1980 12 - 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 248.7 248.9 249.9 251.0 251.8 251.9 251.5 250.8 249.9 248.5 249.1 249.7 250.0 250.8 251.6 251.3 251.0 250.6 250.5 250.1 249.6 249.4 248.7 248.0 248.1 248.5 249.5 250.4 249.9 250.0 250.3 34 Hudson Bay 254.8 250.9 251.5 254.3 256.3 256.5 256.4 256.4 252.2 247.4 247.7 252.1 252.0 252.4 253.3 254.7 256.7 251.3 247.3 247.4 248.1 248.7 248.5 245.2 246.9 247.5 253.2 257.9 253.3 255.4 257.4 36 Hudson Strait 265.2 262.4 256.5 254.4 256.0 255.8 258.4 259.1 260.5 254.9 243.0 240.7 242.2 241.0 244.3 246.7 243.6 250.0 250.1 248.7 246.5 244.0 242.3 242.0 243.2 246.8 244.1 248.8 248.8 241.6 241.7 98 Bering Strait 253.6 251.7 251.2 250.0 249.5 248.4 246.5 245.1 245.6 244.7 243.1 241.3 241.2 246.8 244.5 241.0 238.9 243.8 247.7 247.7 246.9 248.0 249.1 250.0 249.2 247.0 243.4 242.0 244.6 249.0 251.1 128 Arctic subocean 238.9 241.3 241.5 245.2 251.1 248.0 243.1 238.5 237.1 237.1 237.7 239.3 240.9 240.1 239.3 241.5 239.6 238.3 238.1 236.4 235.9 235.4 237.9 237.9 235.4 234.8 233.8 234.3 233.5 235.8 237.7 130 Chukchi Sea 264.7 260.7 254.3 246.5 247.9 245.4 246.8 247.0 249.1 247.6 242.2 238.1 238.1 239.4 240.7 239.3 239.2 243.9 247.8 248.8 248.0 251.9 252.0 250.0 248.5 248.3 248.3 247.3 249.5 244.7 242.3 132 Beaufort Sea 246.6 245.7 244.5 243.6 244.8 245.0 245.8 245.4 242.9 242.5 245.7 246.9 246.4 252.5 260.3 257.6 251.1 246.9 242.7 241.3 242.9 245.9 245.3 246.2 245.3 247.9 246.6 244.5 248.1 252.9 252.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.8 245.5 248.2 247.5 247.6 246.9 244.5 242.8 241.2 240.6 241.1 242.7 245.4 243.5 244.4 245.1 243.2 243.7 244.9 246.8 243.9 240.9 242.3 245.0 239.5 234.9 234.9 237.2 238.9 234.8 233.2 136 Foxe Basin 261.3 264.3 264.1 258.2 256.4 254.6 251.8 250.6 251.3 254.3 253.5 254.1 253.9 248.3 246.1 245.4 247.1 245.2 242.4 240.3 240.1 241.5 241.0 239.4 240.0 239.7 237.4 234.4 235.8 238.9 240.2 138 Baffin Bay 243.2 251.1 253.3 253.0 250.8 247.0 242.4 238.1 239.5 241.4 242.7 243.5 244.6 244.2 242.4 240.4 239.2 237.7 237.8 236.5 235.7 237.1 236.1 236.2 236.0 235.5 236.0 232.9 232.9 233.9 232.9 139 South Greenland 254.1 259.3 263.0 259.0 256.5 256.1 251.2 249.4 249.7 249.3 250.9 251.6 249.7 247.4 246.1 246.8 246.9 242.1 243.9 244.8 245.3 246.0 243.6 242.0 240.6 245.4 249.6 243.7 241.1 240.2 239.6 140 Greenland Sea 240.9 242.9 246.1 247.5 245.2 243.2 239.9 234.8 233.9 236.0 237.1 236.9 236.4 236.5 236.5 234.3 232.6 232.5 231.0 230.8 230.4 232.0 232.8 232.2 231.7 231.0 233.5 238.1 240.6 240.5 240.2 142 Norwegian Sea 273.0 269.7 266.4 263.6 261.7 261.8 262.0 266.3 266.8 266.8 266.3 267.9 267.8 266.3 264.2 264.4 268.4 270.8 269.0 267.2 265.5 265.1 267.3 269.5 268.8 265.8 264.0 270.0 272.0 270.3 269.9 144 Barents Sea 254.3 256.3 263.1 264.2 264.3 264.7 264.2 260.5 256.5 257.9 257.4 256.4 256.9 261.7 261.3 260.2 263.6 263.0 265.5 263.6 263.4 265.3 267.7 267.9 267.5 267.1 264.9 262.4 263.4 265.6 266.2 146 Kara Sea 247.7 249.5 251.7 252.9 253.8 254.7 256.8 258.4 257.3 255.2 256.5 258.3 258.1 257.1 259.1 259.6 259.3 260.7 260.1 258.8 257.5 256.0 254.9 253.9 254.2 254.8 257.6 260.1 258.6 256.3 257.1 148 Laptev Sea 242.4 240.9 239.2 242.3 244.5 243.1 241.0 240.9 242.3 242.5 244.3 243.8 246.9 248.9 247.0 244.9 245.3 244.9 246.1 246.4 245.6 243.4 241.2 240.3 241.0 242.0 242.3 242.8 242.6 242.6 241.5 150 East Siberian Sea 236.2 236.8 238.7 246.4 248.8 254.6 253.5 248.2 249.9 248.4 246.3 240.8 236.1 235.6 235.2 237.3 240.2 245.2 250.4 249.9 249.7 249.8 248.4 248.8 252.0 248.5 245.7 244.7 243.1 241.7 239.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 258.4 257.1 259.0 258.2 258.3 260.1 260.6 256.4 254.5 252.8 250.6 251.9 256.0 259.8 255.0 251.5 248.7 248.0 249.5 251.8 252.1 254.6 254.9 255.6 255.8 256.2 251.3 253.0 260.0 266.3 271.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.5 269.9 270.0 266.7 259.3 255.8 260.7 259.8 259.3 257.1 252.4 245.7 244.4 243.0 243.8 246.7 248.5 250.1 252.4 258.4 261.1 255.4 253.5 255.6 257.0 256.2 253.2 251.9 253.8 254.1 267.1