1979 05 - 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 269.5 269.4 269.6 270.3 270.6 271.1 271.8 272.6 272.9 272.7 272.8 273.4 273.7 274.3 274.9 275.6 276.1 276.3 276.5 276.4 276.6 276.6 277.0 277.6 277.7 277.5 277.6 277.8 277.9 278.1 278.7 34 Hudson Bay 271.5 271.5 270.6 270.3 270.1 271.2 273.0 274.7 274.5 273.8 274.7 276.7 276.8 276.7 277.2 278.6 278.6 278.8 279.1 278.4 279.2 279.4 280.4 282.4 284.3 284.7 285.6 285.3 284.5 283.2 282.4 36 Hudson Strait 271.6 271.1 273.0 273.2 273.6 271.7 270.7 269.7 272.9 272.7 274.0 273.8 274.0 275.3 276.6 275.7 273.7 275.1 279.0 279.5 276.8 274.1 272.7 272.8 273.4 277.4 280.8 280.7 281.4 283.6 287.1 98 Bering Strait 275.9 276.0 275.3 275.2 275.7 275.8 273.3 272.9 274.1 274.8 275.9 275.9 276.2 276.2 277.1 277.9 277.8 277.0 276.4 276.0 277.8 278.8 279.5 279.3 279.5 280.2 281.1 280.9 281.6 280.8 281.5 128 Arctic subocean 253.1 256.0 256.6 255.1 258.1 258.8 262.5 263.1 261.7 262.2 261.8 264.4 263.9 263.8 262.7 263.8 264.8 264.1 263.5 264.4 264.9 263.1 262.9 261.8 262.0 262.2 261.0 263.0 264.9 265.1 265.0 130 Chukchi Sea 269.6 269.6 270.1 269.6 270.1 270.7 271.5 271.8 272.3 271.8 270.6 270.3 269.8 270.3 271.8 272.5 271.4 270.4 271.6 272.4 273.9 274.3 274.5 276.0 277.4 276.8 276.2 277.4 276.4 276.0 279.2 132 Beaufort Sea 271.1 270.2 270.4 270.9 271.6 269.7 268.6 271.5 273.8 274.3 275.2 275.4 275.5 276.2 276.6 278.3 279.0 278.7 277.8 278.1 279.2 280.1 282.5 283.4 281.7 282.2 281.1 278.0 277.1 279.0 280.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.2 258.1 259.3 260.3 260.6 261.4 265.5 266.1 266.1 267.0 268.6 269.4 268.2 268.3 267.7 267.8 269.8 270.4 270.8 268.2 267.9 269.7 270.9 271.7 271.8 270.3 269.3 269.4 268.8 270.2 270.6 136 Foxe Basin 261.2 262.4 262.4 262.2 264.7 268.8 269.9 269.8 269.3 268.6 268.5 268.6 269.5 270.4 269.8 269.7 269.7 270.0 271.3 271.9 270.6 269.4 269.8 269.1 269.2 271.8 273.7 273.2 270.1 272.9 273.1 138 Baffin Bay 250.3 251.2 252.2 252.0 253.6 254.7 257.5 259.1 258.8 258.6 258.5 260.2 260.8 260.9 260.3 261.1 261.2 260.9 261.0 262.3 261.5 260.5 260.9 259.9 260.4 260.3 260.6 261.9 262.8 262.4 262.9 139 South Greenland 259.3 261.4 260.9 260.9 262.5 263.9 263.8 262.1 260.7 260.7 260.2 259.6 259.1 259.3 259.2 260.0 261.5 262.3 263.0 261.9 261.8 262.7 264.2 265.6 266.5 266.5 266.4 266.7 266.5 265.3 265.7 140 Greenland Sea 247.7 248.7 249.8 249.8 251.3 252.4 254.9 257.0 257.2 257.5 255.1 257.4 257.7 256.8 257.5 255.6 256.4 256.1 256.2 256.6 258.4 259.3 259.7 260.1 260.5 260.5 259.2 260.0 260.6 261.2 261.2 142 Norwegian Sea 274.1 274.7 274.2 275.0 275.3 275.4 274.8 274.8 274.9 275.0 275.2 275.3 275.1 277.9 276.5 276.7 278.9 278.0 276.5 276.2 279.3 281.1 280.7 281.6 281.0 280.7 280.2 281.1 279.9 281.9 281.9 144 Barents Sea 277.1 277.8 278.5 281.0 283.4 280.4 278.7 277.2 274.7 276.6 278.3 278.1 275.0 274.7 277.4 277.8 277.1 279.3 283.6 280.8 276.9 275.9 277.6 276.9 278.3 284.5 283.7 284.3 286.6 286.0 282.1 146 Kara Sea 275.7 273.1 273.4 274.8 274.8 276.6 278.0 279.4 279.9 277.4 275.3 275.0 276.6 278.5 279.4 279.6 280.5 281.0 281.1 281.8 281.0 280.4 279.5 279.7 278.6 278.1 278.8 279.1 277.8 278.3 280.7 148 Laptev Sea 267.4 268.3 268.8 269.2 268.6 267.8 268.0 268.6 269.0 271.3 273.0 273.9 274.6 275.3 276.5 277.9 278.2 277.5 276.4 277.3 279.5 278.8 277.9 279.0 280.1 276.4 275.5 276.8 279.0 279.2 278.9 150 East Siberian Sea 261.7 265.9 267.5 269.2 268.8 271.1 271.4 271.2 271.6 273.0 273.3 275.0 274.6 273.3 272.8 272.3 272.8 275.1 274.6 273.6 274.3 276.1 278.5 277.7 276.8 275.6 276.8 278.8 280.6 282.9 282.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.1 278.3 277.9 278.0 277.7 278.1 278.1 276.0 275.0 275.7 276.4 276.2 276.3 277.1 276.8 278.2 276.2 276.3 276.6 276.4 277.1 277.8 278.3 277.6 278.9 280.4 281.4 282.2 280.9 279.0 280.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.4 279.2 277.3 279.1 279.3 278.7 277.8 277.2 276.5 277.7 279.1 279.7 279.6 279.2 279.4 279.7 279.9 280.1 279.6 279.7 280.4 280.6 281.4 280.8 282.1 283.6 284.3 286.9 286.7 283.3 283.7