1987 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 255.8 255.5 254.6 255.0 255.4 255.5 255.5 254.9 254.6 254.4 254.2 253.9 253.8 253.1 252.1 251.8 251.2 251.4 251.6 251.6 250.8 248.9 247.7 247.6 247.5 247.2 246.9 247.4 247.8 247.9 247.6 34 Hudson Bay 265.9 264.4 262.9 263.2 263.2 265.2 267.5 270.1 269.4 268.3 268.9 267.5 264.9 261.9 260.6 258.7 257.1 258.3 260.5 262.1 260.0 258.3 256.6 254.7 254.3 258.0 258.5 257.2 255.2 254.1 251.3 36 Hudson Strait 263.2 265.7 266.9 264.8 261.0 257.8 256.0 261.0 258.9 253.8 255.1 258.0 255.5 252.2 252.4 252.4 251.0 251.7 250.4 248.7 255.9 261.8 256.9 253.8 251.4 247.7 243.8 243.2 242.2 245.2 245.7 98 Bering Strait 252.3 251.8 252.8 252.4 250.4 248.5 251.3 252.8 253.8 251.1 249.2 250.4 255.0 252.0 250.6 252.7 254.2 255.3 255.2 257.0 255.3 251.5 252.0 259.0 260.0 255.5 253.0 253.6 257.4 259.8 259.7 128 Arctic subocean 241.7 241.5 241.7 245.9 250.4 252.5 250.9 247.9 247.7 247.0 246.1 244.5 243.2 239.1 237.1 236.5 237.6 236.6 234.9 234.8 235.0 235.7 237.1 237.8 238.1 238.3 238.6 238.0 235.9 235.1 233.7 130 Chukchi Sea 241.2 243.1 246.6 247.0 246.2 245.3 247.5 250.1 249.7 247.0 243.1 243.0 247.0 248.3 249.3 251.1 250.3 249.7 249.2 250.4 249.0 244.3 242.3 250.5 253.8 247.7 242.7 251.1 263.9 268.4 266.2 132 Beaufort Sea 263.2 263.7 263.5 262.5 260.3 258.2 261.9 261.0 260.6 259.7 261.5 262.0 258.5 256.8 255.7 253.1 253.2 256.7 257.1 254.5 256.2 257.2 255.1 258.5 263.5 263.6 260.3 258.7 256.1 254.0 254.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.3 260.1 259.2 258.3 256.6 256.6 255.7 255.1 255.7 257.2 258.3 258.1 256.4 253.1 249.3 246.8 244.9 246.0 245.5 244.9 242.3 241.3 241.7 241.2 241.9 243.1 244.5 246.7 245.8 242.1 242.0 136 Foxe Basin 251.7 253.6 256.4 256.0 253.6 248.9 253.3 255.0 255.4 252.0 250.8 250.6 253.3 255.3 253.7 248.9 246.3 242.7 244.2 248.9 251.0 254.3 256.7 256.0 253.1 248.5 244.9 244.6 246.6 247.2 246.8 138 Baffin Bay 243.1 245.3 243.0 242.9 246.2 249.9 248.0 246.4 243.7 244.1 244.1 244.7 243.3 241.8 240.5 238.4 236.7 234.7 234.5 234.7 233.9 232.3 233.8 235.8 237.2 236.6 237.6 238.1 237.8 237.8 235.2 139 South Greenland 253.7 257.3 252.9 254.3 256.6 256.1 257.8 255.7 254.9 259.3 257.4 254.3 254.8 255.6 251.4 248.2 247.2 248.1 250.9 253.7 252.5 247.6 246.7 245.7 245.9 246.8 249.4 250.9 250.0 248.7 246.8 140 Greenland Sea 239.9 243.7 238.5 235.6 238.8 246.2 245.4 243.5 241.3 239.7 239.4 238.4 237.2 235.9 236.0 234.5 233.1 233.3 233.6 236.8 238.3 236.8 235.4 236.6 238.9 237.5 236.1 235.6 234.8 234.0 233.4 142 Norwegian Sea 272.9 272.1 273.1 273.2 269.6 263.6 262.1 267.6 270.7 270.8 268.7 268.4 269.9 266.5 267.2 265.2 267.1 267.0 268.1 268.9 267.2 268.8 272.0 273.5 274.1 269.3 269.3 268.6 268.5 266.8 266.6 144 Barents Sea 267.4 267.4 262.6 264.4 264.9 260.7 259.5 261.9 263.9 260.3 256.6 254.3 253.9 253.0 255.8 257.7 257.8 257.4 254.8 253.7 254.7 254.3 253.3 251.2 256.9 264.1 264.3 260.1 257.3 254.4 253.9 146 Kara Sea 255.5 256.3 258.0 259.9 259.1 258.3 256.8 255.0 255.3 257.2 259.3 259.7 261.4 262.4 261.0 260.4 258.1 258.5 258.7 257.5 255.0 251.6 249.9 249.4 247.4 245.6 246.6 249.5 252.5 253.8 253.6 148 Laptev Sea 250.0 246.1 242.9 243.5 247.8 249.8 247.2 244.1 243.4 241.6 237.5 236.9 237.5 236.3 237.1 239.0 240.5 238.5 237.8 238.9 240.7 239.3 236.2 233.8 231.1 230.1 229.9 228.8 228.2 228.2 229.2 150 East Siberian Sea 240.8 238.6 234.8 232.9 234.0 235.5 237.3 234.8 233.6 233.6 235.2 234.5 234.3 237.5 234.9 236.8 239.2 236.8 234.9 234.1 232.2 229.4 228.5 229.0 228.9 227.6 226.2 226.6 229.7 234.0 238.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.8 265.2 266.3 265.6 263.9 261.2 265.1 268.5 266.3 262.9 263.4 264.4 262.7 259.1 255.5 260.6 265.8 264.6 269.4 269.6 267.6 264.6 269.3 273.6 271.9 268.8 264.9 262.2 262.2 262.5 263.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 247.7 246.8 248.1 248.7 251.6 256.4 255.8 256.1 256.9 255.0 253.0 250.5 250.3 249.1 254.9 266.6 266.2 266.5 271.1 267.7 261.1 257.0 270.1 274.5 270.4 262.5 260.2 267.1 273.6 272.9 271.8