1979 02 - daily  - mean of ECMWF ERA-40 daily air temperature at 2m (k); A.P.Barrett, CU
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	244.1	242.6	241.5	241.5	241.5	241.9	242.6	242.3	242.5	242.5	243.0	244.0	244.7	245.5	246.5	247.2	247.9	248.2	249.1	249.4	249.7	249.4	249.5	249.4	249.3	249.8	250.1	250.1	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
34	Hudson Bay	248.1	246.0	245.5	245.0	245.1	243.6	242.8	242.5	242.4	242.8	242.8	242.6	241.7	243.5	241.2	241.6	245.8	250.9	254.7	255.2	253.7	251.8	250.6	247.5	248.9	254.4	255.2	251.6	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
36	Hudson Strait	257.6	253.2	249.7	253.6	255.1	252.9	251.9	247.7	242.6	242.3	241.7	239.6	239.7	241.0	242.9	239.0	237.4	241.8	245.9	247.4	247.5	246.8	247.2	255.2	241.2	242.5	250.0	249.7	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
98	Bering Strait	248.6	245.1	244.2	245.0	244.5	242.4	242.5	241.9	244.7	244.6	245.9	247.1	246.6	246.8	249.1	249.6	249.5	248.7	250.1	251.4	253.0	252.9	254.3	255.1	254.9	254.4	253.6	252.9	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
128	Arctic subocean	232.4	234.2	235.2	231.2	230.0	228.1	227.8	226.5	224.5	224.7	227.4	231.1	233.6	231.0	229.3	230.8	230.8	232.9	231.8	235.3	234.8	231.5	229.8	229.3	229.4	231.8	233.2	233.4	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
130	Chukchi Sea	237.4	237.8	239.5	243.1	242.5	241.7	243.5	248.8	248.5	250.1	251.4	251.3	247.1	245.5	254.1	254.7	254.2	250.0	250.2	251.7	253.6	256.7	255.3	255.7	255.0	256.3	253.7	253.4	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
132	Beaufort Sea	240.9	241.4	240.9	241.0	239.5	239.0	238.7	237.0	237.9	239.1	239.3	239.4	238.4	237.3	239.4	243.7	246.0	248.5	249.3	248.6	246.6	245.2	244.7	245.7	248.1	248.9	246.7	247.4	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
134	Arctic Archipelago	234.2	233.4	232.6	230.0	228.1	227.4	226.5	227.6	228.8	228.3	227.0	228.2	231.2	230.3	231.5	235.3	237.3	237.9	238.2	234.8	235.9	234.9	233.1	234.5	235.2	233.7	234.6	236.8	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
136	Foxe Basin	235.9	232.7	232.9	233.2	233.6	234.7	232.6	236.3	234.8	232.2	231.3	229.4	228.8	230.6	230.6	227.9	230.5	231.4	237.1	238.6	234.8	234.5	234.0	234.7	234.2	235.3	238.3	235.7	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
138	Baffin Bay	235.2	233.8	233.4	230.2	228.3	229.7	230.2	229.6	230.2	233.2	237.1	242.2	242.0	240.0	239.6	238.8	236.9	238.6	243.1	245.7	244.0	239.9	237.3	236.6	236.8	238.5	234.0	231.3	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
139	South Greenland	249.7	247.2	245.8	242.9	241.6	245.4	249.5	253.4	256.1	255.5	255.1	255.4	253.4	254.5	257.0	256.8	257.9	259.8	259.4	257.0	252.4	247.7	246.4	246.1	248.7	244.3	242.1	240.7	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
140	Greenland Sea	236.3	240.9	240.2	233.5	230.3	231.0	233.3	233.2	233.9	236.9	239.7	243.2	246.4	245.8	244.6	246.3	248.3	249.2	250.1	248.6	244.9	240.3	235.8	232.7	234.1	235.6	233.4	230.8	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
142	Norwegian Sea	263.3	263.9	262.2	261.6	263.0	263.7	266.9	265.9	264.5	266.2	265.1	263.8	258.3	259.2	266.0	270.3	268.6	267.1	265.8	264.8	268.2	268.1	269.2	270.9	272.3	274.1	270.3	270.1	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
144	Barents Sea	253.6	254.3	255.1	255.0	254.1	248.0	243.4	245.6	248.7	250.1	252.1	250.5	247.7	245.0	248.4	256.2	262.5	266.5	266.6	264.4	264.1	266.7	266.4	262.3	257.6	254.6	262.4	262.2	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
146	Kara Sea	248.8	246.1	244.6	245.4	247.0	250.3	251.4	246.2	244.9	246.0	248.3	251.3	255.3	256.0	255.4	253.9	251.7	249.0	249.8	252.0	255.2	255.2	255.1	254.6	254.2	253.9	255.2	257.3	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
148	Laptev Sea	230.6	230.3	229.2	229.3	229.2	229.8	233.8	239.8	238.5	234.6	233.2	233.1	232.4	238.4	243.8	243.9	244.1	242.0	240.1	238.9	239.4	242.8	245.7	247.8	247.6	247.1	245.6	246.4	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
150	East Siberian Sea	238.1	236.5	235.8	239.9	241.7	240.6	242.6	244.5	248.2	247.4	243.4	242.9	244.4	242.0	239.9	241.3	241.8	241.6	242.3	243.2	242.2	241.0	245.5	246.8	246.7	247.6	248.2	247.1	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
152	Gulf of Alaska	266.6	266.8	259.5	255.8	252.7	251.0	247.7	246.0	247.9	247.3	248.3	249.1	249.0	246.6	249.2	252.0	253.5	255.4	256.8	257.4	258.0	256.8	257.3	257.3	257.2	258.3	257.8	257.8	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0
154	Southeast Bering Sea	270.5	261.1	251.8	251.2	253.3	252.7	251.2	250.3	251.0	251.9	252.2	255.0	255.2	251.5	253.1	254.1	253.8	253.9	254.7	256.8	260.4	259.8	259.5	258.6	260.8	265.3	262.9	259.1	-9999.0	-9999.0	-9999.0