1981 03 - 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 253.2 253.4 254.3 254.7 255.2 255.1 255.0 255.0 254.9 255.2 255.1 255.6 256.9 258.3 258.2 257.9 257.4 257.7 258.6 259.1 259.6 259.9 260.4 261.5 262.1 262.2 262.4 263.4 263.6 263.7 264.1 34 Hudson Bay 262.3 259.7 262.1 262.6 263.7 265.0 267.4 268.3 267.2 267.7 268.5 266.7 262.7 263.8 262.8 262.6 261.9 263.9 266.5 267.6 268.1 268.7 268.5 269.5 269.6 269.2 268.2 270.1 269.1 267.1 267.2 36 Hudson Strait 260.7 264.6 270.7 272.9 272.3 268.8 267.9 266.9 264.9 261.5 260.7 258.1 255.9 258.6 260.4 264.3 267.9 268.6 271.9 269.8 267.4 264.9 264.0 263.5 265.0 263.1 259.1 261.9 257.7 254.0 253.9 98 Bering Strait 265.5 265.4 265.2 262.5 260.9 260.1 259.2 259.1 260.9 262.1 262.3 264.9 263.8 263.7 263.2 263.4 266.8 269.3 270.1 269.8 268.9 265.5 264.4 263.6 262.9 263.8 265.1 264.4 264.3 265.0 265.3 128 Arctic subocean 234.9 236.2 238.6 241.1 240.2 241.3 241.9 241.4 239.9 241.3 238.8 237.8 238.1 238.2 237.2 238.1 242.4 243.1 243.0 243.4 243.4 242.1 241.8 242.1 242.0 241.3 240.8 239.9 239.5 239.4 242.6 130 Chukchi Sea 263.2 264.2 261.5 255.1 250.4 249.5 252.5 253.0 251.8 250.0 248.4 248.2 248.6 253.8 256.9 256.4 262.7 267.4 268.9 267.4 266.2 262.6 258.9 256.9 255.3 254.5 254.4 255.1 257.6 260.1 261.8 132 Beaufort Sea 261.1 263.0 262.3 261.7 261.0 260.6 261.1 263.5 265.7 268.2 269.2 267.8 269.6 268.8 268.0 267.5 265.4 261.9 260.4 258.3 257.6 258.4 259.5 261.6 262.8 264.1 264.2 266.2 264.7 263.3 264.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.5 243.9 246.4 247.8 250.5 254.2 253.8 251.4 251.1 249.2 246.0 244.3 244.8 245.3 243.0 241.6 243.6 243.6 243.8 245.7 249.3 252.0 252.6 251.7 249.7 246.9 245.3 245.4 246.0 246.2 246.2 136 Foxe Basin 251.0 250.8 256.0 266.0 268.3 267.2 263.6 260.7 253.6 251.1 251.2 249.7 247.5 247.4 252.4 253.7 256.8 259.7 261.5 260.3 259.2 259.4 257.1 257.2 256.6 254.1 252.5 252.9 247.7 246.7 246.3 138 Baffin Bay 244.4 245.1 244.4 243.8 246.1 244.4 244.5 245.5 241.5 240.4 239.1 238.8 239.1 240.2 238.2 237.9 239.5 241.5 242.9 243.5 243.7 243.0 242.0 241.2 240.1 239.5 239.1 239.4 241.5 246.4 247.1 139 South Greenland 254.4 254.1 254.0 254.0 251.5 250.1 247.6 244.1 244.8 245.9 248.6 249.5 250.1 248.6 249.6 253.8 252.5 251.2 250.6 250.7 249.5 247.7 247.7 247.3 246.4 247.6 249.8 252.3 254.4 255.5 255.0 140 Greenland Sea 236.7 236.9 238.2 238.4 237.5 236.0 234.8 235.3 238.8 240.8 238.0 238.3 240.3 239.7 237.5 236.8 239.3 241.6 242.2 242.5 242.3 239.9 236.6 236.9 236.6 236.1 235.2 236.3 238.5 241.0 243.8 142 Norwegian Sea 266.0 266.2 265.5 262.8 260.2 258.7 261.6 265.0 266.5 267.1 265.3 264.6 263.7 261.5 264.6 267.6 267.7 266.7 266.7 265.5 265.0 268.1 268.9 270.5 269.0 267.1 268.1 270.3 273.5 274.9 274.8 144 Barents Sea 262.8 262.8 261.9 260.5 260.1 259.2 257.6 254.0 252.6 254.6 253.2 248.2 247.6 249.9 256.5 259.0 259.3 261.0 262.1 264.0 266.7 265.2 265.4 269.3 271.8 270.3 267.7 266.2 264.6 267.9 270.8 146 Kara Sea 252.8 253.2 254.4 255.4 256.7 256.7 257.4 258.3 257.7 256.3 254.9 258.4 262.6 263.1 260.3 258.1 258.6 260.0 261.6 263.2 263.5 264.5 266.0 267.4 268.3 268.8 269.9 270.9 271.2 270.3 269.5 148 Laptev Sea 241.4 241.4 241.6 242.8 243.9 243.5 242.8 242.7 243.1 244.7 245.8 247.4 252.1 258.3 262.2 261.2 254.1 250.9 251.0 250.5 251.7 253.0 254.5 256.7 258.9 259.6 260.7 262.7 265.2 266.9 268.4 150 East Siberian Sea 239.3 242.7 246.1 247.1 246.2 245.0 241.5 238.9 238.9 241.3 244.3 243.5 242.6 243.5 243.5 245.9 248.6 250.6 250.6 251.5 253.7 255.6 257.2 256.8 256.0 256.2 255.8 255.7 255.2 255.7 257.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.7 271.7 268.6 266.4 268.1 268.5 267.4 268.6 272.4 272.4 272.3 273.1 271.6 272.1 271.1 270.4 272.1 272.7 272.2 271.9 271.4 269.9 270.9 272.7 271.9 272.5 273.3 271.8 271.3 271.6 270.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.7 272.4 269.2 268.1 270.8 271.2 271.3 270.9 272.4 272.7 272.3 272.0 274.1 274.2 274.2 274.9 275.6 275.4 275.2 274.1 273.7 272.0 270.1 270.4 270.7 274.1 274.2 274.1 274.0 274.5 272.3