1988 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 256.3 254.6 254.0 255.1 255.6 254.6 252.4 251.7 252.9 253.6 254.7 255.5 254.9 254.8 255.0 255.0 254.7 254.7 253.4 252.2 251.5 251.5 252.0 252.4 252.4 251.5 251.1 250.9 250.6 249.6 249.5 34 Hudson Bay 263.5 266.9 263.5 261.9 265.1 265.4 258.7 252.5 249.7 248.0 251.7 259.3 259.3 254.0 252.1 256.5 254.9 256.0 254.8 253.2 252.3 255.0 257.5 257.2 253.4 249.8 251.3 248.8 245.9 246.2 245.1 36 Hudson Strait 259.4 258.9 259.0 253.3 248.1 250.9 253.1 248.3 250.0 248.6 251.5 248.3 248.0 256.1 253.7 251.5 246.1 244.3 246.4 245.8 245.0 246.6 247.0 245.4 246.7 247.2 248.2 250.1 249.8 243.7 241.9 98 Bering Strait 250.2 247.0 248.8 255.2 253.9 249.3 244.8 247.9 254.4 256.4 258.1 257.8 255.9 257.5 262.5 263.6 264.9 263.3 261.8 260.3 259.3 256.7 255.5 254.2 257.1 257.6 256.6 258.0 258.1 256.0 258.1 128 Arctic subocean 242.8 241.0 238.7 236.9 236.1 235.8 235.6 235.6 237.6 239.7 240.1 242.4 244.4 241.5 241.6 247.5 247.7 245.2 243.7 242.0 241.5 243.6 243.7 243.7 242.1 237.0 236.8 236.8 235.6 238.1 239.6 130 Chukchi Sea 245.5 242.9 242.1 247.0 249.2 249.2 247.7 246.5 248.5 249.5 251.3 254.0 251.1 252.1 260.5 262.5 261.8 261.0 262.6 260.3 259.3 255.3 250.3 250.0 257.7 262.2 260.4 258.0 256.9 250.2 256.9 132 Beaufort Sea 265.2 257.2 255.4 262.9 264.5 259.2 252.3 248.9 254.3 259.0 262.1 263.5 259.2 256.1 262.1 263.4 266.7 266.7 260.9 255.5 253.4 253.7 253.4 251.4 249.3 247.8 246.5 247.4 251.5 250.6 247.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.7 241.1 241.1 240.2 240.9 241.5 243.1 240.8 240.6 243.3 245.1 242.4 239.6 243.3 247.4 246.8 246.3 245.7 243.0 242.9 243.8 243.1 243.4 245.2 243.8 239.4 237.8 237.6 237.5 238.3 240.0 136 Foxe Basin 247.0 249.6 242.3 238.0 234.3 235.0 235.3 235.5 237.0 238.6 237.9 239.2 242.8 244.2 246.5 251.7 250.8 249.2 250.1 249.5 245.7 244.4 243.1 242.1 242.4 241.8 239.8 237.6 239.5 243.9 241.8 138 Baffin Bay 251.7 244.2 239.1 236.9 238.4 240.9 239.3 236.8 237.8 236.7 235.8 237.2 240.4 241.8 238.9 241.0 241.8 242.4 242.3 242.0 241.3 239.4 237.5 238.3 239.3 235.7 234.3 233.6 232.8 233.5 240.4 139 South Greenland 260.0 253.4 250.3 247.9 249.3 251.5 245.4 247.3 245.2 244.4 248.9 249.7 253.3 255.2 251.8 248.9 252.4 253.0 251.5 252.6 247.8 243.1 240.4 239.1 242.2 241.8 241.4 242.6 241.2 244.1 254.7 140 Greenland Sea 251.9 249.0 242.3 238.3 238.0 238.4 238.8 237.5 238.8 238.5 237.2 238.1 240.1 243.5 241.1 241.6 241.1 240.8 240.7 236.2 234.8 235.4 236.6 235.9 236.9 234.0 233.7 234.4 235.9 235.7 238.1 142 Norwegian Sea 265.9 271.8 270.6 268.2 268.6 269.3 270.3 273.9 268.7 268.0 268.3 268.7 270.9 268.0 273.9 275.4 270.5 265.0 262.2 266.6 267.4 266.9 267.1 265.5 264.7 265.5 266.4 271.2 273.6 272.6 270.7 144 Barents Sea 256.1 257.9 263.3 268.3 264.6 263.9 265.8 267.1 268.0 267.4 264.6 261.8 260.5 259.2 258.4 260.5 263.6 264.7 262.3 260.2 258.3 255.3 258.3 261.8 261.2 257.7 253.3 252.5 255.1 254.3 249.7 146 Kara Sea 261.5 261.2 262.0 261.7 261.1 258.6 257.5 258.6 261.3 262.7 262.1 261.9 261.2 260.6 258.9 256.4 255.4 255.8 254.7 255.2 256.8 257.8 258.6 259.6 260.2 262.4 262.5 260.8 257.6 254.7 252.8 148 Laptev Sea 250.3 246.8 245.8 248.0 248.5 249.1 248.8 248.5 247.4 247.7 249.5 249.4 249.4 250.3 250.5 250.2 247.8 246.7 247.5 246.5 244.7 246.1 248.0 248.4 248.0 245.7 246.1 249.6 253.6 253.7 252.0 150 East Siberian Sea 237.0 235.1 235.3 238.6 245.1 247.0 245.8 245.2 245.0 245.1 245.1 246.1 245.7 248.6 250.2 248.0 248.2 248.7 246.9 243.5 241.9 237.8 235.9 239.5 241.6 241.4 238.5 235.3 234.3 234.4 237.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.5 260.9 267.0 268.9 263.3 258.8 255.6 264.0 271.3 272.7 272.4 270.2 265.1 267.6 271.1 272.8 270.2 267.8 267.4 267.6 266.0 262.8 260.4 257.3 261.3 264.8 265.5 269.1 266.7 263.2 265.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 249.6 245.7 250.7 256.5 257.0 252.0 254.0 262.4 264.1 264.2 263.2 258.2 252.8 270.6 273.6 272.7 269.5 272.4 271.4 269.3 267.1 264.6 261.6 264.9 272.2 272.0 271.7 272.1 270.1 268.2 273.1