1990 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 272.4 271.9 271.2 270.5 269.7 269.0 269.2 269.9 270.0 269.8 269.5 269.4 269.8 269.4 268.4 267.2 266.3 265.8 265.4 265.6 265.2 265.2 265.4 265.8 265.9 265.6 264.1 262.7 261.8 261.0 260.7 34 Hudson Bay 277.5 277.4 277.3 276.9 274.9 273.0 272.4 272.8 274.6 277.1 274.9 272.5 273.2 274.0 273.5 271.8 270.3 270.4 270.9 270.8 271.4 272.1 271.1 271.1 272.7 274.4 272.3 270.0 271.7 270.2 269.4 36 Hudson Strait 273.7 274.0 273.1 272.6 275.7 274.1 273.3 271.6 270.4 270.1 272.4 275.7 275.4 272.6 273.3 273.8 271.6 267.2 265.7 267.3 265.1 267.2 266.2 266.0 265.3 263.9 263.4 269.2 270.1 269.3 266.5 98 Bering Strait 272.1 270.9 270.8 271.0 270.9 271.0 271.0 272.5 271.8 269.2 270.2 269.2 266.8 265.9 264.8 265.4 265.5 263.7 264.1 266.3 265.1 263.1 264.3 264.7 263.2 261.6 262.7 264.6 263.5 263.3 260.5 128 Arctic subocean 253.2 252.6 251.9 250.0 249.9 249.6 247.0 246.7 246.2 246.1 246.6 249.9 250.0 248.1 246.1 244.7 246.0 250.2 250.7 250.0 251.9 253.5 251.4 247.8 245.7 243.5 242.1 242.9 244.0 244.7 244.6 130 Chukchi Sea 269.4 270.0 270.6 271.9 271.5 271.1 271.3 269.2 271.7 271.1 268.9 268.9 267.9 267.7 265.1 264.8 267.8 268.3 266.9 265.7 264.5 262.7 261.8 262.0 262.2 261.3 259.0 258.6 258.1 259.4 261.0 132 Beaufort Sea 274.9 274.4 272.7 272.4 271.1 271.1 272.4 273.9 275.3 271.7 268.6 269.2 270.0 268.9 268.3 267.2 267.0 268.3 267.8 268.1 269.1 268.5 267.0 270.1 270.4 266.8 263.9 265.0 263.5 262.9 264.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.9 264.7 264.7 264.7 264.9 264.7 264.3 263.1 263.2 260.5 257.9 257.5 258.4 258.4 256.9 254.9 255.4 258.6 260.2 262.6 265.3 265.5 263.2 259.8 258.0 256.3 252.2 249.8 249.1 249.2 250.5 136 Foxe Basin 269.7 265.7 263.0 263.2 264.3 265.3 264.8 262.8 262.7 267.3 269.6 266.3 261.8 257.9 259.8 260.8 258.8 255.4 254.1 255.3 257.4 259.2 260.1 261.4 258.8 256.6 257.8 257.5 257.8 256.8 255.9 138 Baffin Bay 252.6 253.7 251.6 247.4 246.4 245.3 245.1 246.4 243.9 242.8 246.0 251.1 253.3 249.4 246.4 244.9 244.6 246.4 247.4 249.1 248.2 250.8 252.8 253.6 251.1 245.4 242.2 241.0 240.0 243.2 245.0 139 South Greenland 257.6 258.9 257.7 257.3 257.0 256.5 259.7 259.6 255.7 252.3 250.5 251.5 256.2 256.2 252.9 252.1 256.2 257.4 260.2 261.8 260.8 262.9 263.8 263.4 261.0 261.2 260.1 258.3 256.1 256.8 254.6 140 Greenland Sea 250.6 248.7 247.2 244.6 242.6 242.6 240.7 241.4 241.9 243.4 242.1 242.0 245.0 245.4 243.7 241.6 241.6 244.2 245.8 251.1 247.5 247.9 249.4 253.2 251.0 248.4 246.0 244.1 241.9 240.8 241.0 142 Norwegian Sea 275.9 276.9 279.6 280.8 279.0 277.6 276.3 274.0 276.9 276.5 275.6 275.0 279.3 281.1 280.7 283.2 280.6 276.0 275.5 274.3 274.0 277.2 276.1 275.4 274.7 274.3 274.2 275.8 277.7 276.7 275.9 144 Barents Sea 274.4 273.5 272.6 271.7 270.2 269.7 270.8 271.6 272.0 274.6 275.7 272.7 271.0 272.2 272.1 271.3 273.3 274.5 271.7 271.3 270.7 269.7 271.4 271.2 269.7 270.7 271.1 270.6 272.2 272.0 270.6 146 Kara Sea 277.2 276.3 275.6 275.4 275.4 275.1 275.2 275.8 275.7 276.0 276.4 277.5 277.0 276.0 274.6 272.2 270.0 269.4 269.7 269.1 268.3 268.5 268.8 269.9 271.1 269.2 266.2 264.1 263.2 263.3 264.6 148 Laptev Sea 273.6 272.8 271.1 269.5 268.2 266.6 267.1 270.2 270.7 270.7 270.7 270.0 271.5 271.7 270.6 271.1 269.0 265.7 262.2 262.4 262.3 260.5 262.4 261.0 260.3 263.6 264.2 261.7 257.3 254.5 253.8 150 East Siberian Sea 269.8 270.6 271.0 269.4 267.3 265.5 264.7 263.9 263.3 261.6 262.3 264.2 264.4 265.4 266.6 266.7 264.1 260.9 257.7 253.9 251.5 252.1 251.9 255.4 259.5 262.5 263.9 261.4 261.0 256.8 253.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.2 272.6 271.9 270.6 272.0 274.6 274.6 275.4 274.2 273.3 274.7 273.3 270.1 269.4 267.9 266.5 266.1 264.4 268.9 273.0 271.2 270.6 272.6 271.6 271.0 268.1 269.4 270.1 270.3 267.5 264.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.0 274.3 274.9 276.5 279.1 279.1 277.8 276.6 275.5 277.3 276.9 272.9 271.9 270.1 270.1 268.7 269.1 272.3 274.1 274.4 272.6 271.8 270.6 268.7 267.3 266.6 266.3 266.3 264.3 265.1 266.5