1981 01 - 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 251.2 251.6 252.1 253.4 254.4 253.9 253.6 253.0 252.7 253.9 254.0 254.2 253.8 253.4 253.3 253.8 254.0 253.8 253.4 253.7 253.5 253.4 253.1 254.2 254.2 253.2 252.5 253.0 253.7 253.8 253.9 34 Hudson Bay 252.8 247.1 245.2 248.8 255.8 254.2 250.5 251.2 248.5 249.3 252.6 257.2 259.1 259.2 256.7 258.3 262.9 264.8 261.4 261.0 265.6 266.3 264.4 263.8 262.6 258.8 255.6 254.5 254.0 256.3 257.6 36 Hudson Strait 247.6 252.7 261.1 261.7 256.0 251.3 247.0 251.6 252.7 245.7 245.1 251.6 249.7 246.9 248.0 249.0 246.4 253.5 254.7 256.5 249.2 247.6 249.8 253.6 252.9 252.3 252.8 253.8 251.0 249.5 253.8 98 Bering Strait 259.8 263.2 261.5 260.4 261.4 262.5 265.0 265.1 264.0 264.2 263.2 261.7 259.2 262.4 265.8 266.4 265.4 264.7 264.2 263.2 258.5 258.2 257.8 261.4 261.5 261.5 260.4 258.1 257.3 260.4 261.8 128 Arctic subocean 236.7 236.2 237.6 238.7 238.6 236.6 236.1 235.7 237.5 238.4 238.2 242.6 239.6 238.3 238.7 238.4 240.0 239.6 241.3 241.6 241.2 240.8 244.0 252.9 247.4 242.8 242.7 243.5 245.2 241.9 240.9 130 Chukchi Sea 251.3 256.9 256.1 252.7 254.8 258.7 259.9 261.0 263.7 261.8 259.6 258.0 257.1 257.5 258.2 260.0 261.7 260.9 260.2 258.8 256.8 250.9 247.1 249.9 256.7 260.3 260.2 257.0 254.6 258.1 263.5 132 Beaufort Sea 251.8 254.2 258.1 261.1 261.8 257.4 258.4 255.4 255.0 259.7 263.2 264.3 263.8 263.0 265.5 268.3 265.6 264.1 266.7 271.3 267.7 268.1 268.5 266.7 263.7 261.3 260.4 260.5 259.7 257.7 257.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 233.0 235.1 238.7 239.9 237.6 238.0 241.0 240.4 240.9 246.5 250.1 250.6 252.6 249.8 250.1 255.5 258.4 250.4 250.8 254.9 257.8 253.0 250.3 252.4 252.5 250.5 246.5 250.2 251.8 245.0 242.0 136 Foxe Basin 245.5 251.0 251.6 248.8 244.9 243.7 242.1 239.1 246.6 252.6 251.0 249.8 248.2 250.2 247.9 242.0 248.4 251.2 248.6 245.3 249.5 253.0 252.4 252.0 251.8 252.0 249.0 245.2 245.3 248.9 245.1 138 Baffin Bay 232.5 233.7 234.4 235.8 236.2 236.8 239.9 237.4 239.0 244.6 245.2 242.8 240.6 241.9 238.7 234.9 235.0 233.2 235.2 236.5 239.4 238.5 238.4 243.5 243.1 239.0 238.4 238.2 240.3 239.3 238.8 139 South Greenland 238.8 238.9 239.9 243.1 245.4 248.4 249.5 247.3 253.2 256.4 250.7 250.5 251.7 247.3 245.2 243.1 241.0 239.9 241.6 248.3 247.4 245.7 244.3 243.4 246.4 249.7 247.5 246.1 248.5 248.6 249.0 140 Greenland Sea 237.8 236.7 235.4 234.2 232.3 231.7 234.6 238.1 238.5 241.6 241.5 240.4 236.5 236.5 235.3 230.6 230.8 231.7 231.6 232.5 234.1 233.6 234.4 242.5 244.5 239.0 236.8 235.5 237.4 235.9 236.2 142 Norwegian Sea 268.4 267.5 263.3 258.6 257.8 257.9 257.8 269.7 270.0 268.8 271.1 270.3 267.8 265.4 265.6 266.6 262.0 256.9 258.5 260.1 262.8 267.4 274.1 274.8 269.0 267.9 274.4 275.8 273.7 271.4 272.8 144 Barents Sea 264.9 263.9 260.9 259.9 261.9 264.1 263.5 260.4 259.7 262.0 262.1 263.5 264.7 262.4 264.5 266.7 266.3 264.8 262.9 259.7 260.5 261.7 263.2 267.2 270.1 266.8 264.3 266.9 267.6 262.0 260.5 146 Kara Sea 259.9 261.8 263.1 262.5 261.3 260.3 259.1 258.0 257.7 257.9 257.2 255.8 254.1 253.2 252.9 252.7 252.0 251.6 250.3 249.2 249.6 250.7 251.4 253.0 255.4 256.3 255.4 255.7 257.5 258.8 257.8 148 Laptev Sea 242.2 243.2 244.0 248.4 249.7 248.1 247.5 247.7 246.5 246.5 246.3 245.2 245.7 246.6 246.8 246.3 246.3 247.0 247.4 247.2 246.5 245.3 244.7 244.2 241.2 241.0 244.9 247.6 248.7 249.6 250.6 150 East Siberian Sea 239.8 239.2 238.2 237.5 241.4 247.2 248.7 248.8 248.3 247.4 244.0 243.1 242.1 242.9 242.1 243.0 244.7 247.6 249.1 248.9 243.7 242.1 239.6 236.6 234.9 233.1 234.5 236.6 235.8 235.0 235.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.6 274.4 271.6 271.7 270.4 268.2 273.1 273.2 270.0 272.8 271.7 271.5 270.7 274.1 275.2 274.0 273.7 273.7 273.1 269.5 267.7 270.8 272.0 272.7 271.9 270.8 267.9 266.4 264.8 269.0 270.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.3 273.7 270.9 271.7 273.7 270.2 272.4 274.9 270.9 271.1 269.5 267.3 270.8 271.6 273.1 273.0 270.9 268.3 267.3 264.9 257.7 259.1 263.5 273.1 275.0 272.5 269.0 267.9 272.6 275.2 270.6