1990 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 252.4 252.1 251.8 253.0 252.7 251.9 252.4 252.6 252.4 251.5 251.5 251.7 251.8 252.0 251.8 252.5 251.5 250.1 249.7 249.6 250.3 250.0 249.5 247.8 246.7 245.8 245.9 246.5 246.7 246.6 247.1 34 Hudson Bay 257.8 252.4 251.6 257.1 262.9 259.0 259.7 262.1 264.9 258.8 257.3 255.2 252.8 255.5 257.2 256.1 253.6 250.1 244.7 242.7 244.0 247.3 252.0 248.1 243.7 242.7 247.7 250.0 247.5 244.5 243.3 36 Hudson Strait 259.4 261.9 254.7 251.6 250.8 264.3 262.2 257.6 255.1 261.7 257.1 248.1 244.4 242.0 243.7 248.0 251.5 257.1 252.1 245.1 244.0 243.5 250.4 245.9 244.0 241.0 238.7 242.4 254.1 255.7 244.2 98 Bering Strait 243.6 244.1 246.6 247.8 247.5 252.5 252.1 250.5 248.8 249.2 252.6 256.5 256.2 250.7 244.1 245.7 249.0 254.0 258.0 261.8 262.6 260.5 258.1 256.0 258.1 254.6 250.0 252.5 256.7 254.4 249.2 128 Arctic subocean 237.7 236.1 233.7 232.8 234.0 242.7 247.1 250.6 249.6 241.1 236.3 235.8 235.8 235.3 233.8 235.8 234.8 234.1 233.8 234.7 234.5 233.2 234.2 236.6 237.7 237.5 240.4 246.6 248.4 250.3 252.8 130 Chukchi Sea 243.1 245.6 244.9 246.4 248.2 246.9 244.5 243.1 241.8 239.8 241.5 246.2 245.6 242.1 238.9 240.7 254.8 266.3 265.2 267.3 261.6 251.8 250.6 254.0 250.5 245.0 245.1 250.9 253.0 248.9 247.1 132 Beaufort Sea 242.3 241.2 243.8 253.0 247.8 253.4 258.5 257.3 251.5 251.7 251.7 251.8 255.4 256.1 250.9 246.0 246.8 244.2 244.2 245.5 254.6 257.5 252.3 247.7 247.3 250.9 247.7 240.6 241.2 245.7 247.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.2 238.9 237.0 240.8 247.0 244.8 241.6 241.3 240.8 237.8 235.9 236.0 237.1 236.8 236.1 236.5 236.7 236.4 236.4 240.2 247.4 245.9 239.5 237.0 236.9 235.7 236.6 241.1 242.9 240.8 238.5 136 Foxe Basin 245.3 243.3 242.0 239.4 245.5 255.9 262.4 251.8 244.5 247.7 248.0 247.9 245.0 241.6 237.4 237.0 235.5 234.1 240.0 239.5 235.5 236.7 236.7 237.0 236.5 236.6 235.8 235.3 234.9 235.6 236.7 138 Baffin Bay 244.6 242.1 239.8 238.6 238.0 243.8 252.6 258.0 248.7 240.7 239.3 243.8 245.2 244.8 242.6 244.4 238.0 234.6 236.4 240.9 239.7 236.9 236.4 236.4 236.3 235.6 239.0 242.1 242.0 246.5 249.5 139 South Greenland 259.4 254.5 252.8 252.8 248.5 246.2 256.2 260.6 253.6 248.9 250.0 258.3 260.4 256.4 253.3 252.9 245.8 242.2 246.9 249.0 249.7 247.8 244.0 242.0 241.4 242.6 244.4 245.9 246.4 245.7 248.5 140 Greenland Sea 245.2 243.5 240.5 237.8 236.7 239.9 246.8 256.3 250.9 242.5 239.3 240.4 245.2 246.8 241.6 245.2 241.8 237.0 233.9 237.4 237.8 240.3 246.1 242.8 240.4 239.5 247.9 250.2 253.3 257.3 253.1 142 Norwegian Sea 274.9 276.2 273.0 271.9 269.6 274.3 268.5 266.3 266.4 267.7 270.1 270.9 269.1 273.7 276.9 274.2 275.4 275.2 272.7 269.4 268.6 268.2 273.0 275.7 275.0 274.7 273.8 271.8 272.2 270.7 268.7 144 Barents Sea 260.9 260.0 261.7 264.1 257.8 257.6 266.7 267.7 264.2 261.7 263.4 267.1 269.6 266.6 266.1 266.5 262.9 268.7 270.0 267.4 264.7 264.4 263.3 263.2 262.5 263.6 262.8 262.8 264.3 265.2 264.1 146 Kara Sea 262.4 262.0 261.6 260.7 260.2 256.6 254.0 254.3 255.7 256.8 256.9 256.4 257.8 259.9 259.2 259.7 257.4 253.9 254.5 255.3 255.0 255.0 254.9 254.0 252.8 250.6 249.5 249.1 247.9 246.6 248.2 148 Laptev Sea 245.8 250.9 251.2 249.3 247.6 243.1 240.4 238.6 243.9 246.9 246.6 245.4 242.1 242.2 248.2 250.7 251.5 250.6 245.7 243.8 243.2 238.8 236.2 235.8 235.4 235.6 235.3 234.8 234.8 235.6 238.2 150 East Siberian Sea 238.4 239.0 237.5 237.7 235.9 234.8 234.4 231.7 230.7 230.2 231.4 230.7 229.7 229.3 233.4 241.8 246.5 244.2 249.6 242.5 238.9 239.6 240.2 239.5 238.2 235.0 237.2 242.1 242.4 247.6 255.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 247.6 250.3 257.3 256.0 262.6 270.1 268.5 266.4 264.8 264.6 264.2 266.6 267.6 261.8 257.1 260.5 255.4 252.5 258.5 264.2 266.3 266.7 268.8 268.7 270.7 269.8 259.1 260.0 267.0 263.2 255.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 248.4 261.1 256.7 250.2 259.1 262.7 260.8 256.0 250.3 260.0 266.5 267.7 262.6 259.5 260.4 255.5 251.0 257.2 271.7 274.9 273.6 273.5 274.0 274.2 273.8 267.7 262.9 274.4 270.0 262.4 258.4