1993 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 254.1 254.5 253.9 253.5 253.2 252.4 251.8 251.0 250.3 249.2 249.1 249.2 248.9 248.9 249.9 250.6 251.0 250.3 250.1 250.4 250.5 251.2 251.8 251.8 250.0 248.3 248.2 249.0 249.4 249.1 247.0 34 Hudson Bay 266.3 263.6 261.5 263.7 264.8 261.6 259.5 259.4 259.1 256.9 259.5 262.9 262.8 262.5 263.9 264.1 264.7 264.5 260.8 256.7 254.1 250.1 247.7 247.8 245.1 242.7 242.3 246.0 247.6 251.7 251.0 36 Hudson Strait 255.3 266.8 260.9 253.2 251.4 251.1 254.8 259.7 257.9 263.0 260.4 254.8 256.7 259.8 259.4 256.3 260.1 257.9 259.3 255.3 251.5 251.7 253.6 245.2 239.7 236.6 240.4 239.5 236.7 237.9 240.1 98 Bering Strait 252.8 254.0 257.0 254.0 253.7 258.1 257.9 256.1 254.0 252.2 252.0 252.0 250.6 250.6 252.3 254.3 255.4 255.5 259.6 257.4 256.8 257.7 258.7 258.5 257.7 257.4 257.1 260.7 263.6 263.2 260.3 128 Arctic subocean 245.5 241.8 239.3 239.1 241.0 238.3 238.5 239.7 240.9 238.4 236.3 238.2 237.7 236.8 237.3 236.9 236.8 234.3 237.0 240.4 239.4 240.8 240.7 238.9 237.7 237.6 239.2 240.8 241.9 240.3 238.5 130 Chukchi Sea 251.1 250.8 252.3 253.1 253.1 254.1 253.6 252.5 251.0 248.4 249.9 251.3 249.4 250.5 249.1 248.7 249.5 249.7 252.0 253.3 255.1 256.2 254.1 252.2 254.5 255.7 256.7 258.6 259.1 260.4 259.6 132 Beaufort Sea 253.7 257.1 260.9 261.7 257.6 254.6 256.3 256.7 255.9 257.7 261.1 258.5 256.7 257.9 257.4 256.5 258.6 257.7 257.2 259.8 254.3 255.6 254.3 257.3 255.6 252.3 252.7 254.1 257.1 256.6 248.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.9 242.0 241.7 242.6 243.0 243.6 245.2 246.7 247.1 246.7 245.9 243.7 242.7 243.9 246.3 246.6 244.4 240.2 239.1 236.8 236.9 236.6 236.0 235.2 236.4 236.7 237.4 238.7 241.8 241.4 240.8 136 Foxe Basin 243.7 245.7 245.9 241.5 241.8 239.6 239.4 243.1 249.6 253.4 255.5 252.3 249.1 247.8 248.0 253.2 250.5 251.0 251.2 242.7 239.5 238.0 239.7 242.5 244.3 243.2 239.8 236.3 234.6 232.8 234.2 138 Baffin Bay 238.2 236.8 235.1 237.1 237.6 236.5 235.9 234.6 234.3 234.3 236.2 240.7 241.4 238.8 239.4 236.4 235.3 234.6 235.6 238.1 238.0 237.0 237.0 239.5 240.8 243.9 244.8 245.1 244.6 244.8 244.8 139 South Greenland 246.0 244.9 245.4 246.7 244.7 243.4 243.1 240.4 239.1 240.0 243.0 249.0 248.9 247.2 243.6 241.5 242.2 242.8 243.4 244.4 245.3 241.8 246.9 251.6 251.3 253.6 253.2 252.2 253.5 254.2 251.8 140 Greenland Sea 239.1 238.7 237.7 237.5 237.4 235.2 233.3 232.7 231.7 229.7 233.7 236.7 235.3 234.9 236.3 235.5 232.4 230.6 235.6 237.8 238.7 239.3 241.8 243.9 241.9 240.4 241.1 241.7 241.0 241.0 240.4 142 Norwegian Sea 268.3 271.7 271.2 271.2 270.3 271.8 270.5 269.4 267.9 267.1 263.8 266.7 264.9 265.1 265.6 266.6 265.3 265.6 272.0 270.1 270.2 268.0 265.4 263.0 262.5 262.4 260.5 261.5 263.1 267.3 266.4 144 Barents Sea 262.5 259.5 257.3 256.9 259.0 263.6 265.5 266.3 267.5 267.6 267.1 267.0 267.7 266.0 264.7 262.1 262.8 266.1 267.1 267.3 267.0 264.8 261.8 256.0 250.4 250.1 255.4 257.5 255.8 256.9 259.6 146 Kara Sea 259.9 260.0 259.0 257.3 255.7 253.8 253.1 252.8 252.7 251.5 249.6 249.4 251.0 252.2 255.2 258.0 257.8 255.5 255.1 257.7 260.1 261.4 261.0 258.0 254.6 252.7 252.1 251.4 251.2 248.9 246.1 148 Laptev Sea 246.7 250.9 250.2 250.4 251.3 250.5 248.0 244.1 241.5 238.0 235.3 233.4 231.5 229.7 228.5 229.4 230.0 231.5 231.1 232.3 234.2 239.2 244.5 249.0 248.4 244.1 242.2 242.6 241.7 240.3 236.4 150 East Siberian Sea 233.4 232.9 231.5 230.7 231.3 233.5 233.8 231.9 231.3 230.2 229.7 228.0 226.8 226.5 228.4 231.0 231.4 229.9 229.3 228.6 229.9 235.4 239.5 240.6 240.7 240.6 239.5 238.1 237.1 238.2 241.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.2 269.6 267.6 263.5 265.9 271.1 268.6 265.5 263.2 262.4 264.1 265.1 261.7 261.9 267.7 269.2 270.9 271.1 272.5 268.1 269.8 269.6 272.4 272.3 269.9 268.3 268.9 272.9 272.2 269.5 267.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.0 267.2 262.6 263.1 267.1 269.5 267.8 265.1 263.0 260.2 257.8 259.3 259.3 257.6 263.7 265.1 267.3 268.4 270.4 271.5 271.5 269.8 269.6 268.8 270.5 273.8 274.8 274.1 272.2 271.2 267.6