1985 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 251.7 251.3 251.0 251.3 252.4 253.3 253.6 254.0 253.9 253.8 253.0 252.1 252.2 252.6 252.2 252.0 251.9 251.0 251.2 251.5 252.3 252.9 252.2 252.1 252.5 251.9 251.8 252.0 251.3 250.7 249.5 34 Hudson Bay 250.8 252.3 252.8 254.5 256.1 259.8 261.7 261.8 261.7 259.1 257.4 253.2 250.3 249.4 249.4 250.2 250.2 251.3 253.2 253.2 257.1 259.1 255.6 250.7 254.0 258.6 256.2 257.9 258.0 258.1 255.6 36 Hudson Strait 256.3 255.1 257.1 260.4 257.3 259.5 267.2 267.1 264.2 262.3 259.5 255.9 254.4 254.6 247.7 246.6 252.2 253.8 257.0 257.3 251.0 246.2 251.3 258.9 260.5 255.7 253.8 254.3 249.5 248.3 246.3 98 Bering Strait 258.0 257.7 255.1 252.1 254.3 252.1 250.6 252.7 259.1 263.9 265.3 266.0 266.1 266.0 262.5 260.1 259.2 256.4 261.0 263.4 263.0 264.6 266.1 267.2 264.9 261.4 263.5 265.1 265.7 264.3 261.0 128 Arctic subocean 243.6 244.0 244.3 246.5 248.8 246.1 245.8 245.9 244.1 241.1 240.6 239.4 241.1 242.8 243.6 243.5 244.6 244.1 242.4 241.0 241.4 240.7 241.6 241.6 241.5 241.4 243.1 245.4 243.7 241.6 239.5 130 Chukchi Sea 261.9 260.8 256.9 252.6 247.5 243.3 240.4 249.3 257.1 258.1 260.1 265.1 266.4 264.5 259.7 253.2 249.3 245.5 250.3 257.1 256.4 261.2 261.3 261.5 259.4 261.9 262.9 262.9 262.4 260.9 257.1 132 Beaufort Sea 251.0 249.7 248.2 249.3 258.3 261.0 260.1 257.6 256.3 258.2 257.5 253.0 255.1 256.2 252.4 252.0 254.2 257.8 259.9 264.8 268.2 264.1 261.6 264.8 270.1 264.7 258.5 259.0 260.1 257.2 251.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.7 245.1 244.2 244.5 246.2 251.4 254.6 254.9 251.7 246.7 245.4 245.7 245.0 245.0 245.9 246.5 244.5 243.7 244.2 244.8 241.5 240.8 239.8 244.5 247.2 246.2 253.4 255.3 251.5 246.4 243.4 136 Foxe Basin 253.7 253.4 255.0 260.2 266.5 266.8 263.4 260.2 257.5 255.5 250.9 254.7 257.8 258.4 260.0 261.7 257.3 254.5 252.8 250.6 250.0 249.4 248.3 247.6 251.3 263.2 267.0 258.1 251.9 251.9 253.0 138 Baffin Bay 247.4 247.1 248.9 250.5 250.7 249.1 249.6 248.3 244.2 242.2 241.2 242.1 242.7 241.4 243.8 243.0 245.4 245.1 243.8 243.7 242.9 242.8 241.3 240.2 239.5 241.8 247.2 252.0 248.3 247.2 246.2 139 South Greenland 251.0 252.0 252.3 253.9 255.3 254.3 251.3 249.9 250.5 251.7 249.9 248.6 247.0 247.2 246.8 249.7 254.8 253.2 252.3 250.3 247.3 245.8 243.9 242.9 242.5 245.5 250.6 252.1 250.4 250.6 250.5 140 Greenland Sea 244.1 242.4 241.9 242.1 244.9 245.8 244.6 243.8 239.9 235.7 233.3 235.7 239.7 242.3 241.7 238.3 239.0 239.6 237.1 237.4 236.9 236.7 237.4 236.9 236.1 236.8 237.6 242.1 241.0 239.9 239.9 142 Norwegian Sea 261.7 262.5 266.9 266.2 262.8 260.9 263.0 266.9 267.3 265.8 268.8 273.8 273.8 271.2 267.3 263.6 261.9 262.5 264.4 263.8 265.1 268.0 268.1 264.8 260.7 259.1 261.0 261.5 263.8 262.9 263.5 144 Barents Sea 257.3 258.9 258.0 255.0 252.8 253.2 255.4 257.2 257.9 261.5 261.0 260.5 263.2 262.6 258.8 256.7 255.7 252.6 251.5 251.0 250.2 252.8 253.4 252.3 254.9 257.1 261.4 262.1 260.6 263.5 264.4 146 Kara Sea 254.1 253.2 252.1 251.3 252.1 253.0 253.6 255.6 256.8 256.5 255.7 256.0 255.7 256.1 256.0 255.3 255.0 254.3 253.9 254.3 256.9 258.9 258.1 257.5 255.4 251.9 249.6 247.7 247.4 247.8 249.5 148 Laptev Sea 244.8 242.3 243.6 245.9 245.9 246.8 246.2 245.6 244.4 244.3 241.5 240.1 241.6 243.5 245.6 247.7 246.2 242.1 239.4 238.2 237.7 238.6 240.9 243.0 242.5 242.2 242.0 239.3 237.9 237.1 234.6 150 East Siberian Sea 250.5 254.5 256.3 253.1 249.4 245.5 243.6 240.6 237.6 239.4 243.9 247.3 248.4 249.0 250.4 248.4 247.2 245.5 244.8 242.3 240.1 238.0 235.6 234.7 236.0 237.4 241.4 248.5 249.7 248.7 247.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.1 260.7 257.8 261.9 265.4 265.1 266.6 266.7 268.4 271.7 273.9 272.7 269.2 270.6 271.1 270.2 270.9 269.3 274.8 274.7 275.5 274.9 274.6 275.0 271.0 268.1 269.6 270.1 270.7 269.8 268.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.0 272.0 264.9 264.5 259.7 257.8 259.9 270.2 274.9 275.8 277.0 274.2 273.8 274.9 271.3 270.1 267.6 267.2 273.0 271.4 273.7 275.0 274.7 271.6 271.8 274.0 277.1 274.2 274.1 274.4 271.7