1981 05 - 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 271.1 272.1 272.7 272.6 272.6 272.2 271.9 271.6 271.9 272.9 273.5 273.6 274.2 275.1 275.4 275.8 276.5 277.2 277.2 277.1 276.9 277.0 276.7 276.9 277.6 278.2 278.7 278.9 279.1 279.7 279.8 34 Hudson Bay 275.2 276.5 276.3 275.9 275.4 275.8 276.1 274.3 271.1 273.8 277.3 279.7 279.7 279.0 276.3 275.2 276.9 280.5 283.0 284.6 285.8 284.3 281.6 281.5 282.0 282.2 283.4 283.0 281.8 279.3 279.1 36 Hudson Strait 271.1 271.2 272.0 273.4 274.4 272.0 268.3 266.1 264.6 266.1 268.8 272.2 273.6 271.8 272.6 272.0 270.2 270.3 269.7 270.2 272.2 275.6 277.1 272.8 272.7 270.2 271.4 273.7 275.2 278.5 273.8 98 Bering Strait 274.3 273.4 272.8 274.1 276.0 277.9 278.9 279.2 279.0 279.5 277.5 276.3 277.3 278.0 277.7 277.1 277.9 279.3 280.0 280.7 280.4 279.5 279.2 280.0 281.7 281.4 282.5 282.8 282.8 285.6 284.6 128 Arctic subocean 257.9 257.4 258.4 258.7 259.3 258.2 257.7 258.7 258.9 258.7 258.7 261.0 261.7 261.6 262.8 263.6 262.8 263.3 263.0 263.8 263.2 263.0 262.9 264.1 265.4 265.9 266.1 266.4 267.8 268.1 269.0 130 Chukchi Sea 270.4 269.8 270.8 270.4 271.5 274.2 274.4 274.8 273.8 273.2 269.5 271.1 273.7 270.6 269.8 270.1 271.9 272.7 275.0 277.0 277.1 277.9 277.9 278.7 278.8 277.4 277.5 278.3 279.1 279.1 278.2 132 Beaufort Sea 277.5 276.2 276.0 276.8 277.9 278.5 277.6 274.7 275.7 278.2 279.1 276.4 275.7 275.8 276.8 278.7 281.0 283.7 284.0 283.8 283.8 284.7 284.6 285.2 286.1 286.5 284.3 282.8 282.5 283.3 283.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.7 267.0 267.1 266.6 265.3 262.6 261.5 262.4 266.6 267.3 266.1 265.6 263.7 263.1 265.5 267.4 265.6 268.9 270.8 272.1 268.9 269.2 270.3 269.8 271.3 272.3 271.4 270.5 270.9 271.5 272.4 136 Foxe Basin 265.0 264.1 264.5 264.8 265.3 265.7 266.0 266.6 266.0 264.9 265.6 265.4 265.5 264.6 264.0 263.7 265.7 265.3 265.7 268.0 270.5 268.5 266.3 266.3 266.7 267.8 269.0 270.4 269.7 269.6 270.9 138 Baffin Bay 257.4 255.3 255.4 255.1 256.0 256.2 256.8 257.5 259.3 259.9 257.7 258.1 258.9 260.7 261.1 258.7 257.6 259.2 258.8 258.5 260.1 263.4 263.2 263.9 265.6 265.5 266.8 269.0 268.7 267.7 268.3 139 South Greenland 260.1 260.4 259.0 257.6 256.5 256.3 258.7 260.8 263.5 260.8 258.9 259.2 261.7 264.0 264.4 265.0 265.1 264.5 265.0 265.0 266.2 268.7 268.0 267.7 268.1 269.0 269.9 269.0 268.2 267.7 268.7 140 Greenland Sea 251.7 250.2 249.9 250.4 250.7 250.2 250.5 250.9 255.0 258.8 256.1 255.2 256.7 259.6 263.4 262.8 258.8 258.3 258.6 257.6 258.2 262.9 264.8 263.5 264.3 264.6 265.1 265.3 265.4 265.6 265.8 142 Norwegian Sea 271.5 270.5 270.1 270.9 272.9 274.0 275.7 277.5 280.0 279.8 281.3 284.5 284.5 283.4 283.1 284.2 284.4 284.4 284.1 284.1 283.3 285.7 284.8 286.3 285.0 281.2 282.6 282.1 281.0 279.6 280.2 144 Barents Sea 273.9 273.1 273.3 273.6 274.1 274.9 276.4 274.9 275.0 278.1 274.6 272.7 275.1 274.7 271.5 271.9 273.4 274.8 277.9 279.9 278.5 278.6 281.5 279.8 279.7 278.6 275.0 276.1 279.4 283.8 282.3 146 Kara Sea 275.9 279.3 281.0 280.0 279.0 277.4 275.9 275.5 275.6 275.5 275.8 275.4 276.3 278.7 279.7 280.2 280.5 279.9 278.4 278.8 279.2 278.0 276.9 276.7 277.3 278.3 278.9 279.0 279.1 281.1 283.0 148 Laptev Sea 267.1 268.9 270.6 269.6 269.1 268.4 268.4 268.1 269.0 271.6 274.0 276.3 276.6 277.2 278.4 279.8 281.5 280.0 280.8 276.4 274.0 275.5 276.5 278.4 278.0 278.9 281.0 282.4 283.3 281.8 280.4 150 East Siberian Sea 262.7 260.7 261.3 266.2 270.2 269.8 269.0 270.8 273.3 272.6 274.6 272.6 272.7 274.6 276.3 277.8 277.5 278.9 272.4 273.6 272.2 271.3 271.6 273.2 276.8 279.2 281.2 282.0 283.5 285.3 284.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.9 275.6 275.8 276.4 277.1 278.6 281.1 282.6 281.6 279.3 278.1 278.7 279.8 279.4 280.1 280.4 279.5 279.4 280.0 279.1 277.7 277.9 278.6 280.4 281.4 282.6 282.0 281.2 281.6 284.7 281.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.3 274.6 275.7 275.5 278.0 279.6 281.5 285.6 285.1 282.2 281.1 282.4 283.3 283.0 283.0 283.7 282.7 282.1 281.7 280.3 280.0 279.8 280.9 282.3 281.4 284.1 287.5 285.2 284.2 287.7 285.9