1986 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 256.6 256.9 256.6 255.6 254.9 254.6 254.2 253.4 253.4 252.9 252.0 251.4 251.7 251.5 251.4 251.8 251.7 251.2 250.0 249.9 249.9 249.1 247.9 246.2 245.3 246.5 247.7 247.6 246.9 246.1 246.1 34 Hudson Bay 264.5 263.7 260.8 258.9 256.2 253.4 251.9 251.0 251.5 254.0 254.2 251.4 255.4 260.8 261.6 262.9 263.5 263.7 260.3 257.7 260.6 264.8 262.8 262.1 259.4 260.9 264.6 264.4 262.6 262.6 259.3 36 Hudson Strait 260.5 263.8 255.1 256.7 258.3 253.9 246.6 243.3 245.1 245.4 245.5 246.6 244.6 245.5 248.4 250.7 261.2 258.8 261.5 250.2 247.1 247.9 253.1 252.6 257.0 256.3 252.6 260.8 260.7 252.8 254.0 98 Bering Strait 254.3 257.1 260.6 261.0 258.8 259.5 259.6 258.2 263.5 266.3 267.6 266.9 265.2 262.2 262.9 264.7 264.0 262.3 262.1 262.6 262.9 261.8 259.0 254.7 252.8 255.2 255.2 254.4 255.5 254.7 255.8 128 Arctic subocean 235.2 234.6 236.9 237.5 239.6 239.3 237.4 235.9 238.3 236.5 242.9 247.7 246.0 250.4 251.5 249.5 246.3 246.2 243.8 244.5 245.7 243.6 244.9 245.2 241.4 240.6 241.0 240.4 238.7 239.7 237.5 130 Chukchi Sea 242.7 247.9 257.3 265.8 266.2 263.8 263.0 261.0 261.0 261.0 264.7 262.4 257.1 253.9 252.4 255.0 258.6 260.3 260.8 259.1 257.9 258.8 255.0 249.1 247.4 248.2 247.2 249.5 246.9 249.3 250.2 132 Beaufort Sea 260.4 255.5 255.8 255.6 255.3 254.9 260.3 258.2 257.9 263.1 258.9 260.7 264.4 261.1 260.3 262.8 264.5 264.4 259.0 259.0 261.8 259.2 256.7 253.2 255.9 261.1 259.4 257.4 259.6 255.2 252.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.0 241.5 242.4 240.2 238.7 240.4 242.0 246.1 249.9 245.5 242.4 245.5 247.4 244.9 245.6 241.2 240.6 244.2 246.8 247.8 247.5 245.0 240.4 239.3 239.3 241.9 240.2 238.4 241.0 238.8 238.0 136 Foxe Basin 257.6 249.5 242.0 241.1 246.1 246.9 242.1 240.9 241.2 239.3 239.0 238.3 237.3 237.5 239.5 243.3 248.0 243.8 242.1 243.1 240.0 237.9 240.9 237.9 236.8 236.1 244.1 250.2 245.9 248.2 247.6 138 Baffin Bay 241.3 244.0 242.0 238.1 236.1 235.0 235.1 236.0 237.3 237.2 242.9 243.4 244.8 251.9 251.1 249.9 251.1 248.2 246.7 247.9 248.4 247.3 243.7 238.3 235.3 234.0 237.5 237.6 239.6 241.3 242.7 139 South Greenland 242.4 242.6 243.1 242.7 241.1 241.3 242.7 244.5 244.4 246.7 248.6 249.1 251.9 254.1 254.6 256.3 254.9 251.2 250.2 251.7 251.3 256.0 254.6 247.9 244.5 242.7 245.0 245.5 246.8 247.9 248.6 140 Greenland Sea 235.6 235.6 234.1 233.4 233.2 231.9 231.1 236.3 237.5 237.1 250.8 251.8 250.5 256.7 255.1 251.8 247.9 244.2 240.5 241.1 242.4 243.6 251.1 249.3 244.8 242.5 245.3 243.6 239.6 239.7 239.6 142 Norwegian Sea 271.5 267.0 267.9 267.0 265.8 264.3 267.2 272.7 275.1 273.4 271.2 270.2 268.4 266.1 262.9 264.6 264.9 263.7 262.8 259.9 258.3 259.8 258.1 257.8 265.1 265.3 266.2 265.5 263.2 259.8 259.7 144 Barents Sea 269.9 267.4 266.1 261.7 258.8 257.3 256.6 259.5 265.1 264.6 264.2 258.2 253.5 247.5 246.2 246.9 246.1 249.7 250.8 251.1 249.9 251.2 252.1 251.4 251.0 252.6 252.9 252.3 251.1 251.9 252.4 146 Kara Sea 265.1 265.5 265.7 265.1 264.7 264.3 261.8 258.7 255.3 253.1 250.6 250.7 251.8 251.3 249.8 248.5 247.5 246.0 246.3 249.7 249.3 244.7 242.1 241.1 240.8 242.8 244.7 243.7 241.0 240.3 241.9 148 Laptev Sea 249.9 253.6 254.2 252.9 254.5 256.6 256.9 255.4 254.0 250.2 246.0 242.7 238.6 237.0 237.7 239.5 239.4 240.3 239.6 235.1 232.1 231.1 232.0 231.7 230.7 230.9 231.3 232.8 233.0 233.0 234.3 150 East Siberian Sea 235.0 236.0 235.2 235.0 235.3 235.7 236.4 237.7 238.6 237.3 240.3 245.2 244.1 242.9 244.7 246.4 245.1 242.9 239.1 237.9 239.6 243.0 245.3 244.4 241.8 239.9 240.7 241.9 241.0 239.5 236.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.3 270.2 269.2 267.3 266.3 269.8 266.7 269.4 274.7 275.2 272.6 273.3 271.8 270.8 272.6 273.1 272.2 271.5 271.4 272.7 271.4 269.3 265.7 265.8 266.5 267.7 267.8 267.6 269.9 269.3 270.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.6 271.1 272.4 273.3 271.0 267.4 267.8 273.2 274.9 276.0 275.2 274.6 274.4 273.1 273.2 274.4 273.2 273.9 273.9 274.0 271.7 272.3 268.2 263.3 261.0 255.9 258.4 263.0 262.5 263.1 265.9