1996 03 - 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 257.0 256.5 255.4 254.5 254.2 254.6 255.4 256.5 256.9 258.2 258.7 257.7 257.0 257.9 258.2 258.0 257.6 257.0 257.1 256.9 257.0 256.8 256.6 256.9 258.2 259.2 259.8 261.1 261.5 261.2 261.1 34 Hudson Bay 257.8 254.3 253.0 249.9 247.9 247.4 250.5 255.0 257.9 263.6 268.2 268.5 267.2 263.4 262.1 262.2 262.9 263.6 260.9 260.5 260.8 260.0 258.2 256.3 254.2 254.4 254.2 257.2 260.4 261.6 261.9 36 Hudson Strait 252.9 254.3 257.9 260.6 254.6 250.6 249.3 248.8 246.5 249.0 257.5 257.6 253.2 262.7 256.3 251.7 253.2 261.6 264.2 258.1 252.1 257.1 262.0 261.2 256.7 262.2 257.0 249.9 251.2 255.7 258.8 98 Bering Strait 264.5 267.0 265.0 265.4 265.3 262.9 260.3 259.3 259.4 258.7 257.6 257.6 261.9 263.8 262.8 259.2 256.1 257.1 259.8 260.5 262.6 263.1 262.9 265.5 268.2 267.1 267.8 267.3 267.5 265.8 264.5 128 Arctic subocean 241.2 248.0 247.5 241.2 240.5 241.9 236.8 237.6 237.6 237.0 236.5 237.3 235.9 239.1 244.1 244.5 246.9 247.2 247.2 237.9 237.6 237.2 235.3 238.3 241.9 241.6 244.6 243.7 245.5 244.9 242.8 130 Chukchi Sea 259.4 262.0 269.3 269.4 265.7 263.4 262.1 259.8 255.7 252.3 249.0 250.9 253.6 251.9 248.0 246.1 245.0 248.1 253.0 262.0 265.3 266.6 265.9 266.5 269.9 268.1 264.2 266.6 268.2 267.6 266.5 132 Beaufort Sea 264.3 261.0 255.0 252.7 252.0 251.5 253.4 256.0 259.6 262.4 261.9 259.9 258.0 262.8 263.9 263.2 262.7 258.4 259.6 256.8 253.8 254.1 254.3 257.1 260.5 261.6 261.8 264.4 262.0 258.8 256.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.6 243.2 243.8 240.8 240.1 247.8 253.3 251.6 249.9 246.9 241.8 240.6 240.7 243.4 244.3 246.6 249.9 244.0 240.7 240.2 240.3 242.3 244.0 241.8 241.9 243.2 247.7 249.0 247.2 247.0 246.3 136 Foxe Basin 251.4 248.8 249.3 248.9 246.2 243.6 243.6 242.6 240.4 241.8 241.6 241.5 240.5 239.4 242.6 244.9 250.6 253.1 252.2 246.9 239.8 240.7 241.8 243.8 245.6 246.9 246.3 244.9 245.5 248.2 248.2 138 Baffin Bay 253.2 254.7 248.5 242.6 240.9 245.1 242.1 241.5 239.7 239.1 237.5 235.6 236.4 242.0 245.8 249.2 248.6 248.5 250.3 247.3 241.7 234.3 231.9 235.0 242.5 249.1 246.3 250.8 250.9 243.5 241.0 139 South Greenland 264.4 264.0 259.7 257.5 258.7 257.5 255.7 252.9 250.7 250.4 249.2 246.5 248.8 252.4 255.1 258.2 257.7 255.5 257.9 259.9 256.8 246.5 243.4 247.9 256.5 258.8 260.9 262.8 261.5 262.1 262.0 140 Greenland Sea 252.0 256.0 251.1 245.3 241.4 245.7 245.4 247.1 243.3 241.8 243.4 241.6 241.1 245.3 248.5 250.8 250.9 248.5 251.3 255.1 249.1 240.6 237.7 239.9 245.7 249.9 246.9 249.9 253.3 249.7 242.7 142 Norwegian Sea 271.4 270.3 272.9 273.7 271.0 272.0 273.6 274.1 273.1 271.9 270.4 271.0 269.6 269.1 269.1 268.5 268.7 267.3 268.5 269.9 270.3 269.1 269.2 271.0 270.2 268.1 269.0 268.2 267.8 266.3 266.5 144 Barents Sea 266.5 264.6 263.6 264.3 265.7 263.5 263.6 267.5 267.4 268.6 269.8 268.7 267.7 267.0 266.9 267.1 266.8 267.5 266.6 265.8 267.9 268.1 267.0 265.5 267.1 268.9 269.3 268.9 269.4 269.3 269.5 146 Kara Sea 261.8 261.2 261.2 260.6 259.6 260.1 261.9 263.2 263.5 264.2 263.5 262.5 261.4 261.6 262.4 261.8 260.4 259.6 259.6 259.8 261.2 262.8 263.2 262.8 263.0 264.3 265.5 265.8 265.8 266.2 267.1 148 Laptev Sea 246.9 246.6 247.1 248.6 250.8 251.6 251.5 252.3 252.9 255.1 256.1 253.0 251.5 252.9 252.4 251.8 251.7 251.8 250.8 251.5 252.7 254.0 254.9 254.9 256.1 256.4 257.7 259.2 259.1 258.8 259.2 150 East Siberian Sea 237.8 242.2 242.5 244.4 249.2 251.3 249.0 246.3 245.3 245.2 248.0 249.2 248.5 247.0 248.1 248.4 247.0 247.7 251.6 253.7 253.2 252.1 251.4 251.9 253.2 251.2 252.8 256.2 259.3 260.9 261.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.1 268.3 266.7 264.9 265.6 263.4 261.3 261.3 265.4 267.7 268.4 268.9 270.6 270.9 269.9 270.6 269.4 269.9 267.7 263.2 263.5 265.9 268.2 269.5 270.1 269.5 270.7 269.1 268.6 268.1 265.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.9 271.2 270.4 271.3 269.8 268.7 269.0 270.5 269.0 265.1 263.2 267.6 272.6 273.7 273.3 268.3 264.1 265.0 265.5 264.7 271.6 271.7 271.2 270.2 273.7 274.4 272.1 271.7 272.2 272.6 271.9