1979 10 - 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 273.7 273.5 273.1 272.9 271.9 271.2 270.5 270.0 269.9 269.9 269.0 267.9 267.4 267.2 266.7 266.6 266.4 265.6 265.0 264.7 263.9 263.3 263.4 263.4 263.4 262.9 261.9 261.2 261.2 261.5 261.7 34 Hudson Bay 277.5 276.7 275.8 277.2 277.2 274.8 273.9 272.8 272.2 273.8 273.8 271.9 272.4 274.4 275.0 275.3 274.7 274.1 273.2 272.7 271.6 270.4 271.4 271.0 271.4 273.0 273.2 273.4 272.8 272.9 272.7 36 Hudson Strait 275.5 274.9 273.2 272.3 273.9 277.2 276.6 272.8 270.6 271.7 272.8 272.5 273.0 272.6 272.2 270.7 270.7 271.6 270.1 269.5 271.3 269.0 267.1 268.0 266.9 267.5 267.8 267.5 266.0 264.1 266.4 98 Bering Strait 275.7 276.1 276.6 274.6 274.2 274.2 274.1 274.0 274.8 274.8 274.8 274.6 273.0 271.0 269.9 269.4 269.1 268.7 269.2 267.9 266.1 264.6 266.1 266.7 267.5 267.0 266.8 266.2 265.3 267.3 268.1 128 Arctic subocean 252.0 251.7 254.9 257.8 258.1 256.7 257.3 260.1 261.0 261.5 260.1 259.2 259.3 255.2 251.3 249.5 247.5 244.8 243.6 243.4 243.0 242.5 241.1 241.4 240.3 238.9 238.6 238.8 238.8 238.1 240.1 130 Chukchi Sea 274.8 274.3 275.5 273.4 271.8 271.4 270.6 271.3 271.4 271.2 271.5 270.9 270.4 268.9 266.9 265.2 265.6 266.9 268.7 268.6 266.5 263.0 261.8 262.1 262.2 261.7 261.4 261.3 260.7 262.1 264.8 132 Beaufort Sea 275.8 276.1 275.3 276.5 272.9 274.9 274.8 274.1 275.8 279.2 276.5 276.1 276.3 275.5 273.4 271.5 271.0 270.1 269.2 268.7 269.0 268.8 269.9 270.9 271.7 271.0 270.5 269.5 269.3 268.4 269.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.8 261.5 261.7 259.9 260.2 261.4 263.0 263.3 263.3 263.9 264.8 263.8 262.4 262.1 263.2 263.8 262.3 259.4 254.8 251.9 252.3 254.3 252.8 254.3 257.5 259.5 258.9 255.0 254.0 256.0 256.4 136 Foxe Basin 269.1 266.8 266.0 263.8 265.5 269.6 267.5 269.0 272.1 272.7 271.6 270.3 268.7 267.9 264.6 262.8 263.3 262.9 262.1 259.9 256.7 253.6 255.5 255.6 254.7 261.3 266.3 265.4 259.4 256.7 258.2 138 Baffin Bay 256.1 258.2 261.5 262.7 259.5 259.9 262.4 265.3 264.9 262.7 260.1 258.7 256.9 254.2 249.2 248.1 248.6 248.1 248.7 249.3 245.1 241.6 240.9 240.9 240.3 238.3 236.7 236.0 235.0 234.8 234.4 139 South Greenland 265.2 267.1 266.4 264.0 263.8 264.1 262.7 262.8 262.7 262.0 260.9 259.3 259.0 257.7 256.8 258.9 258.9 256.1 253.9 254.1 253.2 254.6 254.1 254.5 254.8 254.4 252.4 250.6 249.9 246.8 245.1 140 Greenland Sea 253.5 253.5 256.2 258.9 255.5 254.1 254.0 257.7 256.9 257.5 256.7 255.3 254.4 249.8 244.1 241.5 243.0 242.2 242.0 242.7 241.9 238.7 243.4 243.7 246.8 245.1 243.8 240.3 238.0 237.3 239.7 142 Norwegian Sea 274.1 274.0 275.8 275.0 275.0 274.8 276.9 277.9 278.7 277.7 276.8 275.8 274.9 275.5 274.0 273.6 274.1 273.8 275.7 276.6 273.3 273.4 274.3 273.3 273.3 271.6 270.6 272.1 272.2 270.9 271.6 144 Barents Sea 274.9 273.5 273.3 273.3 273.4 273.6 273.7 272.2 271.8 270.8 268.1 267.1 267.9 269.8 272.0 271.3 273.3 274.5 272.0 271.6 272.8 272.3 270.5 270.0 271.3 269.7 266.0 263.3 261.6 263.3 266.0 146 Kara Sea 278.8 278.6 278.3 276.6 275.1 274.1 272.9 272.3 272.6 272.1 270.7 269.4 268.5 267.7 267.7 268.9 268.7 267.8 269.8 270.7 270.0 270.2 270.7 270.7 269.7 267.9 265.9 265.3 265.8 266.0 265.2 148 Laptev Sea 274.6 273.7 271.8 272.9 271.8 269.0 267.5 265.6 264.1 263.1 263.4 263.5 263.0 264.0 263.8 262.6 261.1 260.0 257.7 258.1 256.8 254.7 252.7 251.8 251.0 250.3 249.4 251.3 253.9 255.7 255.7 150 East Siberian Sea 266.3 266.6 267.5 267.6 267.3 267.4 267.4 266.5 265.5 263.4 261.5 259.1 257.2 257.2 256.1 256.6 258.4 259.5 256.9 252.8 251.6 252.6 252.9 253.7 254.0 253.9 253.0 250.3 248.5 248.1 248.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.7 279.1 277.8 277.5 277.9 276.8 275.8 276.7 278.9 279.8 279.4 278.1 276.1 274.3 275.3 274.5 275.2 272.9 273.0 270.5 270.9 271.0 272.1 273.8 273.3 272.8 273.6 273.1 273.8 275.1 275.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.3 281.3 280.1 279.6 278.8 279.6 278.7 279.9 280.0 281.8 279.6 278.9 278.2 278.1 279.2 277.7 277.1 275.2 275.3 274.1 273.2 272.2 270.2 268.4 268.0 269.1 269.6 267.3 271.5 274.5 273.7