1994 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 253.2 253.4 253.6 253.7 253.1 251.7 250.0 249.2 248.8 248.2 248.2 248.2 249.0 249.9 249.9 249.5 249.5 249.9 250.3 250.7 251.3 251.1 250.4 249.3 249.9 250.8 251.1 251.5 252.3 253.8 255.0 34 Hudson Bay 263.3 263.3 259.8 258.1 257.8 257.5 256.8 257.7 257.4 253.4 250.2 249.7 252.4 256.9 260.2 263.0 262.7 260.0 258.9 262.4 268.0 268.6 269.0 267.2 265.2 265.4 264.4 259.6 255.0 256.9 256.3 36 Hudson Strait 250.1 252.1 250.7 252.8 255.8 255.6 254.4 254.9 258.4 261.4 257.6 255.9 250.8 251.6 253.9 253.9 263.9 265.0 256.3 250.0 250.2 254.7 254.9 262.3 262.6 257.1 250.9 253.8 254.7 247.6 247.7 98 Bering Strait 249.5 251.3 256.1 256.4 251.7 245.8 243.1 243.7 247.9 253.0 253.6 257.2 258.9 257.3 254.4 251.9 250.2 251.2 253.0 252.3 252.2 250.2 248.5 245.9 248.6 251.3 250.7 254.6 257.0 260.5 259.2 128 Arctic subocean 239.4 237.8 238.3 239.9 239.6 239.8 235.1 233.5 235.7 235.7 235.6 238.3 238.8 237.6 237.0 238.3 239.1 239.9 239.7 238.5 238.4 238.0 235.9 236.2 237.0 238.6 237.5 236.7 236.4 237.1 238.2 130 Chukchi Sea 257.7 263.1 253.8 245.9 243.1 241.5 242.0 242.8 247.3 250.1 250.8 253.0 251.9 250.9 249.4 248.4 244.7 244.8 245.7 245.4 245.0 239.9 235.1 234.2 243.3 254.4 251.8 254.2 259.7 259.2 257.3 132 Beaufort Sea 249.6 246.7 248.2 251.0 254.5 254.0 251.9 248.3 243.8 243.5 247.7 249.7 257.6 258.6 258.7 254.6 252.2 254.0 257.6 262.0 262.1 262.0 261.6 257.8 259.4 256.8 254.7 252.7 254.0 256.7 260.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.8 242.0 244.4 250.7 252.1 246.4 244.6 243.1 239.4 237.3 237.6 237.7 237.4 237.4 244.5 245.7 241.6 239.4 239.5 241.0 243.7 245.7 247.3 247.5 248.1 252.7 247.8 243.7 245.4 246.4 250.4 136 Foxe Basin 238.3 239.9 242.3 245.6 253.1 255.1 248.7 250.4 252.8 253.1 251.7 247.4 244.0 242.5 237.2 246.6 257.2 258.3 253.6 249.8 246.7 245.1 241.0 242.0 244.5 244.0 251.2 256.2 252.6 246.2 243.5 138 Baffin Bay 235.6 235.4 235.4 234.2 234.7 237.2 233.6 230.6 232.4 233.6 240.0 244.1 243.8 242.6 236.4 234.4 236.2 238.1 239.7 240.7 242.9 243.0 238.1 236.3 234.5 234.9 239.9 241.6 243.3 241.6 241.9 139 South Greenland 239.7 243.3 244.0 242.7 242.6 243.5 244.6 245.0 244.7 244.5 246.6 246.9 252.1 252.5 245.5 242.9 243.0 245.2 247.8 250.6 254.9 250.0 245.1 242.7 240.5 240.7 239.8 240.8 244.6 247.4 248.1 140 Greenland Sea 233.8 234.6 237.7 237.5 238.8 237.3 235.5 237.7 240.4 238.5 239.6 241.3 241.7 244.4 243.0 239.2 238.5 237.8 237.8 236.9 237.4 240.3 239.3 236.3 234.7 233.3 233.4 235.7 237.8 238.2 236.3 142 Norwegian Sea 274.9 272.3 270.1 270.0 269.8 270.5 270.6 274.7 275.0 274.2 272.9 271.9 271.4 271.7 269.2 269.4 268.9 273.0 274.2 272.2 271.5 270.1 274.6 274.5 274.4 272.5 270.3 268.3 267.9 266.8 264.3 144 Barents Sea 263.6 265.5 265.7 266.2 267.9 268.0 267.3 266.4 265.8 265.3 264.5 262.5 260.2 259.4 258.3 255.4 251.4 251.4 255.6 260.3 264.6 265.0 266.1 268.0 269.1 270.3 270.6 269.4 267.9 266.5 269.6 146 Kara Sea 258.3 259.4 260.6 260.1 257.5 256.0 254.3 252.6 250.6 249.1 248.4 248.3 247.8 248.4 248.8 248.8 250.6 252.9 254.3 252.5 250.5 249.6 248.5 247.9 249.9 252.9 256.0 258.9 260.7 261.3 261.8 148 Laptev Sea 249.8 248.7 247.1 247.2 247.6 245.3 243.1 242.6 244.1 244.6 243.7 241.6 241.9 243.1 242.8 242.4 242.6 242.1 240.1 238.6 236.6 236.1 234.9 234.0 233.6 233.1 233.4 235.4 239.1 245.0 248.9 150 East Siberian Sea 254.1 249.3 247.2 245.4 244.8 243.2 240.8 238.4 237.1 237.4 239.0 238.1 235.2 235.3 236.0 237.7 237.5 235.2 232.4 231.5 233.9 237.8 242.3 240.8 238.8 239.3 239.1 236.0 232.7 231.9 231.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 249.9 250.9 261.8 268.6 264.6 258.7 258.0 255.8 259.3 261.9 263.9 270.2 270.8 268.4 266.1 263.8 263.4 264.9 266.6 267.5 267.6 267.1 265.0 262.5 261.5 259.8 261.4 264.5 266.6 269.5 268.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 256.8 262.3 271.2 262.2 251.0 248.0 247.7 253.4 267.9 271.5 272.2 272.9 271.6 266.9 261.8 257.0 255.3 253.9 255.1 255.9 257.0 254.4 248.9 251.9 269.3 266.4 264.8 272.1 268.3 263.6 269.7