1988 08 - 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 285.0 284.7 284.7 284.8 284.5 284.3 284.5 284.3 284.2 284.3 283.9 283.7 283.8 284.0 284.1 284.4 284.3 284.0 283.8 283.6 283.5 283.4 283.2 282.6 281.8 281.3 281.1 281.2 281.5 281.6 281.3 34 Hudson Bay 288.2 288.1 289.0 289.8 290.7 290.1 289.1 287.2 288.8 290.0 289.1 288.3 289.2 290.3 290.5 290.1 287.9 287.5 287.7 287.4 287.6 287.9 288.0 288.4 286.7 285.3 283.8 283.9 285.0 286.4 286.8 36 Hudson Strait 283.5 283.3 283.6 286.1 283.0 285.7 286.2 286.8 282.7 285.3 284.7 282.2 280.9 282.6 284.3 284.5 283.7 279.7 280.2 278.9 279.4 280.7 283.8 285.9 287.5 287.3 285.6 284.4 283.6 281.8 280.6 98 Bering Strait 287.1 286.9 286.1 285.1 285.1 285.5 284.8 283.5 281.7 282.7 284.5 282.5 282.4 282.7 281.9 284.5 286.7 285.4 284.5 282.8 282.8 282.9 281.6 280.6 280.9 283.7 283.1 282.2 281.2 280.6 278.2 128 Arctic subocean 274.7 274.4 275.5 274.7 275.0 274.6 275.2 274.7 274.5 274.7 274.4 273.9 273.7 273.4 274.9 275.0 274.6 273.8 272.7 271.3 270.3 269.5 268.8 268.1 266.8 266.4 268.0 268.3 267.5 266.8 267.3 130 Chukchi Sea 281.6 284.3 284.3 283.4 286.2 285.7 280.9 279.5 280.9 282.1 281.9 280.6 281.9 282.4 280.2 280.2 283.4 280.7 281.0 281.2 280.5 278.6 277.5 278.0 278.9 280.5 278.8 278.4 277.0 275.3 274.1 132 Beaufort Sea 286.4 287.3 287.3 286.2 282.6 282.4 284.4 286.8 286.5 284.5 284.6 286.6 286.2 285.3 285.4 286.0 287.9 289.1 287.7 286.5 286.0 285.4 285.5 284.1 284.0 284.6 285.8 286.0 287.4 286.0 283.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 281.5 281.4 278.9 279.7 279.3 278.3 278.3 279.3 279.9 280.3 280.4 280.5 281.5 281.0 280.5 281.1 281.0 281.6 283.3 282.5 282.6 280.9 278.5 277.2 276.3 276.8 277.1 278.2 275.4 276.4 278.4 136 Foxe Basin 281.0 281.0 280.2 279.0 280.0 280.2 278.4 278.4 277.3 277.3 277.6 278.3 278.5 278.9 279.1 279.8 279.9 279.9 278.9 280.3 280.5 282.6 281.9 279.4 279.3 279.6 280.1 278.9 279.0 277.0 277.5 138 Baffin Bay 272.3 272.2 272.0 271.3 271.2 272.2 272.1 271.4 271.8 272.9 271.6 271.6 271.7 271.5 271.2 271.0 271.2 270.5 270.1 269.8 268.9 267.3 265.3 262.6 260.4 260.9 264.2 266.6 267.0 266.6 265.1 139 South Greenland 273.3 273.0 272.1 272.2 271.9 272.8 272.9 272.3 272.7 273.3 272.7 273.3 272.4 272.0 271.7 271.1 269.8 269.6 270.3 271.1 271.2 271.3 270.1 268.7 267.1 264.6 263.8 265.1 265.9 265.5 265.0 140 Greenland Sea 269.4 271.0 269.8 269.2 268.7 268.6 268.6 268.1 268.5 271.1 270.8 269.8 269.8 268.3 268.6 266.7 266.1 264.8 265.5 266.2 265.2 264.2 262.1 260.5 258.6 256.8 257.8 259.3 261.5 261.9 259.9 142 Norwegian Sea 283.7 282.7 282.8 283.6 285.2 285.6 285.6 285.6 286.1 286.3 285.5 284.1 284.9 285.1 284.9 284.8 282.8 283.3 284.4 285.0 283.0 282.1 283.4 284.6 284.5 284.8 285.1 285.3 285.1 284.1 284.2 144 Barents Sea 288.3 287.3 287.1 288.2 287.9 287.5 288.1 288.7 288.7 288.0 286.8 286.3 286.0 285.3 284.4 283.6 284.1 283.8 281.8 281.4 283.2 286.4 286.4 286.8 287.2 286.0 285.4 284.5 284.0 283.0 281.7 146 Kara Sea 288.1 287.4 287.3 287.3 287.4 287.6 287.8 287.1 286.6 286.1 286.2 287.0 287.6 287.6 287.6 287.4 287.4 287.7 288.5 289.4 289.3 288.8 288.6 287.3 285.5 284.1 283.8 284.2 284.9 286.2 286.3 148 Laptev Sea 285.1 284.1 283.8 285.0 284.6 285.0 286.4 286.6 286.0 285.6 284.1 282.6 282.2 283.6 284.6 285.5 286.2 284.9 282.4 280.7 280.9 282.3 282.8 282.4 283.5 284.5 284.7 284.0 284.0 283.0 283.2 150 East Siberian Sea 283.4 284.6 287.4 286.0 285.1 280.8 280.8 281.3 282.3 283.9 282.2 281.7 280.5 278.5 280.5 283.3 278.9 280.2 282.5 282.4 280.2 278.3 278.7 280.8 278.3 275.9 275.4 275.3 274.9 274.9 275.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 284.0 282.4 282.5 283.3 284.0 283.1 282.0 282.4 281.4 282.8 282.5 281.6 281.5 282.5 282.6 284.6 285.8 283.9 282.3 281.3 280.4 281.2 280.7 279.8 280.9 284.1 282.7 282.7 282.1 281.2 280.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 287.0 285.8 286.3 287.2 285.9 284.0 284.8 285.1 283.5 285.1 284.0 283.2 284.1 284.8 283.5 286.5 286.2 285.8 285.5 284.5 282.4 283.9 283.0 282.2 282.7 283.5 283.7 284.0 284.1 282.6 281.6