1983 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 255.7 254.6 254.7 254.5 254.3 253.8 252.9 251.3 250.2 249.7 250.1 250.8 251.1 250.0 250.2 251.0 251.1 250.3 250.0 249.5 249.2 249.8 250.1 252.1 254.0 254.7 254.0 252.7 252.1 250.8 250.5 34 Hudson Bay 259.8 256.1 255.2 255.9 254.1 253.0 252.9 251.2 248.9 247.3 250.7 253.3 254.8 253.4 249.2 245.4 243.7 243.3 243.1 243.9 243.5 245.5 245.3 247.9 254.8 258.2 255.0 251.6 251.1 252.4 251.3 36 Hudson Strait 250.9 257.1 258.3 255.1 260.8 256.3 252.7 260.5 259.5 254.1 251.5 250.8 254.9 253.7 256.5 247.7 242.0 240.9 240.9 240.5 242.7 240.1 249.6 254.3 253.6 252.0 252.8 249.2 249.5 244.2 244.5 98 Bering Strait 264.9 263.4 263.3 261.4 261.2 260.7 257.0 254.2 252.8 251.5 251.6 251.7 250.3 249.9 249.6 250.7 252.9 259.2 262.2 260.5 260.4 259.7 258.9 260.1 262.1 259.2 256.5 254.6 254.0 252.6 249.7 128 Arctic subocean 240.7 246.1 246.6 243.3 241.8 241.5 243.1 243.0 243.6 245.0 244.9 244.9 242.1 238.9 239.7 239.3 239.4 238.3 238.9 239.8 249.1 249.4 247.0 250.2 242.0 237.4 236.9 237.8 237.8 237.2 239.3 130 Chukchi Sea 265.4 262.3 259.6 257.9 260.0 265.4 266.1 262.2 258.5 253.3 253.1 253.6 252.2 249.0 249.7 252.7 259.8 264.9 267.1 269.6 268.8 269.4 268.8 267.5 266.4 266.4 264.5 260.3 257.1 252.1 243.0 132 Beaufort Sea 257.4 256.5 255.4 252.7 254.3 254.5 248.6 243.9 241.7 243.6 246.0 247.2 246.3 242.0 241.6 242.9 243.9 245.3 250.2 251.2 250.7 250.3 251.9 254.9 260.5 260.4 257.3 253.8 254.5 251.4 252.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.8 244.7 243.1 243.2 244.8 245.9 245.9 245.5 243.7 242.3 241.8 239.3 237.8 238.8 241.3 243.3 243.4 241.9 241.2 242.0 242.6 248.2 252.8 262.4 260.0 250.7 246.6 244.7 244.2 238.4 240.4 136 Foxe Basin 244.1 249.2 253.8 252.9 252.5 253.1 249.9 247.3 247.1 247.1 242.3 242.3 243.5 244.1 247.6 241.6 239.6 237.1 238.0 240.4 244.6 243.1 242.4 245.4 249.0 248.0 242.8 239.2 238.8 237.4 236.2 138 Baffin Bay 246.6 245.4 243.2 242.2 242.3 241.8 244.6 243.2 245.2 247.9 245.8 244.3 242.0 238.4 238.0 243.0 242.6 240.0 238.5 237.9 241.5 243.3 241.2 242.8 241.2 241.9 243.5 240.1 238.5 236.8 237.9 139 South Greenland 254.8 250.2 250.0 249.7 248.8 248.3 249.2 247.6 253.0 251.3 249.6 247.5 246.6 245.6 245.4 248.6 249.2 247.7 247.2 250.1 250.0 246.6 243.6 243.7 246.4 251.1 249.7 246.0 244.4 244.3 244.6 140 Greenland Sea 244.5 249.7 248.1 243.6 241.8 239.2 238.7 238.0 238.1 240.7 238.9 238.3 237.0 235.0 235.2 236.6 239.2 238.2 237.9 237.5 240.3 242.0 235.6 234.7 233.7 233.7 235.8 237.9 235.1 235.8 238.6 142 Norwegian Sea 267.6 273.2 275.5 273.2 271.4 268.9 268.6 269.6 264.1 263.7 265.4 265.9 266.7 270.6 274.2 273.1 269.8 266.1 264.2 264.3 263.7 264.7 265.9 266.4 263.6 265.9 270.9 270.3 269.4 269.6 269.5 144 Barents Sea 260.0 258.6 261.1 261.3 257.2 257.5 260.0 259.2 260.6 263.0 262.2 263.4 262.2 260.8 265.5 266.3 265.7 264.5 263.4 261.1 260.8 264.5 266.9 269.5 269.2 265.2 262.7 263.6 262.8 259.2 257.8 146 Kara Sea 260.7 261.1 260.7 257.7 256.9 257.8 258.7 259.2 259.0 258.6 259.3 260.9 262.3 261.5 260.4 259.9 257.9 254.7 253.5 253.7 253.4 254.2 255.7 258.0 260.4 261.0 260.7 258.8 258.2 258.3 258.6 148 Laptev Sea 247.4 243.8 244.7 251.4 254.2 251.2 247.2 243.4 240.4 239.0 237.0 236.4 238.6 238.3 241.9 248.7 251.5 250.4 247.1 243.0 240.5 239.1 238.4 238.1 237.0 241.7 246.5 250.6 250.6 248.5 246.4 150 East Siberian Sea 243.5 243.6 248.3 250.0 246.4 244.7 246.0 242.9 239.2 239.0 240.5 241.9 239.7 239.6 241.7 242.2 244.3 246.8 249.7 245.9 244.5 245.6 241.7 244.5 244.9 245.2 244.2 239.9 239.5 235.8 234.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.5 269.9 269.8 269.2 268.8 268.6 266.9 262.0 258.2 259.3 263.3 262.6 261.9 261.8 259.3 256.6 258.4 259.8 260.5 262.0 262.7 262.6 262.1 263.1 266.2 264.5 260.7 259.5 259.2 257.3 261.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.5 272.3 272.0 272.5 274.3 274.8 272.5 270.2 264.5 259.9 260.5 263.0 261.7 256.4 258.8 264.9 271.8 272.0 271.1 274.9 275.5 274.3 271.6 266.8 268.7 267.0 263.4 264.3 266.6 266.0 265.3