1980 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 271.6 271.3 271.2 271.2 270.9 270.8 270.7 269.9 269.3 268.9 269.2 269.1 268.7 268.0 267.7 267.6 267.4 267.4 267.9 268.0 267.8 267.2 266.9 267.0 266.3 265.7 265.5 265.5 265.4 264.6 263.6 34 Hudson Bay 277.0 275.3 275.8 276.4 278.4 278.9 281.2 278.7 276.1 275.1 273.5 272.8 272.6 272.3 272.3 272.3 273.3 274.1 274.0 273.2 272.6 272.1 272.0 271.8 270.9 269.3 267.4 267.8 270.8 273.2 270.3 36 Hudson Strait 269.7 271.0 271.9 270.5 269.4 271.4 274.5 275.0 275.9 274.2 273.5 271.6 270.5 270.5 270.4 270.6 270.1 270.9 273.3 271.8 271.9 271.8 271.1 271.0 271.1 271.2 273.6 270.1 268.7 266.5 267.7 98 Bering Strait 273.2 273.3 272.9 272.5 273.0 273.1 272.2 271.3 270.6 271.1 271.6 269.8 269.3 269.6 270.4 270.2 268.4 268.9 268.4 267.5 266.2 267.3 269.4 271.4 270.8 269.0 267.8 267.5 266.3 265.0 263.2 128 Arctic subocean 256.1 256.4 255.3 252.7 253.7 254.1 254.8 257.8 258.0 258.1 259.6 257.1 252.5 255.8 259.0 257.7 259.4 264.8 265.4 262.3 257.1 252.9 252.0 254.5 249.2 251.7 253.6 248.9 246.3 245.6 244.7 130 Chukchi Sea 268.7 268.9 269.1 269.3 269.9 268.2 265.5 263.6 263.5 263.0 264.6 265.2 269.2 270.0 269.0 267.9 266.5 264.4 264.3 266.1 265.4 267.3 268.5 267.9 268.3 267.5 266.9 264.3 263.1 264.5 264.8 132 Beaufort Sea 275.4 276.7 277.1 278.0 276.7 279.5 279.5 278.3 276.5 274.0 273.9 273.3 273.4 274.0 273.1 275.0 275.5 275.4 275.3 273.0 271.7 270.2 269.7 270.9 271.3 270.5 269.9 271.3 273.8 270.9 268.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.3 266.7 266.5 266.1 265.3 265.7 266.9 265.7 264.8 262.8 261.9 261.9 262.3 261.7 261.7 262.3 266.5 268.3 267.8 266.1 264.7 263.5 260.7 258.0 257.4 256.7 259.5 261.0 258.8 254.3 252.8 136 Foxe Basin 263.8 263.4 263.1 263.1 265.6 266.7 265.2 265.9 267.7 268.3 264.4 261.5 262.5 264.1 268.1 271.9 271.5 269.9 269.8 269.2 266.9 265.7 263.8 262.3 262.8 265.1 263.4 260.0 256.6 256.4 256.0 138 Baffin Bay 250.1 248.7 247.6 247.5 247.1 247.1 246.2 246.9 248.3 248.8 250.5 251.6 249.5 249.8 252.3 253.1 257.5 260.1 259.4 257.6 256.3 253.8 252.4 251.8 249.2 248.9 251.2 248.6 247.3 245.3 242.5 139 South Greenland 255.6 254.5 254.3 256.4 254.0 251.7 250.2 250.6 251.6 252.2 254.7 256.9 257.4 258.6 262.4 262.4 261.3 259.2 258.9 258.3 259.7 260.3 260.5 259.6 258.3 257.1 254.4 256.0 257.9 256.8 255.2 140 Greenland Sea 249.9 246.8 245.4 245.3 245.1 243.5 243.2 244.4 247.1 245.6 247.0 245.1 244.9 245.0 249.4 251.1 252.2 255.6 258.3 256.0 251.4 251.0 247.8 246.8 243.1 242.7 244.3 241.3 242.8 242.5 241.2 142 Norwegian Sea 278.4 277.5 277.3 279.1 279.2 280.5 280.2 279.4 279.9 279.2 277.7 277.1 276.3 275.6 274.0 272.0 271.2 270.6 272.6 273.1 272.5 270.6 268.8 266.2 266.3 267.4 269.5 269.7 267.9 266.6 268.5 144 Barents Sea 274.3 275.1 275.9 275.6 275.9 275.6 274.5 274.7 275.9 277.7 279.0 277.9 278.3 276.5 275.6 276.7 274.6 272.6 274.4 276.5 276.7 273.6 271.3 268.9 267.6 267.8 268.5 267.6 266.2 264.7 265.9 146 Kara Sea 274.9 274.1 273.9 274.0 273.6 272.9 272.5 272.0 271.9 271.6 272.5 273.4 272.8 271.2 270.4 270.5 270.1 270.4 271.3 272.2 272.3 271.9 272.5 272.7 271.9 270.8 271.1 271.9 271.1 270.4 271.3 148 Laptev Sea 272.9 272.9 272.7 271.4 270.1 269.6 269.0 268.1 266.8 267.1 267.9 268.0 267.3 265.2 262.7 260.4 258.5 257.3 258.3 261.5 262.9 262.0 261.1 262.6 262.4 263.3 263.3 261.8 261.0 260.5 258.3 150 East Siberian Sea 270.6 270.9 271.0 270.0 269.2 267.8 266.9 266.2 265.6 265.9 264.1 263.1 261.5 260.8 259.1 258.2 256.7 255.2 254.2 253.8 254.2 253.9 254.0 254.7 255.2 255.9 255.0 254.9 254.0 252.4 251.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.1 277.8 275.7 275.5 277.1 278.1 277.9 276.2 273.7 272.6 273.5 271.5 270.8 272.5 275.5 274.9 274.3 275.1 275.7 274.3 274.4 274.9 275.1 276.7 275.3 272.4 271.6 271.8 271.6 270.7 268.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.2 276.5 275.2 275.4 275.8 275.5 274.3 271.5 270.9 269.0 269.9 273.7 276.4 277.0 275.9 274.4 276.6 274.5 274.8 274.3 276.3 279.4 277.7 275.7 273.8 273.0 271.7 271.2 270.7 270.5 268.8