1982 12 - 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 250.4 250.1 250.9 251.5 251.8 252.6 253.1 253.4 254.0 253.3 252.8 252.9 253.5 253.6 253.2 252.9 253.4 253.9 253.5 252.7 251.8 250.2 250.7 251.9 251.8 251.1 250.3 250.1 249.9 249.6 249.2 34 Hudson Bay 266.7 267.9 266.9 262.5 259.5 257.9 252.7 248.4 251.8 252.2 248.8 249.7 251.8 250.9 252.6 254.9 260.1 263.1 262.1 258.4 255.0 252.8 254.9 258.4 257.1 257.1 254.5 252.3 248.9 247.9 252.4 36 Hudson Strait 255.5 252.4 260.9 270.0 255.5 251.5 258.6 255.4 248.7 244.7 249.3 243.8 243.5 242.6 243.2 244.3 243.1 245.8 257.1 263.5 258.4 252.2 244.3 248.1 255.6 248.5 243.6 240.1 243.7 241.4 240.7 98 Bering Strait 250.7 253.9 255.0 254.1 253.7 254.2 258.9 265.3 263.9 263.3 262.9 262.5 262.3 260.9 259.5 259.8 257.0 254.9 255.4 256.2 255.8 254.1 252.1 250.8 250.2 249.5 254.7 258.7 262.2 263.2 258.1 128 Arctic subocean 244.6 242.8 242.5 239.3 238.6 237.9 238.0 238.7 237.7 237.1 238.6 241.4 240.3 240.6 240.7 239.4 238.4 236.8 234.7 233.8 232.5 231.8 232.9 234.6 233.4 234.2 235.4 237.4 242.5 245.4 246.5 130 Chukchi Sea 242.4 245.4 250.9 252.0 251.1 254.0 257.3 261.9 265.5 264.9 263.1 260.0 257.5 256.7 254.0 253.4 252.8 253.2 251.7 253.3 252.7 248.8 248.7 247.5 247.5 249.0 253.0 256.9 259.7 262.0 254.6 132 Beaufort Sea 255.2 252.7 253.8 254.0 252.4 248.5 245.4 251.5 257.3 252.4 254.1 254.0 253.8 254.5 255.7 256.6 255.5 253.3 250.8 249.1 249.0 251.0 250.3 249.5 250.8 249.1 247.9 252.4 255.3 260.0 262.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.4 243.6 240.4 240.0 241.6 239.7 239.3 239.8 239.3 240.6 240.3 239.8 240.2 239.8 239.9 242.8 245.9 245.3 239.7 237.1 237.3 236.9 238.4 235.9 233.3 232.5 235.5 235.1 237.3 237.5 237.7 136 Foxe Basin 247.2 255.1 253.6 247.1 244.9 242.3 239.6 237.0 235.1 237.3 242.1 246.2 243.2 241.6 241.9 242.6 243.5 248.9 253.3 251.9 242.4 237.4 235.5 240.4 241.0 235.0 232.2 231.4 232.0 233.2 232.4 138 Baffin Bay 241.8 240.2 239.9 239.0 240.4 242.9 244.9 241.5 243.2 243.9 248.0 250.0 247.4 245.0 243.5 241.5 239.6 237.0 235.6 236.6 237.0 234.4 233.4 231.1 228.5 230.6 232.1 236.5 238.4 233.7 231.0 139 South Greenland 246.1 244.5 243.8 245.6 248.7 253.8 257.5 256.6 256.0 255.1 254.3 251.8 251.1 248.3 245.6 242.6 239.9 239.8 243.6 249.5 250.5 250.5 248.8 242.9 241.9 243.2 242.7 245.9 243.7 240.0 238.7 140 Greenland Sea 248.0 244.1 239.1 236.7 236.9 238.1 241.4 240.4 240.0 241.3 241.8 244.1 240.3 240.1 239.5 239.5 237.5 233.9 231.8 231.4 234.1 232.8 232.2 233.1 234.5 238.4 237.3 235.9 239.5 240.3 235.9 142 Norwegian Sea 273.4 274.4 274.0 273.8 273.9 271.7 269.3 267.4 266.5 266.5 265.9 263.8 265.8 267.0 267.5 269.1 265.8 267.3 267.4 270.0 273.5 273.0 270.9 268.2 271.1 273.5 272.5 271.4 270.6 272.0 272.1 144 Barents Sea 258.9 254.7 256.5 266.2 269.8 270.4 269.6 267.9 265.6 263.7 261.3 262.7 266.9 265.2 260.9 259.7 267.3 267.8 267.8 267.5 269.8 273.2 273.1 271.9 270.0 269.6 270.5 270.0 268.3 263.2 255.0 146 Kara Sea 251.1 250.3 251.0 253.2 256.4 258.9 260.0 259.8 259.7 259.0 257.7 257.2 258.9 262.5 262.8 261.6 261.1 263.5 264.6 262.8 261.1 257.8 259.8 262.9 264.1 262.7 260.6 258.9 258.4 258.3 257.1 148 Laptev Sea 238.6 239.6 241.5 241.8 241.9 243.1 244.9 244.6 244.8 246.5 247.6 247.8 246.6 244.3 243.0 242.9 244.8 244.2 241.1 240.0 238.8 236.7 238.1 241.4 241.0 239.8 237.6 235.9 234.4 235.1 236.4 150 East Siberian Sea 231.0 233.8 241.6 241.7 236.1 238.7 243.6 249.6 249.6 247.0 245.6 245.9 247.5 247.0 245.4 241.1 234.9 233.5 234.1 235.5 238.4 239.6 238.4 235.9 234.5 231.7 231.9 234.0 231.9 230.3 231.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.9 261.1 258.4 256.8 263.9 267.1 270.7 271.6 270.3 266.7 266.0 269.7 272.1 270.7 269.1 269.6 267.6 265.2 262.6 265.3 263.4 259.5 259.7 263.8 265.2 265.2 271.4 272.7 273.4 271.4 268.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 252.0 252.2 251.6 250.7 259.2 268.6 269.6 271.0 269.8 267.2 268.8 268.3 269.6 267.9 265.9 265.2 262.6 263.0 265.2 269.3 269.0 264.4 258.2 257.7 262.0 269.0 274.5 273.9 275.6 272.8 267.2