1996 08 - 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 285.9 285.9 285.5 284.9 284.5 284.1 283.7 283.4 283.4 283.6 284.0 283.7 282.8 282.6 282.7 282.7 282.3 281.9 281.8 281.9 281.7 281.4 281.2 280.9 280.7 280.7 280.6 280.3 280.0 280.0 279.5 34 Hudson Bay 292.2 292.5 292.9 292.4 291.3 290.4 289.4 287.1 286.3 287.9 289.2 288.6 287.7 287.6 288.5 288.3 287.2 287.4 288.3 288.7 288.0 286.9 286.7 287.8 285.7 285.7 288.3 289.2 288.4 289.3 289.4 36 Hudson Strait 286.5 286.4 289.7 291.3 288.4 288.5 290.2 288.5 282.1 280.6 281.4 283.0 285.2 283.1 283.8 285.2 283.8 282.2 283.4 287.8 285.1 284.4 284.1 281.1 280.3 279.6 279.2 281.2 281.6 279.5 278.3 98 Bering Strait 283.0 282.8 281.6 280.8 281.5 281.8 281.3 282.8 282.1 282.1 282.8 284.2 283.8 283.1 282.8 283.6 283.1 282.5 283.0 282.8 281.7 280.0 280.3 282.1 283.4 281.1 278.3 278.4 280.4 282.0 282.0 128 Arctic subocean 272.0 271.8 272.0 272.1 271.3 271.2 270.8 270.6 270.9 272.4 272.0 272.2 271.7 273.2 273.9 272.1 269.4 267.6 267.7 267.0 266.5 266.7 267.2 267.8 267.2 266.4 269.0 268.3 267.6 265.9 264.4 130 Chukchi Sea 281.8 280.3 279.9 280.3 280.4 280.8 281.1 281.5 279.5 278.2 280.3 282.2 283.1 280.5 280.1 282.1 282.0 282.1 283.2 282.4 281.8 278.0 278.7 281.3 279.9 275.6 275.6 277.3 279.9 280.8 280.3 132 Beaufort Sea 287.4 287.7 287.4 285.7 284.0 283.2 282.4 283.6 285.5 284.8 284.2 286.3 286.2 285.9 285.4 285.3 284.6 283.0 281.6 281.3 279.9 280.6 281.7 282.0 284.3 285.8 283.9 283.5 285.2 286.2 286.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 281.0 280.8 279.8 280.0 279.1 278.8 278.5 278.6 279.1 278.5 278.2 278.2 277.9 277.9 278.1 277.4 278.9 278.7 276.8 276.0 276.0 275.6 275.3 274.5 276.0 278.7 278.0 275.8 274.7 274.3 273.8 136 Foxe Basin 277.7 277.6 278.1 278.6 278.5 277.6 277.9 278.4 279.3 280.0 279.2 281.0 280.7 279.6 279.2 278.6 278.7 279.4 280.5 280.2 279.3 278.7 278.7 278.0 277.1 276.2 276.6 277.6 276.6 273.2 271.8 138 Baffin Bay 267.8 268.2 268.5 268.5 268.2 267.5 266.5 265.6 265.2 266.0 267.2 267.9 268.5 269.8 270.2 268.0 266.1 265.9 266.2 267.5 266.8 266.5 265.4 264.8 264.5 265.6 266.8 267.0 267.4 265.6 263.6 139 South Greenland 270.9 271.2 270.8 270.4 271.0 270.3 269.3 270.0 271.3 270.5 271.1 270.8 270.1 269.0 268.6 269.7 270.5 269.4 269.1 268.2 268.0 268.4 268.1 269.3 270.2 270.4 270.7 269.9 269.5 269.0 268.5 140 Greenland Sea 267.0 267.3 267.2 266.7 266.7 266.7 266.7 265.7 264.6 263.7 263.9 264.5 263.8 265.2 265.7 265.9 264.4 263.7 262.4 264.1 265.0 263.9 262.1 260.1 259.6 260.9 262.2 262.6 263.7 262.0 259.9 142 Norwegian Sea 285.1 284.4 283.4 283.9 286.8 288.5 290.2 289.6 288.8 289.6 289.9 290.4 290.4 288.6 285.5 284.9 285.4 285.3 287.1 287.7 286.0 285.0 286.5 288.3 288.7 287.6 285.0 285.4 285.8 286.4 284.0 144 Barents Sea 284.9 284.9 286.0 285.5 284.5 283.5 283.5 283.1 283.3 283.8 283.4 283.6 284.7 286.7 287.4 287.0 284.8 286.3 286.2 285.4 285.8 284.2 280.8 280.1 280.9 282.4 283.6 282.8 281.7 283.3 285.7 146 Kara Sea 290.9 290.1 289.0 288.1 287.9 287.6 287.3 286.9 286.8 287.2 287.4 285.9 284.2 283.3 283.0 283.1 283.1 283.1 283.6 284.6 285.2 285.2 284.5 283.2 282.5 282.0 281.4 281.3 280.6 279.7 279.1 148 Laptev Sea 288.3 289.6 289.3 288.5 287.5 286.8 286.3 285.8 286.1 286.5 286.4 286.1 285.7 285.4 284.5 284.2 283.2 282.0 280.6 280.2 281.5 282.0 282.6 282.5 282.1 281.5 280.9 279.4 278.5 278.4 278.1 150 East Siberian Sea 280.8 280.9 280.0 280.1 281.8 284.5 284.9 285.1 286.0 285.7 286.8 284.5 279.6 280.4 284.6 286.4 286.9 286.7 286.3 283.9 280.8 280.9 281.5 280.2 279.4 279.6 279.9 278.6 277.9 278.6 276.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 282.7 282.0 281.5 281.6 282.3 280.8 281.0 281.8 281.5 280.7 281.1 281.3 281.5 281.9 283.2 283.7 283.0 282.9 282.6 282.6 281.3 281.6 281.5 282.1 282.0 280.7 279.8 280.7 282.1 282.3 281.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.3 282.9 283.2 282.6 282.4 282.2 283.1 284.4 282.8 282.4 283.9 284.5 285.8 285.2 285.0 284.0 284.3 285.7 286.3 284.2 285.6 285.6 281.4 284.8 285.2 282.7 280.4 281.4 283.0 282.7 282.3