1981 10 - 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 271.1 271.2 270.8 270.3 270.3 270.8 271.5 271.8 271.0 270.0 269.5 269.7 270.0 269.6 269.0 268.8 268.1 266.7 266.1 266.1 266.5 266.4 266.2 265.8 264.9 264.0 263.0 262.1 262.1 262.4 262.8 34 Hudson Bay 276.2 278.2 278.5 278.5 278.2 277.8 278.3 279.0 278.0 277.2 277.7 278.0 278.1 277.9 277.2 276.7 276.6 273.1 272.1 269.2 267.6 267.2 267.2 267.7 266.6 268.4 268.3 269.1 272.0 274.8 276.2 36 Hudson Strait 278.0 277.4 278.1 278.3 278.7 278.1 276.5 274.1 273.4 272.4 272.7 274.0 276.4 277.7 277.8 271.1 270.9 274.8 275.7 270.4 269.7 268.8 268.2 268.0 266.8 270.6 268.0 268.2 266.8 265.2 265.5 98 Bering Strait 272.0 270.4 269.1 267.9 267.7 268.1 269.2 270.4 270.5 270.4 269.8 271.3 271.9 271.8 271.4 270.2 269.6 268.9 266.6 266.5 269.2 272.1 272.8 272.5 272.2 269.6 266.7 263.2 262.4 262.9 261.3 128 Arctic subocean 256.4 253.4 253.1 256.8 259.8 263.5 265.1 263.9 260.8 257.4 253.7 251.9 252.2 252.2 250.7 251.8 253.3 254.3 253.4 251.9 253.0 254.2 254.3 251.9 251.5 249.8 250.5 249.0 249.2 249.7 250.3 130 Chukchi Sea 267.9 267.2 266.8 265.7 263.6 263.0 264.4 265.1 266.2 266.6 266.8 267.9 268.4 267.0 265.9 266.7 267.4 264.5 265.0 264.9 267.8 271.1 272.9 272.2 271.4 268.2 262.1 260.9 261.3 259.7 257.8 132 Beaufort Sea 277.3 275.0 272.6 271.2 271.1 272.2 273.6 273.7 273.8 273.4 273.4 273.2 274.1 274.9 275.8 275.2 272.0 270.7 269.5 266.7 265.9 267.2 270.9 268.4 265.5 262.1 263.4 265.9 267.6 267.6 269.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.8 268.6 269.6 271.9 271.8 270.8 270.5 270.4 270.9 271.0 268.9 265.7 263.4 261.6 260.3 260.2 260.4 260.0 258.9 259.8 259.8 260.8 260.6 258.9 258.6 258.4 258.0 256.2 257.6 263.0 266.0 136 Foxe Basin 273.3 272.0 271.1 272.7 272.9 273.4 272.5 273.5 272.6 271.6 271.2 267.6 263.7 262.9 262.8 262.5 262.7 263.1 267.4 269.2 267.2 264.5 262.6 263.5 263.4 263.2 265.4 263.4 258.6 258.3 266.0 138 Baffin Bay 253.6 257.2 258.9 255.4 256.0 258.9 262.3 262.5 256.4 255.0 251.8 249.7 249.0 248.1 244.9 246.8 249.0 246.2 247.0 254.2 260.1 256.4 251.5 247.9 246.1 245.8 246.6 244.8 246.6 247.1 246.8 139 South Greenland 261.9 263.6 263.3 260.6 258.2 258.4 259.1 258.5 257.5 254.6 254.2 253.1 254.4 253.3 251.6 257.9 256.2 253.9 254.2 262.7 265.2 259.7 256.0 252.7 250.4 251.0 249.7 250.7 253.8 255.4 253.2 140 Greenland Sea 248.0 250.0 253.6 251.2 251.5 254.9 257.4 256.7 251.7 247.5 246.1 244.0 243.6 241.5 241.9 241.5 243.0 244.4 243.9 245.1 252.5 253.7 250.9 250.3 250.8 245.9 244.4 244.8 249.2 247.0 244.7 142 Norwegian Sea 281.3 281.5 281.9 279.5 278.3 277.3 277.2 275.8 276.8 277.9 277.3 277.2 276.7 276.0 274.6 273.7 272.9 271.8 274.7 275.0 273.1 272.6 272.0 271.2 271.4 271.2 271.8 274.1 273.7 271.8 268.6 144 Barents Sea 280.9 279.2 279.9 281.2 282.1 282.0 279.8 278.8 279.1 277.6 276.6 278.7 280.5 279.9 279.2 277.7 275.4 273.8 274.3 273.6 272.9 274.4 275.4 274.8 275.0 275.7 274.1 272.7 270.8 269.8 270.3 146 Kara Sea 271.1 271.5 270.8 270.3 271.0 272.2 273.8 274.7 273.3 272.2 273.0 274.0 274.2 272.8 271.1 270.8 270.7 270.1 270.0 270.0 270.5 270.2 269.9 270.2 269.3 267.4 265.9 263.8 262.0 261.1 261.4 148 Laptev Sea 269.8 269.5 268.5 268.0 267.5 267.4 266.8 266.6 267.0 265.6 263.1 262.9 264.2 265.9 267.5 267.2 265.8 264.0 263.5 263.8 263.9 263.7 262.1 261.8 261.0 260.1 259.4 258.0 257.0 256.5 256.3 150 East Siberian Sea 269.5 268.2 267.7 267.7 268.0 268.5 269.7 271.0 271.3 270.4 269.7 268.3 267.2 266.1 264.9 264.0 262.0 260.0 257.9 255.7 255.9 255.8 256.4 258.7 261.0 260.8 258.8 256.7 255.9 256.8 260.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.3 271.4 270.1 271.4 272.3 271.9 271.5 271.3 271.4 270.7 271.2 274.9 276.5 276.4 275.9 274.7 274.8 274.3 271.7 271.9 274.7 276.1 276.9 277.2 274.5 271.9 270.0 269.7 269.7 268.9 267.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.8 274.5 277.6 274.9 272.4 271.1 270.6 270.7 269.7 270.1 274.4 276.9 274.9 273.5 274.7 274.7 273.8 272.1 270.7 275.9 278.5 278.8 280.0 278.5 276.1 274.8 273.4 270.8 266.3 266.8 266.8