2008 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 253.4 252.2 252.3 253.7 253.7 253.1 251.2 249.1 250.1 250.7 249.9 251.6 250.9 250.1 249.8 249.7 248.7 247.3 247.6 249.9 251.2 250.8 250.3 249.5 248.6 249.9 252.9 252.8 251.7 252.0 252.4 34 Hudson Bay 260.4 261.4 259.7 256.8 257.1 254.0 254.0 252.2 250.2 250.4 250.3 251.4 248.5 246.4 247.6 247.2 247.0 244.1 243.9 245.8 247.2 247.9 248.9 247.9 247.4 251.2 256.1 257.7 253.5 250.1 248.6 36 Hudson Strait 262.5 261.1 262.4 263.2 259.7 257.8 258.0 254.5 253.9 251.6 249.7 251.4 251.4 250.4 247.7 253.2 247.2 244.8 245.5 245.1 244.3 243.9 245.2 248.9 240.8 240.2 239.4 252.2 258.8 251.7 250.4 98 Bering Strait 253.1 249.0 251.1 258.5 258.7 256.7 256.9 253.1 254.0 256.9 253.7 253.7 255.2 256.4 260.3 259.3 256.0 255.5 257.4 258.3 256.4 256.2 256.9 254.7 250.0 248.3 249.1 247.7 245.7 244.8 242.0 128 Arctic subocean 249.1 239.4 239.0 237.3 236.9 237.0 240.8 236.7 235.8 240.4 242.9 243.5 245.1 242.8 239.8 239.4 242.3 243.0 245.7 249.9 246.6 240.7 237.6 240.2 244.2 240.5 236.3 241.6 242.2 241.0 241.1 130 Chukchi Sea 246.5 250.5 247.8 251.8 252.7 248.4 251.8 256.2 254.3 252.6 248.6 255.2 266.5 264.8 262.3 256.4 262.9 265.4 259.2 256.7 258.4 261.4 262.2 256.8 253.1 250.2 248.8 244.8 243.8 248.8 250.8 132 Beaufort Sea 262.5 255.3 251.3 252.7 254.3 253.3 251.4 246.2 246.8 252.5 254.6 252.8 248.6 251.0 258.0 259.3 253.2 249.1 246.5 248.0 248.6 248.5 248.0 250.2 250.5 248.0 252.2 247.6 243.8 242.9 241.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.0 250.5 249.4 246.5 242.7 242.6 240.0 239.4 239.5 246.1 242.7 238.5 242.0 243.4 243.8 240.7 241.9 242.0 243.1 247.3 247.7 241.9 236.1 235.7 236.8 241.6 241.0 240.5 238.0 236.4 238.8 136 Foxe Basin 254.2 254.8 254.2 250.3 251.2 248.8 246.8 247.0 243.0 243.1 238.4 240.5 238.1 236.6 238.9 240.2 242.8 238.4 239.9 238.0 239.3 238.5 238.7 235.5 230.7 232.4 239.4 242.9 243.8 250.0 255.5 138 Baffin Bay 251.9 250.0 248.0 248.0 246.9 247.0 243.2 241.1 246.0 247.7 243.4 245.1 245.7 248.4 243.9 239.5 242.9 240.0 241.5 241.9 244.1 243.5 242.8 239.5 235.9 239.1 243.9 240.3 237.3 241.2 251.7 139 South Greenland 257.7 253.6 253.4 252.4 251.0 247.7 245.5 247.8 257.9 252.6 247.0 250.6 250.2 250.7 243.6 244.1 242.7 240.8 242.2 244.9 246.4 248.3 249.0 247.0 243.0 253.0 256.6 245.5 241.6 251.5 256.5 140 Greenland Sea 247.0 247.9 241.6 243.6 241.8 242.6 241.4 242.3 242.9 250.7 243.2 246.0 249.5 247.7 247.6 252.7 248.3 244.5 244.0 243.0 244.1 243.2 245.5 244.4 242.2 242.2 250.4 245.2 239.1 238.6 247.3 142 Norwegian Sea 268.9 267.9 270.5 269.1 267.9 266.8 269.9 271.7 268.9 262.8 266.8 267.1 267.1 269.9 272.5 274.1 274.3 274.2 272.6 271.0 270.8 270.6 269.3 272.6 275.4 274.3 270.4 271.6 273.0 273.4 269.3 144 Barents Sea 268.1 270.5 270.6 270.0 270.0 265.5 262.4 264.6 261.2 262.7 264.4 265.4 262.1 263.6 265.7 261.6 264.0 264.2 267.0 266.6 265.3 263.0 262.9 261.8 262.7 266.8 268.5 266.9 267.4 269.3 266.7 146 Kara Sea 250.5 249.7 254.3 258.6 259.0 259.0 256.7 253.8 256.4 255.2 254.4 258.7 259.3 255.8 253.0 253.4 252.1 250.1 250.7 255.3 258.5 257.7 256.5 254.0 252.5 253.7 256.8 257.8 257.7 259.0 259.9 148 Laptev Sea 244.1 241.3 238.6 238.6 239.9 240.5 238.1 237.0 239.0 239.9 240.7 240.7 238.8 238.5 237.2 234.9 235.9 236.8 237.5 241.2 244.3 242.9 241.6 244.0 245.8 245.2 247.6 249.7 250.5 250.7 251.9 150 East Siberian Sea 247.5 247.8 245.3 249.3 247.5 254.5 250.4 241.9 238.5 235.5 237.5 244.1 243.8 242.0 242.2 249.9 245.7 246.2 244.6 244.4 242.4 245.5 245.8 243.6 243.3 243.3 248.2 252.1 257.1 256.1 250.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 260.0 258.2 266.0 271.4 271.1 270.2 269.2 265.4 268.6 268.8 264.0 259.8 257.2 258.6 262.6 263.1 260.7 260.4 262.3 259.3 256.6 258.0 263.6 262.4 258.2 263.2 259.8 256.8 254.1 254.5 252.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.7 261.6 270.4 273.4 273.2 270.3 263.1 264.0 263.1 260.4 262.5 261.1 260.0 265.2 268.7 265.1 269.9 272.0 270.7 267.5 263.2 267.9 269.3 265.3 265.6 257.0 252.9 252.5 251.3 247.7 247.2