1991 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 273.6 273.1 272.7 272.3 272.1 271.8 271.2 270.4 269.9 269.4 268.7 268.1 267.4 267.0 266.8 266.6 266.5 267.2 267.6 268.5 267.9 266.5 265.9 264.7 264.0 264.1 263.9 262.7 262.0 261.1 260.0 34 Hudson Bay 278.6 277.8 276.2 274.2 274.2 275.9 276.9 277.2 276.8 278.0 277.5 276.7 275.4 272.0 271.6 272.7 271.8 270.3 268.7 268.6 268.1 267.8 268.2 268.1 269.1 269.6 269.7 268.4 267.3 265.0 262.9 36 Hudson Strait 273.1 275.0 276.2 273.9 271.1 272.3 275.6 274.0 272.7 272.1 269.6 269.1 269.4 270.3 272.9 276.1 272.5 275.4 271.2 270.2 269.1 268.2 266.0 270.7 269.6 269.2 267.9 265.9 267.5 274.8 272.5 98 Bering Strait 275.3 274.5 274.9 275.1 274.8 272.5 272.0 271.3 270.5 269.6 268.0 265.9 265.2 268.5 268.2 265.9 263.8 263.6 265.3 267.7 267.6 267.6 268.6 267.5 265.8 266.3 264.9 263.6 265.3 266.4 265.4 128 Arctic subocean 254.4 253.8 253.1 255.6 254.3 254.9 257.6 257.7 253.0 252.0 251.2 250.3 252.7 254.9 255.9 255.1 251.8 251.5 252.2 251.9 251.0 249.0 249.3 250.3 253.8 248.6 243.5 243.6 245.2 246.2 246.6 130 Chukchi Sea 273.9 274.6 275.5 273.9 271.7 270.9 268.6 267.2 266.4 267.3 269.7 270.4 266.6 264.6 267.0 265.7 264.0 263.2 263.5 263.1 272.0 270.8 269.7 269.7 268.3 266.9 266.4 266.3 266.8 269.2 270.4 132 Beaufort Sea 275.1 274.3 275.0 275.0 276.6 277.1 277.2 274.6 273.8 275.2 274.6 273.0 269.0 270.1 270.8 266.3 263.3 263.2 265.5 268.4 267.1 264.4 265.5 265.9 263.6 261.6 259.1 258.0 257.8 258.3 257.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.4 265.1 264.8 266.7 268.4 269.4 269.5 268.6 266.2 265.5 263.6 261.6 258.9 258.6 258.7 260.7 263.4 261.3 258.1 255.9 254.9 254.4 258.2 259.9 259.1 256.5 253.3 254.6 254.6 252.8 254.8 136 Foxe Basin 266.7 265.0 264.7 264.8 265.1 268.2 268.0 268.3 266.8 265.4 263.5 262.8 261.6 261.6 264.0 270.6 271.1 268.5 266.9 265.1 262.3 259.5 257.7 258.4 258.2 260.3 260.5 255.0 260.4 266.4 259.8 138 Baffin Bay 251.8 249.3 247.9 247.8 248.5 249.2 250.0 251.5 254.9 255.4 254.0 250.7 248.2 246.2 245.6 247.6 252.3 259.7 259.0 258.0 255.1 252.8 250.5 247.6 247.5 246.2 244.2 243.5 245.3 246.6 251.7 139 South Greenland 258.1 255.2 254.4 255.1 257.3 256.3 255.3 257.9 262.7 260.9 258.0 256.2 253.9 250.9 249.6 251.9 258.7 261.6 263.2 265.5 265.6 268.8 268.2 261.0 254.2 251.8 255.7 257.5 257.8 260.3 263.6 140 Greenland Sea 246.6 243.8 241.7 243.0 243.7 245.6 245.3 244.3 246.2 247.1 248.6 246.6 244.9 242.7 243.1 247.5 247.4 252.4 252.6 253.3 251.8 250.3 251.6 248.9 245.7 245.6 244.4 244.8 248.1 246.6 247.5 142 Norwegian Sea 275.6 276.2 275.9 276.4 277.3 277.3 278.7 279.0 279.3 278.8 279.8 279.3 279.0 276.3 276.3 276.8 277.9 275.4 270.7 269.0 273.7 274.5 273.9 276.1 278.1 276.0 274.3 272.8 271.9 272.8 273.5 144 Barents Sea 278.8 282.4 281.6 279.0 276.9 276.4 276.1 276.2 277.3 278.2 275.8 277.3 278.2 276.8 275.6 276.9 278.2 279.4 278.1 273.6 271.2 271.7 271.6 270.7 271.6 272.2 272.9 270.7 268.7 266.3 264.4 146 Kara Sea 279.0 277.9 278.7 279.9 279.0 277.3 275.5 273.7 271.9 271.8 272.4 272.1 271.9 271.9 271.5 270.3 270.5 272.8 275.3 276.6 274.2 271.3 269.4 268.0 269.2 271.0 272.0 270.6 268.0 263.6 260.9 148 Laptev Sea 274.9 274.5 272.2 270.1 270.5 270.0 267.1 266.6 266.4 263.1 262.7 263.7 264.8 265.3 265.1 264.8 263.1 261.8 261.4 265.0 268.1 265.7 262.5 259.8 256.8 257.5 257.6 255.3 254.4 255.6 253.4 150 East Siberian Sea 268.3 269.3 269.3 268.3 266.1 266.1 268.3 268.6 266.3 264.4 261.1 259.9 260.4 261.4 261.4 260.3 260.7 261.4 260.6 261.8 262.8 262.1 263.6 262.7 262.2 259.4 257.7 255.4 256.6 259.9 260.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.9 276.9 277.1 276.7 276.1 274.9 273.7 273.3 273.2 273.0 272.2 269.4 272.0 274.1 270.3 267.2 269.5 271.7 274.6 272.8 267.1 266.6 269.4 267.7 266.0 267.0 267.0 266.5 268.8 269.6 267.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.9 280.5 280.2 279.1 276.7 276.3 274.9 273.5 272.1 270.1 270.0 270.7 272.1 271.6 270.5 272.0 274.4 275.8 275.4 271.1 271.1 274.4 274.9 274.3 272.8 272.6 274.5 274.5 276.8 274.7 275.9