1992 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 253.1 253.0 252.7 252.7 253.1 253.2 253.4 253.3 252.8 251.6 250.8 251.7 253.9 255.3 254.1 252.3 251.7 250.2 249.9 249.9 249.3 250.0 249.4 249.4 249.4 249.8 249.4 249.0 248.6 248.5 248.7 34 Hudson Bay 263.4 262.2 260.0 257.7 261.0 261.4 257.6 257.1 260.6 261.7 261.3 262.8 261.5 264.0 266.6 261.1 253.8 250.7 251.3 250.3 248.3 249.5 248.3 248.4 247.5 245.4 244.8 243.2 241.6 244.3 246.2 36 Hudson Strait 250.2 256.0 260.7 259.3 255.3 251.3 253.9 255.1 252.4 256.6 259.2 255.5 259.9 262.3 256.3 262.0 263.8 249.4 248.0 253.9 246.2 245.4 245.0 245.8 240.9 239.2 240.0 241.4 241.0 240.6 243.1 98 Bering Strait 258.2 262.5 260.5 256.1 252.4 251.8 252.4 253.5 254.0 254.0 250.5 249.9 252.1 251.4 248.0 244.2 247.7 252.7 251.4 249.1 245.1 241.7 242.3 243.2 248.1 249.7 249.7 252.1 254.3 258.3 259.3 128 Arctic subocean 242.0 242.3 241.9 244.7 243.1 240.8 240.8 238.5 238.8 238.5 239.8 238.4 239.9 239.7 238.6 240.8 241.4 239.5 237.7 238.4 238.6 238.3 239.0 240.3 237.5 236.6 240.9 241.0 244.6 247.5 243.1 130 Chukchi Sea 249.1 260.3 256.0 249.0 248.4 252.1 254.2 252.6 251.5 248.6 246.5 245.9 247.0 245.8 244.6 243.9 256.2 254.2 249.7 247.6 243.0 240.8 240.9 240.9 241.9 244.7 260.1 264.7 263.5 265.0 266.0 132 Beaufort Sea 264.1 262.7 263.0 264.1 263.0 255.6 254.7 255.1 255.8 255.9 254.4 251.5 255.4 260.4 252.9 248.1 245.8 247.0 249.0 246.7 246.8 244.7 243.3 246.5 245.3 245.1 240.9 240.1 241.7 244.9 249.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.1 249.0 250.8 256.9 255.7 251.1 247.3 246.0 242.8 241.4 244.8 246.5 247.5 249.5 251.0 248.1 248.8 246.8 243.4 242.7 241.2 240.0 239.3 238.0 237.2 236.9 239.3 239.9 243.5 250.7 250.8 136 Foxe Basin 248.8 249.1 248.4 250.2 253.8 255.5 251.5 248.8 251.8 244.8 238.7 240.1 247.1 250.0 251.4 257.3 257.7 246.8 243.1 241.5 238.3 236.4 236.6 237.2 238.1 240.1 238.2 235.4 236.4 237.8 239.7 138 Baffin Bay 243.1 241.9 240.8 240.3 238.8 238.4 237.9 237.6 238.2 235.0 235.1 234.0 234.7 235.1 235.3 238.0 240.2 239.5 240.4 241.7 239.1 237.2 237.9 236.8 235.0 241.4 244.5 243.1 245.6 240.4 239.0 139 South Greenland 253.6 250.4 248.5 245.4 243.7 243.4 244.2 250.0 249.5 246.3 245.3 241.2 239.0 237.7 238.0 239.6 242.1 245.3 246.1 248.7 245.6 251.0 247.8 243.4 243.9 252.9 249.5 252.7 249.4 243.4 247.4 140 Greenland Sea 242.4 240.6 239.1 237.5 235.5 235.1 235.1 234.4 235.8 236.7 235.9 234.0 235.8 234.5 232.3 232.6 234.5 233.5 232.1 232.5 235.4 237.3 239.8 241.3 237.3 237.9 243.5 242.7 247.8 243.0 241.3 142 Norwegian Sea 274.0 274.2 273.9 272.7 268.9 268.4 267.8 268.9 272.2 275.6 274.1 269.9 267.8 268.6 270.9 271.7 271.6 274.4 274.2 269.1 267.6 270.5 272.4 273.0 274.2 271.4 271.6 274.5 273.1 271.7 270.0 144 Barents Sea 254.8 260.5 267.8 270.6 271.9 272.5 270.9 268.2 267.8 269.6 270.8 270.9 267.7 264.0 264.0 263.0 262.1 268.5 270.2 269.9 265.1 263.2 266.0 268.8 269.5 269.3 265.1 259.9 256.3 255.2 258.2 146 Kara Sea 253.3 253.1 253.2 254.6 255.9 258.3 260.5 260.3 257.8 254.7 253.8 257.1 260.3 259.7 258.3 258.0 257.2 252.9 252.7 254.8 257.8 259.9 258.4 255.9 256.2 256.9 257.2 257.1 255.0 252.7 250.5 148 Laptev Sea 238.4 236.9 237.1 238.8 240.4 243.3 246.3 245.6 243.8 241.8 240.4 242.0 247.9 252.9 252.5 249.7 249.9 248.2 247.0 243.3 242.7 245.4 245.5 247.5 246.4 245.3 244.6 243.8 245.8 245.8 244.2 150 East Siberian Sea 250.9 247.7 244.0 238.6 235.8 234.6 234.3 234.9 236.3 235.2 235.0 236.0 239.6 244.0 242.0 241.0 239.7 239.0 238.6 242.7 243.0 241.0 239.0 239.0 241.3 244.4 246.2 244.4 238.3 237.3 236.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.1 272.1 270.5 265.7 264.8 263.9 265.8 265.8 264.1 264.2 262.7 262.9 266.7 266.0 261.1 255.2 255.8 261.3 259.2 256.6 255.1 253.4 259.2 259.8 266.9 261.9 252.9 253.6 257.2 259.6 263.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.7 274.1 265.9 263.4 270.3 268.3 261.7 257.6 255.2 254.1 252.6 253.4 256.5 256.1 251.8 252.1 269.2 268.2 266.4 263.4 256.1 258.3 260.3 266.7 271.4 265.4 260.4 268.6 271.9 272.8 272.2