1988 01 - 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 249.5 250.5 249.7 249.4 250.3 250.7 250.3 250.2 250.7 249.9 249.4 249.3 249.3 250.1 251.0 251.8 250.4 248.6 247.2 246.9 246.6 246.5 246.9 247.3 248.1 248.4 247.8 247.6 247.4 246.5 246.2 34 Hudson Bay 250.9 254.1 251.7 247.9 245.0 245.9 249.6 248.9 249.0 249.5 248.0 245.7 243.8 247.5 253.1 257.8 257.6 254.5 255.0 254.8 255.3 251.6 250.1 250.1 249.2 250.3 250.6 252.5 253.2 249.2 245.3 36 Hudson Strait 254.7 248.5 243.9 245.1 253.2 256.2 249.9 244.8 246.1 244.7 245.2 243.1 239.5 237.4 241.4 244.7 251.2 250.5 246.8 251.0 251.3 243.1 241.1 240.5 241.7 242.7 241.7 241.4 244.4 248.7 241.4 98 Bering Strait 262.5 263.7 261.7 260.4 259.0 258.9 258.8 259.2 258.4 256.6 253.6 255.5 254.7 255.3 253.5 254.0 253.0 252.6 253.7 253.6 254.5 256.6 255.2 254.5 255.6 254.2 251.9 251.2 249.5 250.8 255.1 128 Arctic subocean 233.3 234.0 235.0 235.8 236.9 237.0 238.4 241.8 242.6 241.4 240.4 239.7 244.2 241.6 237.3 239.3 242.7 241.3 238.9 239.9 239.4 240.0 242.5 241.9 240.0 239.2 234.8 234.4 233.7 235.5 236.6 130 Chukchi Sea 268.7 271.3 268.7 267.5 264.7 262.1 261.9 262.2 260.9 256.4 253.4 254.1 252.5 251.9 250.5 250.7 250.2 251.5 251.1 248.1 246.5 248.5 247.9 246.4 242.4 242.5 248.1 251.5 251.9 251.4 260.4 132 Beaufort Sea 258.9 257.5 252.3 250.7 251.7 255.9 254.3 252.6 251.5 248.4 245.9 245.6 247.6 249.9 251.7 251.9 250.4 250.1 249.1 255.8 256.0 258.6 261.3 257.1 256.1 254.8 251.7 246.8 243.2 241.1 240.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.9 243.3 240.1 239.6 244.8 247.8 244.9 245.9 241.5 242.0 241.1 238.8 240.2 242.5 240.2 237.2 238.1 236.3 234.0 234.3 234.9 238.2 238.8 242.1 242.4 241.0 240.1 236.7 233.7 234.6 235.4 136 Foxe Basin 248.6 250.9 246.3 242.8 240.1 238.4 239.2 241.5 245.2 246.2 244.0 240.9 238.8 237.4 235.0 238.7 236.8 236.3 236.2 236.2 237.5 240.1 245.9 250.1 243.5 241.1 240.0 238.0 240.8 243.8 243.7 138 Baffin Bay 234.4 234.0 235.1 235.5 233.6 233.8 233.7 236.2 239.4 238.2 239.1 242.4 241.9 242.6 241.4 246.8 243.7 238.1 235.7 234.1 232.5 232.4 234.9 237.1 238.3 237.4 235.7 235.3 238.1 241.5 242.1 139 South Greenland 244.9 245.0 243.7 243.4 243.2 241.5 244.0 247.1 248.4 245.2 246.0 246.8 247.6 248.0 250.8 255.9 247.4 243.6 241.7 239.5 240.0 243.5 245.7 246.4 243.3 245.3 245.6 248.8 252.3 250.9 252.5 140 Greenland Sea 231.8 231.8 230.1 229.7 231.4 233.5 235.7 238.1 236.9 237.5 236.1 237.5 240.7 241.3 239.4 245.9 246.0 240.5 235.7 235.3 233.2 231.8 234.5 235.1 236.2 235.1 235.0 236.2 239.9 238.6 239.2 142 Norwegian Sea 268.4 267.8 265.5 267.1 266.3 266.5 265.2 266.1 270.1 273.7 273.9 270.4 269.1 272.4 270.9 268.8 267.9 268.1 267.5 269.8 273.6 273.6 271.6 269.0 265.1 264.9 266.1 266.9 266.8 265.9 263.7 144 Barents Sea 253.0 254.7 260.6 266.1 270.0 265.7 257.1 253.2 254.7 257.6 268.2 269.0 265.8 260.2 264.9 261.7 257.6 259.5 257.4 259.3 261.3 261.6 261.3 259.5 256.0 254.4 253.3 251.4 250.8 249.9 251.3 146 Kara Sea 255.5 256.7 255.5 254.5 257.5 259.3 258.6 258.7 258.1 255.0 252.8 253.8 255.1 256.1 256.3 256.3 254.0 251.5 250.4 249.3 248.2 248.0 248.6 249.3 249.6 249.8 250.6 251.0 251.3 251.7 252.7 148 Laptev Sea 232.9 235.2 238.5 242.3 241.1 237.8 237.8 239.0 243.5 246.9 247.4 245.4 243.6 243.9 245.3 244.2 244.1 243.6 239.7 236.3 234.5 233.9 235.0 237.2 241.0 244.0 243.8 244.0 242.3 240.0 237.2 150 East Siberian Sea 240.2 242.9 242.4 240.9 242.2 242.3 239.8 238.7 239.6 239.2 240.5 242.8 243.7 242.7 238.2 236.4 234.9 233.3 234.0 233.5 232.1 230.0 227.5 232.3 245.0 246.8 242.2 242.5 241.6 237.5 235.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.6 262.9 263.5 262.2 262.0 263.4 266.4 265.9 264.3 263.0 259.9 264.4 265.6 268.0 265.2 266.1 266.7 265.9 266.2 265.1 269.2 271.2 271.4 268.2 265.5 262.2 258.8 256.1 254.8 256.7 262.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.3 274.8 272.5 270.9 269.3 272.4 273.9 274.7 271.1 267.2 264.5 266.1 264.6 266.3 264.4 262.7 265.5 265.9 261.8 255.9 268.4 267.3 267.3 265.2 260.9 256.2 255.2 255.1 261.3 268.3 272.0