1981 11 - 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 262.6 262.1 261.6 261.1 261.8 262.6 262.3 262.1 261.5 261.0 260.9 260.8 260.4 259.7 259.1 259.1 258.2 258.3 258.0 257.4 256.2 254.9 254.5 254.4 254.4 254.5 255.3 256.2 256.6 256.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 277.6 275.0 273.1 272.2 271.7 272.0 271.5 268.1 266.7 267.2 266.5 268.6 271.9 273.2 271.3 269.1 267.1 265.6 264.7 265.1 266.3 266.7 266.6 266.8 266.9 267.0 266.7 266.0 266.3 265.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 273.2 273.5 271.2 267.2 265.4 262.6 262.3 266.1 268.5 265.1 264.8 262.4 262.3 265.4 267.8 266.8 262.9 259.8 261.0 261.8 261.9 266.0 269.2 267.3 264.1 263.9 265.1 264.4 262.1 262.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 260.2 259.8 260.3 259.1 259.7 257.0 256.6 260.2 261.0 265.6 268.1 266.0 262.1 259.4 260.3 261.2 259.6 261.6 260.5 260.5 257.8 255.4 255.7 257.6 258.9 259.4 263.5 263.2 259.3 255.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 251.7 254.1 255.4 254.3 252.5 251.5 249.2 248.7 248.5 246.8 243.8 243.2 244.6 244.9 245.9 247.7 248.0 247.7 246.5 243.0 242.2 243.2 244.0 243.8 243.0 244.9 250.3 248.8 244.6 241.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 256.8 255.2 254.1 255.7 254.4 254.5 253.0 257.4 258.8 261.4 264.6 261.6 262.5 261.6 259.0 262.6 261.6 263.3 260.4 260.7 257.7 253.3 251.4 249.8 252.1 254.1 258.7 258.2 255.4 250.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.5 265.3 264.1 265.5 269.0 269.1 261.9 259.1 263.7 264.4 267.7 270.2 266.7 261.5 260.5 261.2 261.6 261.3 261.1 262.5 261.7 259.5 257.4 257.6 259.9 258.5 257.6 262.9 263.6 260.2 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.6 262.9 259.2 256.8 257.1 258.3 256.0 254.9 253.4 252.0 250.9 249.6 250.6 251.1 249.3 251.2 253.0 254.2 254.6 253.7 251.7 248.0 247.1 248.0 253.3 254.1 249.1 247.5 245.5 243.9 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 269.4 270.7 267.5 263.3 260.6 258.0 260.3 262.3 261.7 262.0 263.0 260.3 258.2 256.0 252.9 251.9 250.8 252.5 254.4 254.2 257.7 260.3 259.0 255.6 253.7 256.4 261.0 264.1 263.5 262.4 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 247.9 253.9 255.1 252.7 255.7 257.6 255.3 252.4 250.2 249.7 251.3 247.5 244.9 246.2 243.6 242.1 241.5 239.8 242.0 240.6 240.5 241.8 243.0 243.2 243.5 242.9 247.2 248.4 249.2 245.4 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 251.9 251.6 252.0 253.5 260.2 262.5 261.0 259.9 256.8 258.6 255.1 252.5 253.0 253.3 247.8 245.9 243.4 240.7 239.3 240.2 240.3 241.0 242.5 245.1 245.8 245.6 244.8 246.8 252.9 255.4 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 242.6 244.1 248.8 247.9 247.8 254.8 252.6 253.6 249.3 246.3 245.0 242.7 239.9 241.0 241.3 241.7 239.1 236.8 237.5 238.0 237.6 239.9 241.8 239.0 236.6 237.7 241.5 242.7 242.7 243.6 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 267.4 266.3 267.7 272.4 273.4 272.1 270.2 269.9 269.9 274.6 273.0 269.9 267.6 266.9 270.9 273.2 271.9 273.6 272.3 270.2 270.2 270.9 269.3 268.7 267.0 264.6 265.8 267.2 266.7 266.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 271.5 271.7 272.2 270.3 270.1 271.8 272.0 271.7 271.8 270.6 270.1 269.6 267.7 267.8 268.1 269.7 270.1 269.0 267.8 268.6 268.4 267.6 267.3 267.3 267.0 267.7 267.7 266.4 265.3 267.4 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 260.9 261.6 262.6 263.1 264.0 265.9 267.3 267.6 266.5 265.6 265.9 265.8 265.2 263.7 263.0 263.4 262.2 262.0 261.3 260.2 258.8 257.1 256.3 255.1 254.7 255.2 257.1 257.4 258.1 258.3 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 254.6 253.3 251.7 250.5 250.9 253.0 254.5 256.8 255.0 251.7 249.3 249.3 250.2 250.3 252.1 252.2 253.0 253.5 253.8 252.2 248.6 244.5 242.6 242.1 240.4 240.1 240.7 243.4 246.8 249.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 259.8 259.4 257.9 255.3 252.4 248.8 247.0 245.4 245.0 244.8 245.5 246.3 245.6 245.5 247.3 248.1 244.8 252.5 254.0 249.8 246.5 248.7 250.0 248.8 247.0 246.6 246.6 247.9 246.0 244.4 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.1 268.2 265.6 266.6 266.1 262.1 265.7 268.5 271.5 274.5 274.7 272.5 269.3 265.5 263.3 262.2 261.4 260.6 260.3 260.8 260.7 260.1 264.4 268.9 269.4 267.4 271.8 270.6 266.1 267.3 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.9 264.3 262.2 261.7 261.0 262.1 270.8 274.8 272.5 272.9 274.8 272.5 270.8 268.5 267.4 265.0 261.9 261.7 261.4 259.8 263.8 257.9 255.2 267.1 269.8 273.1 274.4 272.1 267.7 267.2 -9999.0