1986 08 - 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 285.6 285.6 285.5 285.5 285.2 284.9 284.9 284.8 284.6 284.0 283.5 283.0 282.6 282.2 281.8 281.7 282.2 282.5 282.6 282.4 281.9 281.5 281.5 281.2 280.9 281.1 281.5 281.7 281.4 280.5 280.0 34 Hudson Bay 288.0 288.6 289.4 289.4 288.9 288.7 288.8 288.5 286.6 285.1 285.9 287.8 288.8 287.9 288.0 286.9 285.6 286.3 288.5 287.0 284.9 284.7 285.9 287.4 284.3 282.0 281.8 283.3 285.8 286.6 285.5 36 Hudson Strait 290.0 288.6 288.2 286.6 283.7 284.3 285.8 286.9 287.7 287.7 285.6 282.4 279.8 280.5 282.8 284.8 287.8 283.0 282.4 285.4 287.1 280.2 281.6 282.7 281.3 281.7 281.5 280.2 277.8 279.0 279.7 98 Bering Strait 283.0 285.0 285.9 284.7 284.1 282.0 281.9 282.5 284.2 284.5 283.8 283.7 281.6 280.4 281.4 281.1 280.7 281.3 281.3 281.9 282.8 280.3 276.2 277.5 279.5 281.2 282.2 282.0 280.9 281.1 280.6 128 Arctic subocean 273.3 273.3 273.8 273.3 273.0 272.1 272.0 272.3 272.4 272.6 272.4 272.1 271.2 272.2 272.9 274.1 274.6 275.2 273.9 273.6 273.9 271.9 272.9 273.2 272.9 273.5 272.6 270.9 270.1 268.1 267.2 130 Chukchi Sea 278.9 281.8 280.8 281.9 281.4 280.8 280.7 281.4 281.9 281.7 281.3 280.9 280.3 279.6 280.5 279.9 278.4 279.4 279.0 280.1 280.6 276.4 276.1 276.1 276.1 277.8 278.1 277.4 279.1 279.7 278.3 132 Beaufort Sea 288.0 289.3 289.8 288.9 287.5 286.8 286.5 285.8 286.1 288.3 290.2 289.3 287.7 285.6 282.9 282.0 282.8 282.9 282.4 282.2 282.0 282.4 281.5 277.7 277.9 281.3 284.7 286.4 286.1 282.6 280.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.1 279.4 280.5 280.6 277.8 276.6 277.0 277.4 278.4 280.1 280.4 280.2 279.5 278.3 277.2 277.0 277.4 277.7 277.5 277.4 276.0 276.0 275.3 274.7 274.8 274.5 274.3 274.9 274.6 272.5 270.7 136 Foxe Basin 283.2 284.0 280.6 280.4 278.6 275.6 276.3 276.5 278.0 278.6 276.7 276.8 276.5 276.9 277.2 278.6 278.5 277.9 277.5 277.3 278.4 276.4 275.4 277.5 279.1 277.9 277.3 277.7 278.1 276.9 273.3 138 Baffin Bay 268.4 269.9 270.8 270.1 269.6 269.6 268.9 268.2 268.5 267.9 267.7 268.0 268.7 271.4 272.4 272.9 272.4 272.6 271.5 272.2 271.0 271.3 270.9 268.9 268.7 268.6 267.5 267.4 268.4 268.4 266.4 139 South Greenland 268.0 269.7 271.1 273.2 272.5 271.7 270.0 269.5 270.9 270.5 269.4 271.4 273.0 272.6 271.8 271.2 270.5 270.2 271.0 271.5 270.4 270.5 271.4 269.4 268.1 268.4 268.1 269.2 270.2 270.3 269.3 140 Greenland Sea 265.9 266.0 267.4 268.7 267.4 266.1 265.5 266.9 268.1 267.8 267.6 267.5 267.5 268.3 268.6 268.5 268.0 269.2 267.3 267.0 267.2 266.2 268.9 267.2 265.7 265.6 264.0 262.7 262.7 262.5 262.9 142 Norwegian Sea 287.8 286.2 285.4 284.8 284.6 282.0 281.7 283.6 284.1 284.2 283.6 283.9 283.7 283.8 284.4 284.4 283.8 283.0 281.7 280.9 281.1 281.7 281.5 280.4 280.3 280.1 280.1 280.8 281.4 281.4 280.3 144 Barents Sea 289.3 288.6 287.8 287.4 287.2 288.4 286.2 284.0 284.0 284.3 283.6 282.3 281.5 280.8 280.1 280.1 280.3 280.4 280.8 281.3 281.2 281.4 281.6 281.0 281.1 281.8 282.6 279.6 277.7 277.6 279.8 146 Kara Sea 290.3 289.4 288.7 288.4 288.6 288.5 288.8 288.8 288.4 286.9 285.9 285.2 285.0 284.9 285.0 285.7 286.5 286.6 285.8 285.0 284.5 284.5 284.9 285.1 284.9 285.5 285.9 286.4 285.5 284.0 282.8 148 Laptev Sea 287.8 287.2 287.4 288.7 290.2 290.9 291.5 291.0 289.5 287.7 285.1 283.0 282.4 281.8 280.9 281.8 283.0 283.7 284.2 284.1 283.5 283.1 283.8 284.4 284.4 283.8 283.9 283.3 282.1 281.8 283.0 150 East Siberian Sea 285.1 285.2 282.2 280.9 279.8 279.3 279.1 280.8 282.0 282.9 284.3 281.1 279.4 282.1 279.2 276.3 278.7 280.5 281.8 283.9 284.5 283.0 280.7 278.7 279.6 280.2 279.8 280.1 279.0 276.5 276.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 282.7 283.5 283.8 283.1 282.6 281.0 281.6 281.9 282.4 283.0 282.2 282.3 280.2 279.4 279.4 279.5 280.5 281.1 280.1 280.4 280.7 281.6 278.7 279.3 281.6 282.6 282.9 282.3 281.0 280.7 280.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.0 285.5 284.9 284.1 283.2 282.6 283.1 283.3 283.8 283.2 282.1 282.7 282.0 281.7 281.1 282.6 283.7 283.6 283.3 284.7 284.8 284.9 282.9 282.9 284.6 285.2 285.5 284.7 284.0 284.0 283.8