9 272.4 272.8 272.1 269.4 269.5 268.7 268.2 266.9 266.9 267.6 268.6 268.7 268.6 269.0 265.0 263.8 265.6 268.6 270.8 269.3 268.4 268.7 269.1 270.0 139 South Greenland 273.0 273.1 271.8 270.6 272.0 272.4 271.4 270.1 270.1 270.7 270.0 268.8 269.5 270.4 267.7 267.7 270.1 271.4 272.5 270.4 269.0 266.6 265.4 268.4 269.7 269.2 269.0 268.3 267.9 268.1 269.3 140 Greenland Sea 272.1 272.3 272.9 272.8 272.8 272.8 271.7 271.8 272.1 270.4 267.8 265.4 265.7 267.4 266.1 265.2 265.0 266.5 267.7 266.5 265.5 263.9 263.1 264.0 267.3 270.0 268.3 266.1 265.9 266.5 267.1 142 Norwegian Sea 285.4 285.1 285.0 284.2 284.7 284.5 283.8 282.5 281.5 283.3 284.9 285.0 285.4 283.2 281.5 283.2 284.3 284.8 284.6 284.8 283.3 282.1 282.6 284.6 285.5 284.0 283.0 282.4 281.6 280.9 281.5 144 Barents Sea 281.9 281.3 281.0 281.3 281.6 281.9 282.6 283.3 283.5 283.7 283.9 285.4 287.3 288.0 287.0 285.5 285.8 284.5 283.4 284.8 286.0 286.6 285.6 284.9 284.1 283.2 282.6 281.6 281.8 281.4 280.4 146 Kara Sea 289.7 287.8 287.1 286.6 287.0 286.7 286.6 287.6 288.8 289.3 289.2 288.5 288.6 287.8 288.3 288.3 286.8 285.8 285.3 283.9 283.2 282.6 282.8 283.3 283.3 284.0 285.1 285.6 285.9 286.5 287.2 148 Laptev Sea 285.2 286.3 286.7 286.4 285.7 286.5 288.3 287.8 286.4 285.9 286.7 287.7 287.9 288.2 286.8 286.6 287.7 288.8 288.4 287.1 285.3 283.7 283.7 283.2 282.9 282.1 282.5 282.1 282.1 282.1 283.0 150 East Siberian Sea 279.6 282.1 284.2 288.5 288.2 287.9 288.2 288.1 287.6 286.7 286.3 286.1 285.8 285.3 283.8 284.1 285.1 285.8 285.5 285.4 285.4 287.2 287.2 286.0 283.1 282.6 282.4 281.4 279.3 279.4 279.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.0 283.0 282.4 282.6 282.2 282.3 282.3 281.6 281.2 280.7 280.8 282.1 282.5 282.4 282.2 282.0 281.3 280.4 281.8 282.7 282.2 281.2 281.6 281.5 280.1 280.1 279.9 279.6 279.5 279.3 278.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.9 285.3 284.5 285.5 284.7 284.2 284.6 284.9 285.4 285.4 285.6 285.5 285.1 284.9 284.4 284.2 283.9 283.3 284.6 284.9 283.9 283.8 284.6 284.6 283.5 283.3 282.5 281.7 280.9 281.8 282.2