1995 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 254.5 253.6 252.3 251.2 250.8 251.3 251.8 251.7 250.3 249.1 249.2 250.4 251.7 252.1 251.6 251.1 251.0 251.1 251.8 251.9 251.0 250.7 251.2 251.5 252.1 252.8 252.8 253.1 252.6 252.2 250.9 34 Hudson Bay 254.5 254.7 257.5 258.8 257.4 255.6 253.8 249.9 247.5 247.2 246.1 246.9 250.1 255.5 255.1 253.9 254.5 254.1 257.4 259.9 261.4 261.5 261.5 259.4 257.3 258.2 255.6 256.1 256.2 256.4 254.9 36 Hudson Strait 251.2 250.1 251.8 248.9 247.3 249.5 255.3 253.0 248.1 248.5 260.0 256.7 253.6 250.5 247.6 246.4 249.8 259.8 268.5 269.7 266.2 262.8 261.2 260.8 261.0 263.5 262.3 251.6 244.5 241.9 241.9 98 Bering Strait 251.2 247.5 244.6 240.1 241.0 242.6 246.8 252.5 253.1 252.6 252.7 254.2 253.6 252.0 252.4 253.9 255.6 254.7 256.2 256.3 255.3 255.5 256.6 258.7 257.6 258.2 259.1 260.0 260.4 261.0 263.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.5 244.3 243.3 242.1 240.5 239.1 237.9 235.7 238.3 239.4 240.8 241.8 237.2 235.9 234.3 236.6 237.3 236.6 236.8 237.4 237.9 237.5 239.4 240.9 240.3 239.1 236.9 239.3 238.1 236.7 238.1 130 Chukchi Sea 256.0 251.0 249.8 244.1 244.5 254.2 254.6 256.1 253.1 251.9 256.4 256.8 254.9 252.4 253.1 254.1 254.4 253.4 251.0 251.9 252.6 251.6 251.9 253.2 253.6 250.6 249.8 251.1 251.7 254.5 257.1 132 Beaufort Sea 251.3 250.8 250.7 245.7 241.7 243.0 242.3 243.1 242.6 241.1 243.6 246.0 248.7 247.7 246.4 246.5 247.2 250.2 252.4 257.1 257.5 257.8 257.1 257.7 262.6 259.7 261.0 260.1 258.7 258.4 259.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.3 242.7 241.4 241.3 240.0 239.0 238.7 238.7 239.6 240.6 242.7 242.7 241.0 242.5 238.9 235.1 234.6 235.6 238.2 241.4 243.3 240.7 238.2 238.0 237.9 236.9 237.7 241.0 240.5 237.4 237.6 136 Foxe Basin 247.6 245.1 242.0 241.9 240.2 242.4 240.2 238.9 242.0 242.5 241.7 241.5 240.8 241.1 248.1 247.2 246.8 251.2 251.0 255.1 255.9 259.2 247.9 243.7 243.0 246.6 246.1 241.0 237.7 237.2 234.3 138 Baffin Bay 251.0 249.5 246.4 244.5 242.0 239.9 238.1 237.8 238.1 236.0 235.0 236.2 242.4 240.8 240.4 240.7 238.7 236.9 240.3 241.7 246.0 245.6 248.8 246.8 247.8 245.3 242.7 242.7 243.9 244.2 238.1 139 South Greenland 259.6 259.7 256.7 255.0 253.9 249.7 253.1 252.7 251.4 248.6 244.0 252.1 260.4 259.0 250.8 248.5 250.9 250.3 250.2 249.0 246.8 247.6 249.6 249.2 247.6 247.5 247.9 246.9 247.7 252.9 255.6 140 Greenland Sea 250.1 250.4 251.0 249.1 245.8 241.7 242.1 244.0 241.3 239.3 236.8 236.3 244.7 244.8 242.7 240.5 239.2 238.6 239.5 240.4 239.6 237.4 238.5 240.7 242.4 243.2 238.7 239.8 242.2 244.0 242.8 142 Norwegian Sea 272.2 270.0 270.6 268.7 269.6 268.1 266.6 266.2 269.0 273.5 275.7 275.8 269.7 273.8 273.7 272.8 270.3 264.9 262.7 260.6 262.5 261.2 259.2 259.8 261.4 262.5 262.6 262.3 262.3 263.5 265.0 144 Barents Sea 264.9 261.0 256.9 258.2 265.1 270.8 271.0 266.7 264.4 266.2 267.4 269.9 268.3 263.8 260.7 259.7 261.8 258.4 253.9 250.9 250.1 247.8 244.8 247.2 251.9 254.0 253.8 253.3 253.0 252.6 253.3 146 Kara Sea 259.6 259.3 257.5 257.0 257.3 258.5 259.1 258.8 255.8 253.0 252.8 255.0 257.2 258.4 258.4 257.1 255.9 255.7 255.9 255.0 252.6 253.5 255.6 253.9 252.8 256.0 257.8 258.5 256.0 256.2 253.5 148 Laptev Sea 249.6 248.5 246.5 246.4 247.6 248.5 249.3 249.0 247.6 246.1 245.2 242.8 241.3 242.1 245.1 246.5 245.7 245.7 244.2 241.7 239.5 238.4 239.3 245.2 249.3 247.3 246.5 247.7 250.3 244.3 241.0 150 East Siberian Sea 248.5 248.9 245.8 242.0 239.2 240.5 241.4 246.6 249.8 249.7 250.3 249.5 247.8 245.5 242.7 242.3 241.6 243.0 242.5 240.8 239.2 237.0 236.4 234.8 235.5 238.1 238.1 237.9 238.9 242.4 242.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 254.0 252.1 249.8 247.7 250.1 246.1 248.4 253.0 254.4 256.9 259.9 265.7 264.5 264.9 266.1 268.0 269.3 268.0 271.1 271.2 269.6 270.6 271.8 272.4 271.7 272.6 271.8 272.1 270.1 271.1 271.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.0 258.7 254.9 258.2 249.3 249.0 255.0 261.3 261.8 261.1 261.9 267.5 264.1 259.5 266.9 271.1 271.3 270.1 269.8 270.8 268.3 266.2 269.5 270.8 271.7 272.2 272.3 273.6 271.9 271.6 271.8