1988 05 - 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 270.5 270.6 270.9 271.1 271.6 272.5 273.2 273.4 272.8 272.5 272.6 273.3 273.9 274.4 274.3 274.8 275.8 276.2 276.5 276.6 276.3 276.8 277.4 277.6 277.7 277.9 278.4 278.8 279.4 279.9 280.1 34 Hudson Bay 280.4 278.7 276.5 276.3 275.9 276.7 278.8 279.8 279.3 276.7 274.2 274.7 274.7 276.5 275.3 274.7 279.3 281.8 283.2 282.9 282.1 282.2 281.7 280.5 282.3 283.6 283.3 284.1 285.5 286.6 285.7 36 Hudson Strait 272.2 276.4 274.7 270.2 268.3 267.7 267.4 271.8 273.6 277.6 274.3 267.9 273.1 272.9 270.8 271.8 270.0 272.7 277.5 280.2 276.4 274.7 274.9 273.2 273.4 275.5 277.2 275.7 276.1 279.2 275.7 98 Bering Strait 271.4 271.7 272.9 273.6 273.8 274.8 275.5 274.9 275.7 276.0 277.8 279.3 278.5 278.6 277.0 276.2 276.3 276.3 276.6 276.8 277.0 278.1 278.8 279.0 279.3 280.3 280.9 280.4 281.4 280.8 279.3 128 Arctic subocean 257.0 257.1 258.0 257.6 256.9 257.3 258.6 260.1 260.6 259.9 260.6 260.9 264.1 266.0 265.3 266.4 269.3 269.2 268.3 268.0 268.1 268.1 267.6 268.2 267.4 266.4 266.3 266.3 266.6 267.7 268.3 130 Chukchi Sea 267.1 267.3 267.1 268.9 269.6 269.1 268.8 267.9 268.4 270.6 273.3 274.7 273.2 272.8 272.7 271.7 271.3 270.4 271.4 272.5 273.1 272.6 272.5 273.2 274.3 275.2 275.3 275.1 275.3 275.9 275.1 132 Beaufort Sea 269.8 268.8 270.0 272.1 274.0 276.2 277.0 276.9 273.3 273.0 275.4 276.4 278.0 276.6 273.7 275.9 276.7 274.8 275.5 277.4 277.7 278.9 280.1 279.5 278.8 278.3 278.9 279.9 280.3 280.4 280.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.1 258.9 259.9 261.9 263.1 262.7 261.8 261.0 259.3 260.1 260.6 261.6 262.9 263.2 264.2 266.3 268.7 269.5 268.7 268.5 268.8 269.8 270.3 270.4 269.5 269.9 270.5 271.1 271.0 271.4 272.4 136 Foxe Basin 261.9 263.0 258.5 259.6 258.8 258.5 258.6 258.7 260.3 264.0 266.3 263.6 263.9 266.9 269.5 272.3 272.5 271.7 270.9 270.2 270.3 270.4 271.0 271.9 270.9 272.1 272.4 273.4 273.2 273.1 272.9 138 Baffin Bay 256.9 255.9 256.2 254.3 254.6 256.5 258.2 257.3 256.5 255.5 256.7 261.2 265.4 264.1 265.4 270.6 271.5 270.3 268.2 267.5 267.1 266.5 267.6 269.5 268.5 267.7 266.9 266.6 266.4 266.8 267.1 139 South Greenland 261.3 261.4 261.4 256.3 258.2 259.2 260.3 259.2 258.1 257.3 260.6 266.4 268.3 269.8 271.0 271.8 270.2 268.7 267.2 266.9 267.2 267.1 269.2 270.6 269.8 269.1 268.9 268.7 268.2 268.1 268.2 140 Greenland Sea 255.6 253.9 252.3 251.4 252.3 254.2 256.6 259.6 258.7 256.8 256.2 258.2 264.8 265.4 265.3 266.1 267.3 265.1 263.2 263.3 263.5 263.5 265.1 267.9 268.0 266.1 265.3 264.7 264.4 264.7 265.6 142 Norwegian Sea 275.3 275.4 275.4 275.5 276.3 276.5 277.5 279.9 281.6 281.1 281.5 283.2 281.5 279.2 278.4 278.6 275.7 274.4 275.6 276.9 277.1 278.4 279.5 280.5 280.3 282.4 284.6 286.3 286.2 283.8 280.9 144 Barents Sea 273.6 272.6 271.2 274.2 276.5 278.1 275.1 274.3 274.2 275.9 277.8 277.8 278.5 278.6 274.7 274.3 276.3 281.7 284.0 283.3 283.4 283.7 279.3 277.7 279.0 276.9 277.1 276.8 277.4 277.1 276.1 146 Kara Sea 273.6 273.8 274.8 275.6 276.3 277.3 278.5 278.4 277.7 277.1 276.6 275.9 276.2 276.8 278.1 278.3 278.6 278.9 279.6 279.5 278.6 278.2 278.8 279.3 279.0 279.3 279.7 279.9 281.6 282.9 283.7 148 Laptev Sea 267.6 269.5 271.3 271.5 271.3 272.1 272.9 273.3 273.3 273.4 273.5 274.7 274.2 274.0 275.0 274.9 275.5 275.2 274.4 273.6 273.6 275.9 278.2 279.8 281.2 280.9 282.2 283.6 283.4 282.9 284.2 150 East Siberian Sea 268.4 270.2 269.7 268.7 268.3 266.8 266.1 266.3 266.3 267.0 267.3 268.0 269.0 271.1 271.9 272.5 272.5 271.5 270.9 273.8 275.4 275.8 276.0 274.8 273.1 274.3 276.2 276.6 275.2 276.9 277.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.4 274.3 274.5 275.4 275.1 277.0 277.7 277.7 278.7 280.7 280.0 279.7 279.2 278.3 276.3 276.3 277.3 277.7 277.2 276.6 277.5 280.2 279.2 278.5 279.1 280.0 280.1 280.2 279.9 278.4 277.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.1 276.5 275.7 277.3 276.7 277.6 277.9 279.5 280.2 280.2 278.3 278.2 279.1 280.0 278.3 277.5 278.2 279.7 280.1 279.8 279.8 281.9 283.2 283.0 283.0 282.3 282.2 282.8 281.5 280.9 280.8