2008 10 - 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 271.9 272.2 272.9 272.5 272.0 271.3 271.2 270.9 270.2 269.6 269.2 268.8 268.4 267.9 267.3 266.8 265.8 264.8 264.4 264.3 264.1 264.5 265.4 266.1 266.0 265.0 265.3 265.5 265.3 265.5 263.9 34 Hudson Bay 279.5 279.1 278.5 279.0 280.0 279.6 280.3 278.8 277.0 274.8 273.8 274.9 276.8 276.4 274.2 273.3 274.5 275.1 273.9 271.9 273.1 273.2 275.2 276.6 276.0 272.9 269.3 268.9 270.6 272.7 269.7 36 Hudson Strait 274.4 274.5 273.3 271.0 270.7 272.2 271.6 270.4 273.4 272.9 272.2 272.9 271.4 276.5 271.4 268.0 267.6 267.1 270.4 266.8 262.5 266.4 270.2 272.3 272.8 273.8 273.8 273.6 273.3 268.1 266.8 98 Bering Strait 270.5 269.5 270.6 268.2 268.4 266.6 264.8 264.4 263.2 267.5 269.1 267.3 265.9 263.8 263.2 261.3 260.2 259.3 260.2 259.2 258.4 258.9 257.8 257.7 256.3 254.7 259.2 259.8 258.9 260.2 260.6 128 Arctic subocean 256.7 259.2 262.4 256.5 252.4 248.7 255.5 267.8 260.2 255.3 254.2 250.8 250.0 247.5 245.7 247.2 249.0 246.1 247.0 246.5 248.0 249.3 247.7 248.3 245.5 245.6 243.9 241.1 245.7 246.9 248.9 130 Chukchi Sea 268.6 268.7 268.9 269.3 268.2 267.1 265.8 264.2 263.0 263.7 266.0 264.7 264.0 261.0 259.9 264.1 263.8 261.7 261.6 261.2 260.4 260.1 258.9 258.0 259.3 259.3 265.5 266.6 260.9 259.9 262.9 132 Beaufort Sea 279.4 279.6 281.6 279.3 278.8 276.2 272.2 270.6 269.4 269.9 273.3 274.7 273.3 271.3 270.5 270.0 268.7 266.2 266.0 268.5 267.9 269.6 271.3 268.8 265.9 260.6 263.0 264.4 263.8 262.2 262.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.7 268.2 268.8 269.3 267.8 270.2 272.1 269.2 265.3 262.4 265.2 268.6 265.5 262.3 259.9 259.1 259.3 258.1 255.4 257.4 257.3 256.7 261.1 262.1 259.4 258.0 255.4 255.1 250.2 251.0 255.0 136 Foxe Basin 267.2 267.6 266.9 268.3 271.0 267.3 270.5 270.6 270.7 268.5 266.9 268.0 270.9 269.0 267.3 266.7 266.1 266.8 263.3 264.2 264.1 262.7 260.4 265.5 268.6 268.4 269.3 265.5 261.2 258.3 257.2 138 Baffin Bay 252.7 251.3 255.5 255.9 251.4 248.0 256.4 265.3 262.7 260.1 255.4 253.9 251.2 248.2 248.6 246.6 247.1 249.1 251.7 250.9 248.7 247.5 246.2 247.6 248.5 249.0 254.1 257.1 256.7 259.8 256.0 139 South Greenland 256.7 254.8 258.0 257.3 254.4 255.8 261.8 261.9 262.7 260.5 257.9 258.4 256.2 253.9 255.9 258.0 252.1 250.6 250.0 254.3 250.0 248.6 246.7 250.3 252.2 253.5 261.5 263.7 262.2 267.1 259.4 140 Greenland Sea 249.2 248.6 252.3 251.3 245.3 243.2 252.4 262.7 263.7 258.3 252.3 248.5 247.9 244.9 243.9 243.5 242.2 241.8 244.9 246.9 247.2 244.0 243.0 244.2 246.6 245.7 245.8 250.5 253.6 257.7 260.7 142 Norwegian Sea 277.3 277.1 276.0 275.3 276.8 277.5 276.3 277.2 278.6 279.6 278.6 277.6 277.6 277.3 275.7 275.1 275.3 275.5 276.2 278.1 276.8 275.7 277.4 277.4 276.8 276.0 274.7 272.5 271.3 269.9 268.6 144 Barents Sea 275.5 276.4 278.1 277.7 278.4 278.3 278.2 276.2 273.9 272.7 273.4 274.1 272.7 271.4 270.8 269.8 270.5 274.3 275.5 274.1 275.0 276.9 275.3 273.6 274.5 275.1 274.7 274.8 274.0 273.3 273.0 146 Kara Sea 275.4 276.1 276.9 277.3 277.4 276.0 274.0 273.7 274.0 274.3 274.2 272.6 272.3 272.7 272.5 271.9 270.1 267.7 266.2 266.7 267.8 269.0 270.4 271.3 271.4 270.9 270.8 271.5 271.4 270.6 268.0 148 Laptev Sea 271.5 271.1 270.3 269.5 268.9 268.8 268.5 267.6 267.2 266.5 264.5 263.5 263.9 265.2 265.7 265.2 265.6 263.6 263.6 262.0 260.8 261.2 261.6 262.4 263.0 263.8 263.7 262.5 262.1 262.1 260.6 150 East Siberian Sea 266.4 266.0 267.0 267.0 266.5 266.2 266.5 266.7 265.1 262.7 261.6 263.2 263.6 262.6 263.0 263.8 259.7 257.7 257.2 257.3 256.6 255.1 258.4 260.0 259.9 259.5 258.7 256.2 256.4 255.1 253.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.7 275.6 274.5 273.1 272.6 271.1 271.3 270.2 269.6 275.2 274.8 273.3 270.3 270.7 273.0 271.0 268.7 270.0 271.4 270.1 269.6 269.1 266.9 265.1 262.6 266.0 266.2 265.8 265.9 266.0 263.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.1 274.8 273.0 271.2 270.3 269.4 269.0 267.9 269.5 275.0 272.4 267.5 264.4 267.2 265.3 263.3 261.0 267.1 265.5 263.4 259.2 260.0 257.8 262.2 265.4 260.0 257.5 260.8 264.9 267.6 266.2