1983 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 272.3 271.6 271.1 270.8 270.5 270.3 269.9 269.5 269.5 269.5 269.4 268.8 267.9 266.6 266.0 265.3 265.4 265.3 265.2 265.7 266.5 267.4 268.0 267.0 266.3 265.8 265.4 265.2 265.1 265.2 265.0 34 Hudson Bay 277.8 277.9 276.5 276.1 276.9 276.0 275.4 275.8 277.7 278.4 276.2 275.9 275.8 275.2 274.0 273.2 272.5 271.1 272.9 275.9 276.7 276.7 277.5 275.9 275.1 274.3 275.0 272.9 271.8 273.9 275.9 36 Hudson Strait 273.4 273.7 273.2 271.9 272.1 272.5 271.9 272.8 272.3 271.7 275.5 277.1 274.4 270.6 271.2 268.8 269.3 272.6 271.0 268.6 272.4 274.3 271.2 268.6 272.0 273.2 270.6 268.3 266.9 266.9 264.5 98 Bering Strait 273.4 272.3 272.9 272.6 271.7 270.7 269.4 268.7 268.1 269.7 271.5 270.8 269.9 268.8 267.0 265.9 265.9 264.9 261.8 258.1 258.3 260.5 262.1 261.8 262.2 261.2 260.7 262.4 262.4 260.7 260.2 128 Arctic subocean 255.9 254.5 254.7 253.7 253.5 253.1 252.1 251.7 253.7 255.3 255.5 254.0 252.0 250.2 249.0 246.9 244.4 244.7 244.2 243.7 245.6 248.2 247.2 250.5 253.5 254.4 252.5 249.4 247.0 245.2 245.0 130 Chukchi Sea 270.5 268.1 270.2 272.4 273.0 269.4 267.3 269.9 270.3 270.6 269.4 267.9 267.2 266.8 268.0 264.9 262.2 259.7 253.6 251.1 252.0 251.7 252.7 254.8 255.5 255.5 257.0 256.5 254.9 255.8 254.7 132 Beaufort Sea 275.8 275.8 275.8 275.1 272.7 273.0 273.1 271.8 271.1 269.2 272.4 274.6 272.9 270.2 267.7 266.2 266.4 268.2 269.5 267.7 267.0 269.5 269.5 266.1 266.2 267.2 265.2 265.7 268.7 268.6 268.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.8 267.6 267.9 268.3 267.3 265.9 266.3 265.5 264.2 263.2 262.0 261.5 260.7 259.7 258.4 257.4 257.2 258.2 258.3 261.2 259.5 256.6 260.7 264.5 261.2 259.6 258.5 257.0 256.9 256.8 258.1 136 Foxe Basin 270.2 268.7 268.8 267.2 267.4 266.9 266.5 265.4 267.5 266.3 268.4 269.0 267.5 264.3 261.5 258.6 257.9 257.5 259.8 260.3 265.8 265.2 256.1 262.3 270.5 268.0 266.1 264.4 260.3 255.1 253.6 138 Baffin Bay 254.5 253.6 253.6 253.8 254.0 254.6 254.9 253.5 254.5 253.9 252.2 250.9 248.4 245.8 245.7 243.7 242.1 241.6 240.8 240.4 241.8 246.0 245.9 244.7 250.0 252.4 254.4 252.5 247.8 245.4 243.1 139 South Greenland 261.8 260.9 260.8 261.1 263.0 263.5 261.3 260.2 257.9 255.4 253.2 253.4 254.8 253.0 251.5 250.5 250.8 248.1 250.0 253.5 251.3 249.5 253.9 250.8 248.3 252.1 256.5 259.8 259.1 254.5 253.1 140 Greenland Sea 247.4 246.8 248.3 248.4 250.6 252.1 250.9 249.1 248.8 249.7 248.1 245.2 242.2 240.6 241.1 240.2 238.7 240.6 239.9 238.2 238.6 240.3 241.2 241.4 246.2 248.6 249.2 247.7 242.6 240.7 239.6 142 Norwegian Sea 274.2 275.1 276.1 276.1 276.8 276.0 276.0 275.0 275.0 274.7 274.6 274.7 274.9 276.6 277.8 279.3 279.0 276.8 275.7 275.5 275.1 276.4 277.2 272.6 272.0 274.7 272.3 270.4 273.3 275.2 274.5 144 Barents Sea 275.1 274.4 274.4 273.8 273.4 273.9 275.1 275.2 275.1 275.1 274.5 274.2 274.1 273.3 274.7 276.2 277.6 278.8 278.8 277.8 276.5 273.8 273.2 274.5 272.8 270.5 270.1 268.9 267.9 270.5 272.8 146 Kara Sea 277.3 276.0 275.4 275.5 275.3 274.6 273.7 273.0 273.5 274.3 274.4 272.9 271.5 271.0 271.5 272.0 272.9 272.8 273.1 273.8 274.3 274.8 274.0 272.7 272.5 272.8 272.2 272.1 272.4 272.7 271.2 148 Laptev Sea 269.8 268.3 267.1 266.0 265.3 266.5 267.5 267.7 267.3 266.4 266.7 266.3 265.4 262.9 260.6 259.0 258.8 258.6 257.6 259.5 263.5 266.0 267.9 267.2 263.1 259.0 257.6 259.5 261.4 261.9 263.2 150 East Siberian Sea 265.2 266.2 266.6 265.3 263.2 262.8 263.0 263.0 260.9 259.6 258.1 256.0 256.5 257.6 258.0 257.4 257.3 256.8 255.2 252.6 253.4 257.7 259.8 259.0 258.5 258.6 255.5 252.7 251.2 251.1 248.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.4 276.6 275.6 273.5 273.5 275.0 271.6 268.7 268.6 273.8 277.7 276.1 273.8 271.8 271.0 270.1 272.9 273.8 272.4 271.7 272.9 271.7 270.6 270.7 268.5 267.3 269.4 270.5 271.0 269.9 269.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.7 276.0 274.3 275.2 279.0 276.4 272.4 273.5 278.0 279.1 277.7 276.7 274.8 274.7 276.8 276.0 275.4 272.8 268.3 264.0 264.3 266.2 266.8 266.1 262.9 261.1 263.2 264.3 262.9 263.5 263.2