1982 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 271.6 270.8 270.3 269.7 269.6 269.9 270.0 269.6 268.9 268.8 268.4 268.1 268.3 268.3 267.3 266.4 265.5 264.7 263.9 263.6 263.6 263.9 264.8 264.8 264.1 263.4 262.7 261.7 260.9 260.4 260.3 34 Hudson Bay 277.2 277.6 277.3 275.6 274.9 275.1 276.4 277.8 278.1 278.0 278.0 278.3 279.0 279.9 276.9 274.9 272.9 271.3 270.1 269.8 270.7 271.7 274.4 276.4 276.3 277.2 278.3 277.3 275.4 274.6 273.8 36 Hudson Strait 271.5 271.4 275.3 276.4 273.4 271.5 272.1 271.2 271.7 273.1 275.0 273.9 272.5 275.7 276.8 276.2 273.9 270.0 268.8 268.7 267.7 265.8 266.1 267.6 269.1 266.1 269.6 266.9 264.9 271.2 274.9 98 Bering Strait 273.0 271.8 270.9 269.2 269.2 268.8 269.2 269.4 269.4 269.8 268.1 268.1 268.2 266.0 264.8 264.1 269.2 270.1 270.1 270.7 266.5 262.5 261.7 261.1 260.4 258.9 257.7 257.2 258.6 258.0 256.1 128 Arctic subocean 255.4 254.4 253.2 254.1 254.6 253.6 254.6 254.2 253.6 254.7 254.5 252.1 251.6 251.8 252.1 251.4 252.1 251.3 249.9 248.2 246.9 246.2 246.7 247.6 245.6 245.1 246.1 245.8 244.8 244.6 247.6 130 Chukchi Sea 271.2 269.7 268.5 267.4 268.9 267.9 265.5 263.7 263.6 262.9 263.0 261.2 260.3 263.6 264.4 266.9 267.8 272.7 269.6 265.9 262.9 258.3 257.1 257.4 254.7 257.6 257.7 255.7 256.2 259.3 258.2 132 Beaufort Sea 277.1 273.7 271.8 271.8 272.4 274.3 274.2 273.5 273.5 276.1 277.0 275.2 277.2 275.2 270.7 267.9 265.9 266.4 268.9 270.5 268.6 268.9 269.1 268.3 268.7 268.6 267.7 262.7 261.6 263.4 263.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.3 262.5 261.5 262.6 263.9 264.8 267.1 268.3 268.7 269.1 269.7 268.5 267.4 266.1 264.0 260.9 258.9 258.4 254.8 255.0 255.8 256.9 257.1 254.1 256.1 257.4 259.5 260.4 257.2 258.8 261.0 136 Foxe Basin 267.9 268.3 266.4 267.4 267.8 265.7 265.2 267.7 271.9 272.1 270.1 267.9 268.1 267.7 268.4 269.1 267.7 267.3 264.0 260.7 261.0 258.8 258.4 256.8 252.4 253.6 253.1 253.5 259.8 264.4 267.2 138 Baffin Bay 255.9 254.4 252.5 253.2 255.4 259.5 259.5 255.3 254.7 256.5 255.5 255.8 253.8 251.7 250.6 250.5 251.1 251.3 250.1 247.8 246.4 246.0 247.9 249.5 248.5 246.6 245.5 243.0 243.4 243.5 245.6 139 South Greenland 263.6 262.0 261.5 260.0 262.8 265.9 268.3 268.5 264.7 263.8 263.1 263.8 261.6 258.9 256.4 254.6 255.0 255.9 257.0 258.0 256.8 255.4 256.8 257.4 256.1 254.5 252.8 253.1 251.3 249.2 251.7 140 Greenland Sea 259.1 256.6 256.2 253.5 252.5 255.8 258.9 257.3 251.7 251.8 249.5 248.0 247.0 244.9 244.6 243.6 243.9 244.7 247.1 247.5 247.5 246.9 245.5 245.3 243.5 244.0 240.8 239.8 240.9 241.7 240.6 142 Norwegian Sea 280.7 282.4 282.4 282.1 280.2 278.1 277.2 276.3 275.9 276.7 275.7 275.8 273.2 273.5 272.9 271.2 270.9 271.4 273.6 275.1 275.3 275.4 275.8 276.1 275.7 274.9 275.1 277.5 278.3 278.9 275.6 144 Barents Sea 274.0 273.0 273.2 273.3 273.9 274.8 272.8 270.1 269.3 269.5 270.9 271.8 271.3 270.8 272.0 273.1 270.4 266.4 264.0 263.4 263.2 264.6 266.5 269.6 272.5 270.6 269.3 269.5 270.5 270.5 272.1 146 Kara Sea 273.4 273.2 273.2 272.6 271.7 271.2 270.2 269.0 269.1 268.9 268.3 268.7 270.3 271.5 271.5 269.9 269.3 269.2 267.9 267.8 269.3 269.4 269.3 268.7 266.6 265.7 264.7 262.8 262.2 262.7 263.6 148 Laptev Sea 268.0 267.6 267.0 267.0 267.3 267.0 267.7 267.8 265.7 263.0 262.2 261.3 260.9 261.4 262.0 264.0 261.6 258.7 256.1 253.5 253.7 256.1 259.5 260.1 258.8 257.9 255.5 255.5 253.3 249.9 246.7 150 East Siberian Sea 272.6 271.8 270.9 270.1 269.2 268.1 267.7 266.5 265.5 265.3 264.0 262.6 260.2 259.0 258.7 256.6 256.0 256.1 259.4 260.3 260.9 263.2 261.7 259.2 258.1 255.5 256.8 258.0 256.3 254.3 251.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.6 275.1 274.5 273.2 272.1 271.9 272.4 272.9 273.7 274.2 271.3 273.4 274.0 269.9 269.4 268.9 272.0 272.2 272.1 271.6 268.3 266.1 265.5 264.4 265.5 263.9 259.4 260.8 270.1 265.4 262.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.4 276.7 275.1 272.6 271.7 270.4 270.8 270.0 270.2 269.1 268.5 269.0 266.4 269.4 272.6 276.2 275.0 274.7 275.9 273.2 270.3 264.9 263.0 262.8 267.8 262.6 264.7 270.8 266.4 258.9 264.4