1989 10 - 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 272.8 272.8 272.5 272.6 272.4 271.9 271.8 271.4 270.5 269.9 269.3 268.8 267.7 267.3 267.5 267.4 267.1 267.1 267.1 266.9 266.3 265.5 264.7 264.7 264.5 263.5 262.5 262.0 261.5 261.3 260.6 34 Hudson Bay 275.9 273.4 273.3 276.0 276.6 274.3 273.7 275.0 276.1 276.6 277.1 276.9 274.9 272.9 271.5 270.8 270.6 272.6 276.2 275.6 276.6 276.8 276.2 276.7 278.1 278.1 275.3 273.2 272.3 270.6 266.4 36 Hudson Strait 272.0 271.0 272.9 272.5 272.3 270.7 270.3 270.8 271.2 270.5 273.8 275.1 276.6 275.0 271.3 268.7 267.8 267.8 269.4 274.0 272.2 269.4 268.4 271.3 272.4 271.8 271.3 263.6 263.7 269.1 268.8 98 Bering Strait 276.0 276.5 274.6 274.5 274.4 273.8 273.8 272.2 271.5 270.5 269.4 269.4 267.7 267.4 268.5 269.8 268.7 268.2 268.8 268.3 264.9 262.3 263.0 265.3 264.2 262.2 260.6 262.2 263.7 261.6 259.6 128 Arctic subocean 259.9 261.2 257.3 255.1 255.0 253.9 254.4 251.9 252.1 252.9 251.5 254.6 255.4 256.0 255.1 251.5 249.2 246.8 246.3 246.9 249.6 248.9 249.0 245.8 242.8 242.1 243.2 241.7 240.6 242.0 243.1 130 Chukchi Sea 275.0 274.7 274.5 274.3 273.6 272.4 272.2 268.9 267.2 268.1 267.1 269.5 270.6 268.9 270.8 269.0 267.1 263.3 267.3 266.5 259.4 258.6 264.0 264.2 260.9 259.0 258.1 258.7 259.4 260.3 259.4 132 Beaufort Sea 274.4 276.3 278.0 277.5 274.6 274.7 278.0 278.9 276.1 275.4 273.1 272.3 271.0 269.4 268.1 269.4 271.9 273.9 271.3 271.9 270.7 268.1 266.2 268.1 268.8 265.4 263.4 262.5 263.8 262.6 257.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 268.1 269.9 270.2 268.9 266.6 264.8 264.4 265.0 265.7 265.3 264.0 263.2 262.6 263.4 262.5 259.5 260.2 263.7 263.5 261.2 263.4 261.3 256.7 254.3 253.4 247.9 248.7 253.5 253.5 248.5 249.5 136 Foxe Basin 264.4 265.9 267.2 267.2 268.1 268.5 269.0 268.6 268.9 268.1 266.0 265.4 267.0 267.6 265.4 263.0 260.8 258.4 263.3 266.7 265.9 264.0 264.6 262.4 257.9 260.4 253.8 252.9 254.0 255.5 253.1 138 Baffin Bay 255.6 254.6 252.7 252.7 251.4 251.2 251.2 252.4 254.0 254.1 254.5 257.5 255.7 256.7 256.6 253.3 250.6 248.3 247.7 246.2 246.7 245.9 246.0 245.2 244.5 242.2 239.9 238.4 237.3 237.0 237.7 139 South Greenland 264.4 265.2 263.6 263.7 263.4 262.8 260.9 260.8 260.6 261.6 262.5 261.9 259.2 257.9 256.9 256.1 256.5 257.9 257.1 255.4 253.2 252.5 251.3 251.0 250.6 251.2 253.3 252.1 250.2 253.3 251.4 140 Greenland Sea 254.1 252.6 250.1 249.2 250.2 250.6 250.4 250.5 252.8 251.2 249.1 251.2 251.3 251.3 252.5 250.5 247.5 245.4 245.0 243.6 242.4 241.1 239.6 238.7 241.0 239.3 236.7 235.5 235.9 237.3 241.2 142 Norwegian Sea 276.8 276.1 277.1 278.0 278.0 278.8 278.0 275.5 275.6 274.9 273.4 273.8 274.5 273.4 273.8 273.5 273.5 275.2 275.2 276.7 277.6 278.0 277.9 276.4 276.0 275.7 274.7 274.3 273.6 274.7 273.9 144 Barents Sea 277.6 276.9 275.6 275.8 275.6 276.1 275.5 274.5 274.2 274.5 274.4 274.7 274.8 274.4 275.4 275.8 273.6 272.4 271.2 271.1 270.9 271.1 273.3 274.2 270.6 267.6 267.9 267.5 267.1 269.5 271.2 146 Kara Sea 275.8 276.2 276.7 277.0 277.2 277.0 276.6 276.5 275.2 273.8 271.4 269.2 269.6 271.4 274.0 275.0 274.8 274.0 273.3 273.5 272.4 270.3 268.0 267.4 268.4 269.4 268.6 267.6 266.6 265.8 264.6 148 Laptev Sea 273.0 273.1 271.3 270.7 271.2 271.8 271.4 269.3 265.9 264.7 267.5 267.7 263.9 261.0 259.5 260.5 260.7 259.4 258.1 258.2 259.2 262.2 262.9 262.1 259.7 256.8 255.2 255.4 254.5 256.1 260.8 150 East Siberian Sea 267.9 268.3 268.7 267.3 266.9 266.1 265.1 263.7 262.8 263.0 261.1 260.7 260.4 260.1 259.4 256.8 254.5 256.3 258.1 256.0 253.5 253.1 253.0 252.5 253.1 256.7 258.8 258.1 257.8 257.9 255.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.5 278.3 276.5 276.5 277.1 277.2 277.7 275.8 274.0 272.2 271.3 270.7 268.4 269.8 274.0 274.4 273.4 272.0 272.0 272.4 270.7 266.6 267.3 271.3 269.7 265.2 264.0 271.1 271.6 269.5 270.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.7 279.1 279.2 278.4 278.3 278.2 277.4 275.5 273.9 274.5 274.6 271.3 271.3 275.6 275.1 274.2 273.0 271.3 273.4 274.7 268.7 265.3 272.4 274.8 271.0 266.4 266.7 269.1 269.6 270.4 271.9