1981 09 - 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 280.1 280.1 279.7 279.5 279.3 279.5 279.7 279.5 279.4 279.1 278.9 278.8 278.3 277.8 277.7 277.7 277.3 276.7 275.9 275.0 274.7 274.2 273.9 273.3 272.7 272.4 272.2 271.8 271.4 271.2 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 285.0 285.0 282.8 282.7 283.7 285.3 285.9 284.9 285.6 285.5 284.8 285.2 283.4 281.7 280.6 281.4 283.6 285.1 283.1 280.5 279.8 280.5 280.8 280.1 280.0 279.2 277.1 275.4 275.3 275.9 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 287.7 286.7 287.1 284.8 280.5 280.5 282.7 286.4 284.8 281.1 279.3 279.7 280.2 279.4 278.8 278.9 278.0 277.8 278.7 277.2 275.8 274.5 276.1 278.3 278.5 276.2 276.5 278.5 278.6 278.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 278.6 278.8 279.8 279.8 279.6 279.4 280.5 279.8 279.3 279.1 279.0 278.4 277.6 277.0 278.3 278.1 277.0 276.4 276.2 274.9 274.3 274.3 274.4 275.0 274.8 273.5 272.3 271.5 271.7 272.4 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 267.6 266.5 266.8 267.2 267.1 267.0 267.5 265.7 264.2 264.2 267.2 269.5 267.6 266.1 265.2 264.3 261.9 261.3 259.6 258.6 260.9 260.4 260.3 258.3 255.2 254.7 256.3 255.9 255.4 257.2 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 277.1 277.4 278.7 278.6 276.3 276.7 277.6 277.5 276.9 275.2 274.9 274.5 275.2 275.9 274.5 273.4 273.4 273.7 273.3 271.0 270.4 271.7 273.1 272.5 271.7 270.7 269.8 268.2 266.9 266.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 278.3 275.6 276.0 277.3 277.8 279.6 282.1 285.5 284.2 282.6 281.7 281.1 280.1 279.4 282.2 284.8 283.4 282.8 282.8 279.8 277.7 276.9 275.9 276.0 276.1 275.4 275.6 276.1 275.6 275.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 274.4 274.2 274.3 274.0 274.1 274.3 273.8 273.9 273.9 273.0 273.5 273.6 273.2 273.0 272.9 274.6 275.9 274.8 273.6 274.0 273.4 271.1 270.3 269.5 268.8 267.2 266.5 267.3 267.7 268.5 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 274.2 274.4 275.9 276.7 275.0 275.5 276.3 276.5 275.5 276.1 275.7 275.5 277.6 276.3 274.1 273.4 274.2 274.5 273.1 272.1 271.5 271.8 271.3 272.8 273.9 273.3 271.3 270.3 270.6 272.2 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 263.3 262.6 263.0 262.7 263.0 262.7 262.2 261.0 260.9 262.5 268.5 269.5 268.3 265.7 264.1 262.3 261.0 258.3 256.5 255.5 258.1 257.6 257.1 254.2 253.9 254.7 258.0 258.4 255.5 253.0 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 263.9 268.5 267.3 265.2 265.1 263.9 262.9 262.3 263.0 265.2 267.3 268.7 269.8 269.0 268.8 267.9 268.6 267.8 265.8 264.5 264.4 264.1 263.3 260.4 257.8 260.5 262.7 263.1 262.4 261.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 260.3 259.5 260.5 260.5 262.3 262.5 262.5 261.3 260.2 258.9 259.3 261.6 261.0 261.3 259.9 257.8 256.1 253.6 251.2 248.7 250.3 250.5 249.0 247.9 247.0 246.8 249.7 250.6 250.2 247.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 281.8 282.3 281.4 282.2 283.5 280.0 279.0 282.1 281.3 282.2 283.1 282.1 280.7 280.1 279.2 279.0 279.8 280.4 281.2 280.8 280.8 279.4 278.8 278.7 280.4 281.5 282.4 283.5 281.9 280.4 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 285.1 283.8 283.4 283.6 283.1 283.0 281.8 280.4 279.9 279.8 279.4 279.1 278.8 278.1 277.6 278.0 277.5 277.2 276.8 277.0 276.7 276.9 277.4 277.9 277.9 279.1 279.2 278.8 279.3 281.8 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 285.0 285.8 285.5 284.9 284.3 284.5 284.8 284.0 283.5 283.0 282.7 283.0 282.9 282.9 283.0 281.9 280.6 279.1 278.0 277.6 277.7 276.9 275.8 274.8 274.6 275.6 275.3 273.5 272.1 271.3 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 280.5 279.7 278.6 278.7 278.5 277.6 277.4 277.4 278.5 277.9 277.0 276.1 275.5 275.6 275.2 274.9 274.2 274.3 274.8 275.1 274.4 272.9 272.8 272.8 271.6 269.3 268.6 270.0 270.8 270.5 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 278.7 279.0 279.7 279.9 279.1 277.8 277.2 275.9 276.5 277.5 275.6 273.6 273.0 272.8 272.6 273.7 272.5 271.4 271.2 272.5 274.1 274.7 274.6 274.0 272.9 271.3 271.1 273.7 273.8 272.4 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.4 280.8 281.4 281.2 280.9 281.2 280.9 280.3 280.4 280.3 279.9 279.1 278.8 278.0 279.6 279.5 278.7 279.3 279.3 277.8 276.2 276.6 275.2 276.7 275.0 273.5 272.0 271.6 272.5 273.3 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.8 284.9 284.7 284.2 284.0 284.0 283.8 282.9 282.2 281.5 281.7 281.4 280.5 280.0 281.1 279.8 277.2 276.7 278.5 277.5 276.3 276.5 279.3 277.4 276.0 276.0 277.5 274.4 273.4 273.5 -9999.0