1984 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 271.9 271.7 271.4 270.8 270.3 270.0 269.4 269.1 268.9 268.9 268.7 268.6 268.8 268.6 267.9 267.4 266.6 265.9 266.0 266.0 265.7 265.6 265.7 265.1 264.8 264.8 264.4 263.7 262.1 261.0 260.2 34 Hudson Bay 276.4 278.2 276.3 273.9 275.1 278.4 278.0 278.9 282.0 283.7 283.9 283.8 283.9 282.6 280.3 279.3 278.1 275.7 274.5 273.6 271.4 270.7 270.2 268.4 267.2 270.7 271.3 267.9 264.6 263.7 262.2 36 Hudson Strait 272.7 271.4 276.0 273.2 271.5 272.0 273.2 272.1 271.2 273.5 276.9 273.0 273.3 276.0 278.2 280.1 279.1 276.4 273.3 271.4 270.0 268.0 266.9 268.1 266.4 265.0 266.5 273.1 271.7 268.7 267.5 98 Bering Strait 275.3 274.1 273.4 272.9 271.2 272.0 271.8 271.7 271.2 270.5 270.1 270.6 270.6 270.5 269.5 271.0 269.3 268.5 269.5 267.8 266.7 266.9 268.2 266.9 265.5 261.7 262.4 263.3 259.9 259.3 259.8 128 Arctic subocean 254.5 254.5 255.2 255.7 257.8 256.4 258.1 256.7 257.8 257.6 255.4 257.8 261.3 264.0 258.0 253.2 254.2 254.2 250.7 247.1 250.1 250.4 252.0 250.3 246.5 244.6 242.7 241.7 240.6 241.8 243.0 130 Chukchi Sea 273.0 272.8 272.4 270.1 268.6 268.3 268.7 269.5 268.9 268.4 267.9 267.5 266.9 267.5 269.6 272.3 274.3 270.9 270.0 266.2 264.4 264.6 265.7 264.5 261.0 262.9 265.5 263.4 262.6 261.6 263.2 132 Beaufort Sea 274.0 273.0 272.0 272.6 273.3 272.5 275.4 278.6 277.4 276.9 277.1 276.3 275.1 273.4 271.7 270.7 270.0 269.6 269.5 269.3 267.8 266.1 266.1 265.8 266.9 262.3 258.2 256.5 254.5 251.7 250.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.0 261.9 262.3 263.9 263.8 263.6 264.5 267.0 267.8 266.6 267.7 271.2 272.6 271.3 268.5 265.3 263.0 265.7 266.2 260.9 258.7 258.2 256.7 256.2 257.5 257.9 256.7 254.9 253.0 251.8 253.6 136 Foxe Basin 265.3 264.5 264.6 266.3 267.6 265.2 266.3 265.2 267.5 270.1 269.9 268.1 271.5 273.2 273.1 274.3 271.0 264.8 267.0 264.8 263.1 261.9 260.5 258.5 255.9 256.9 259.1 261.2 265.0 267.1 263.6 138 Baffin Bay 257.2 257.8 257.0 257.6 257.0 254.9 254.0 251.8 252.7 253.6 250.2 251.0 254.2 259.5 259.8 255.9 253.0 247.7 246.3 245.6 248.3 249.6 249.8 249.6 247.0 247.0 246.3 246.5 246.8 245.3 246.3 139 South Greenland 262.2 262.4 262.3 261.5 259.8 259.8 257.4 255.7 254.6 254.1 254.5 254.2 255.7 257.2 259.3 260.6 259.7 254.7 251.8 253.4 254.9 256.4 256.1 254.8 254.9 254.2 254.8 256.0 255.0 254.5 252.6 140 Greenland Sea 255.0 256.7 258.4 255.7 255.2 252.1 251.1 249.6 248.3 247.9 247.1 245.7 247.2 251.4 255.8 249.6 246.4 240.5 237.8 239.0 242.1 244.0 245.2 244.8 242.6 244.1 244.4 244.0 242.3 241.6 242.5 142 Norwegian Sea 279.0 278.4 282.8 282.2 282.2 281.1 280.6 279.4 277.6 277.2 276.7 275.8 275.0 275.6 275.6 276.2 277.5 274.4 274.1 274.3 274.5 274.3 272.1 271.4 270.1 271.9 272.7 271.5 273.6 276.6 277.0 144 Barents Sea 279.7 278.9 278.6 278.2 277.0 276.3 274.8 272.6 272.0 272.1 270.0 269.6 269.0 267.2 266.6 266.5 266.7 268.8 270.1 271.6 274.5 276.1 275.3 273.4 271.5 268.9 268.4 268.6 267.9 268.4 268.4 146 Kara Sea 274.8 274.6 274.7 274.4 273.2 271.9 270.6 269.8 269.0 268.7 268.5 268.7 268.2 267.6 267.8 267.8 268.2 269.5 270.5 271.1 270.6 270.2 270.5 271.3 272.1 272.7 271.5 269.9 267.9 266.9 266.0 148 Laptev Sea 269.7 268.8 267.8 267.6 266.9 266.4 265.5 264.4 263.3 262.8 262.5 262.1 262.8 263.2 262.1 259.8 258.7 257.7 257.8 258.6 259.6 260.6 260.3 258.7 258.3 259.6 260.9 262.6 262.2 260.0 257.9 150 East Siberian Sea 268.7 269.0 268.8 268.1 267.3 266.3 264.4 263.6 262.9 262.2 261.2 260.0 261.0 260.5 259.3 262.7 260.9 259.8 263.8 267.2 263.8 261.8 264.4 265.5 264.9 264.6 265.2 264.5 263.0 262.6 260.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.8 278.5 276.7 275.3 275.0 276.7 277.3 276.1 275.1 273.5 272.9 273.4 273.1 271.9 269.6 270.2 269.9 269.8 270.2 269.2 271.3 273.0 274.6 271.4 270.1 265.2 262.6 263.4 260.7 259.4 262.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.4 278.8 279.0 278.4 278.1 276.4 273.6 271.5 270.7 271.0 271.1 272.4 273.4 271.7 272.7 274.8 274.8 271.9 271.0 270.3 268.0 268.7 269.8 269.2 269.1 266.2 266.7 267.4 268.0 272.3 274.8