1986 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 271.0 270.5 270.5 270.8 271.1 271.2 270.7 270.3 270.2 269.5 268.8 268.2 267.5 267.1 267.2 267.4 268.1 268.4 268.0 267.9 267.6 266.3 264.8 264.1 263.9 263.9 263.8 263.2 262.6 262.0 261.3 34 Hudson Bay 277.4 275.0 273.3 274.4 273.7 275.5 275.8 272.6 271.6 273.8 271.2 273.0 273.4 272.4 272.7 273.6 275.3 276.8 276.6 276.9 277.2 276.5 274.1 274.1 272.2 272.4 273.4 271.6 268.3 267.2 267.3 36 Hudson Strait 276.4 274.6 273.3 271.5 270.3 270.3 269.1 270.4 270.0 268.2 270.5 268.2 271.1 266.9 263.8 264.0 265.0 269.6 270.0 267.5 267.8 268.3 267.1 266.3 263.6 260.1 263.3 264.7 267.0 263.4 265.1 98 Bering Strait 273.4 273.0 270.6 272.1 271.3 269.3 268.7 269.4 269.7 272.2 270.8 267.7 269.7 270.2 269.1 268.3 266.1 266.1 266.4 267.0 267.2 266.3 265.0 265.3 267.1 265.6 265.2 263.8 263.3 262.3 262.2 128 Arctic subocean 252.0 253.6 253.3 252.5 251.4 250.0 250.5 248.9 247.6 245.5 247.7 247.7 247.4 249.4 249.6 250.8 249.0 247.9 248.2 247.8 246.8 245.5 243.8 243.8 245.3 247.7 249.0 249.3 247.7 245.0 245.1 130 Chukchi Sea 270.7 269.7 266.6 267.3 266.8 265.2 265.0 264.9 263.0 265.0 260.5 257.0 261.6 264.2 263.4 262.6 263.1 264.1 264.0 262.7 261.8 260.7 259.2 259.2 265.2 266.6 265.3 265.2 263.6 262.6 264.4 132 Beaufort Sea 271.1 271.3 272.3 272.5 275.5 275.1 270.1 270.2 272.9 271.3 275.0 274.7 273.7 275.7 277.9 276.4 274.6 273.4 272.4 273.2 273.5 272.1 272.4 271.7 271.1 270.6 267.3 262.2 262.0 262.7 260.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.5 262.5 262.8 261.9 262.7 262.3 260.8 259.8 261.3 256.9 258.0 260.9 254.6 255.1 256.0 260.0 263.0 261.9 262.3 262.5 261.0 260.8 253.5 249.9 249.7 251.9 252.8 254.8 256.7 254.1 250.2 136 Foxe Basin 271.0 270.1 267.3 266.1 264.9 263.0 262.6 261.4 260.2 259.8 257.7 254.8 256.5 256.3 254.8 254.2 257.2 258.5 259.9 258.4 258.9 257.3 261.1 251.9 248.2 248.9 249.0 249.4 250.3 249.6 254.4 138 Baffin Bay 247.1 248.1 249.1 251.5 251.3 249.2 248.6 250.0 250.5 247.5 247.5 244.9 245.8 245.8 246.1 244.6 246.2 244.4 244.3 245.1 245.1 243.0 242.0 240.6 241.5 242.6 244.3 243.7 241.5 240.3 243.1 139 South Greenland 254.8 255.7 260.5 261.5 259.2 257.4 258.8 263.5 262.6 260.5 259.0 257.0 256.5 255.6 255.0 254.2 256.3 254.1 252.5 254.1 254.4 253.5 251.4 252.4 251.3 251.8 252.3 251.9 249.9 252.1 253.5 140 Greenland Sea 243.6 244.4 244.4 247.8 245.7 245.5 245.1 247.2 250.1 250.6 253.9 254.4 253.2 249.7 247.9 246.3 243.9 245.1 245.9 248.0 248.2 246.5 243.8 241.7 241.3 241.9 241.7 241.8 241.6 242.2 242.2 142 Norwegian Sea 281.8 278.4 275.5 274.8 274.6 276.4 277.4 273.4 274.7 276.1 277.3 279.8 279.9 279.8 279.6 277.7 275.8 277.4 278.2 276.7 275.5 274.3 273.6 274.2 273.8 274.3 276.3 278.4 278.2 276.8 277.2 144 Barents Sea 272.2 273.5 275.1 275.1 274.5 273.3 272.7 272.1 271.5 271.5 271.3 271.4 272.9 274.9 274.7 276.0 275.8 273.4 273.0 273.3 273.4 274.5 277.0 276.6 275.5 274.3 274.5 274.6 275.2 274.3 273.3 146 Kara Sea 274.9 274.2 274.9 275.6 276.6 277.4 277.5 276.6 275.2 274.1 273.8 273.3 272.8 272.5 272.2 271.9 272.1 272.7 273.0 272.1 270.6 268.7 266.6 265.9 267.1 267.4 268.0 268.9 268.9 267.8 266.8 148 Laptev Sea 272.9 272.2 270.7 270.4 271.9 272.2 272.0 272.6 273.1 271.7 268.8 266.9 263.9 262.1 262.1 264.5 266.2 266.8 265.4 265.4 266.2 264.6 263.6 262.0 260.2 260.2 258.7 257.2 257.6 257.4 256.6 150 East Siberian Sea 270.4 269.6 270.9 268.6 265.9 266.9 266.9 265.5 267.1 262.7 261.6 259.5 257.0 255.3 257.4 257.5 260.2 262.9 260.9 259.7 257.7 254.7 254.6 257.4 258.0 256.9 255.5 256.9 256.2 256.1 253.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.3 277.7 278.0 277.3 275.5 273.8 274.1 275.8 275.5 278.5 278.5 277.6 278.5 278.7 276.5 274.2 272.7 272.6 272.8 273.5 275.6 275.6 274.2 273.6 273.2 270.2 268.8 266.8 264.3 264.5 265.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.1 279.0 276.6 274.7 274.3 272.5 275.4 276.7 277.1 280.1 276.4 275.7 278.3 277.3 274.3 272.1 273.4 271.1 268.0 270.2 273.7 274.4 273.3 269.1 270.1 270.3 269.1 266.8 266.8 268.5 266.9