1996 10 - 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 271.3 270.7 270.4 270.7 270.9 270.3 269.8 269.9 269.5 269.5 269.4 269.0 269.1 269.5 269.2 268.7 268.0 267.0 266.2 265.6 265.0 264.3 263.8 263.6 262.8 261.5 260.9 260.7 260.4 260.5 261.3 34 Hudson Bay 274.4 273.7 273.2 275.7 279.4 277.9 275.8 276.0 273.7 274.1 275.5 274.4 274.2 274.2 274.3 274.4 272.6 272.4 273.6 273.6 273.6 274.7 274.8 274.1 273.0 272.0 273.1 273.9 271.4 267.1 265.4 36 Hudson Strait 273.6 273.8 272.5 271.7 271.4 276.4 272.3 272.6 271.9 270.9 268.1 269.1 267.0 265.5 266.0 267.8 269.0 267.7 267.9 273.2 274.4 273.8 273.7 275.3 274.7 274.2 272.2 272.0 273.8 272.3 272.1 98 Bering Strait 272.1 270.6 270.0 270.3 270.4 270.4 269.5 267.2 267.0 265.6 264.0 264.2 264.2 264.2 263.3 262.7 262.8 262.7 261.8 260.7 259.8 259.3 258.8 257.3 254.3 255.2 258.0 261.2 266.1 265.7 267.9 128 Arctic subocean 256.5 254.9 255.4 255.0 254.4 253.0 253.1 255.3 251.5 250.9 250.3 248.7 249.0 250.9 254.5 256.3 256.4 251.1 248.9 248.5 251.0 250.7 249.3 249.4 247.8 246.3 245.4 244.2 244.3 245.7 247.7 130 Chukchi Sea 270.3 268.9 271.8 272.1 273.0 269.1 264.7 262.5 260.4 261.3 261.0 260.6 259.2 258.1 256.9 256.8 258.2 260.0 260.4 259.4 260.4 261.3 259.4 256.1 253.4 254.4 260.7 268.2 270.5 264.8 261.8 132 Beaufort Sea 270.2 269.2 271.1 272.9 271.7 271.4 272.4 271.1 271.9 274.3 272.7 269.5 270.8 272.0 270.7 267.9 266.5 266.2 265.8 265.5 266.2 266.3 263.8 263.5 261.8 260.7 263.3 260.8 258.0 261.1 264.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.6 265.2 263.8 263.7 263.6 264.0 261.8 260.1 259.1 258.0 256.8 258.3 260.2 265.2 268.3 268.8 267.6 265.3 264.9 264.2 262.0 261.4 261.4 259.9 259.8 257.7 255.4 254.1 252.0 254.1 258.2 136 Foxe Basin 270.9 270.1 268.6 267.6 266.4 265.2 263.5 263.9 262.7 261.0 262.4 261.7 259.3 258.6 259.4 263.1 264.0 265.8 264.4 269.5 269.8 266.8 263.5 265.3 269.3 268.3 264.8 262.4 263.5 266.9 267.3 138 Baffin Bay 259.7 256.5 256.0 255.3 254.2 250.8 248.2 249.7 246.6 245.5 244.8 246.4 247.3 248.5 250.3 251.9 254.0 251.0 246.8 247.1 253.2 251.1 248.2 246.9 245.6 247.2 247.4 245.3 243.5 243.0 244.7 139 South Greenland 262.3 262.8 260.9 262.0 259.6 254.6 254.4 256.8 255.8 253.6 251.9 254.5 255.6 256.7 257.9 260.3 261.7 260.4 259.5 257.4 256.4 256.5 256.4 256.7 256.5 256.3 257.9 256.7 252.8 249.1 248.4 140 Greenland Sea 252.2 250.9 250.6 249.6 250.8 248.6 251.7 255.0 248.9 246.4 247.4 244.6 244.9 245.9 246.6 248.2 250.1 249.1 245.6 243.5 246.3 244.9 245.8 245.0 244.4 243.8 242.3 240.5 239.2 241.2 241.8 142 Norwegian Sea 278.2 277.9 277.8 278.6 277.8 279.1 280.9 279.1 279.2 275.7 277.1 278.5 273.7 273.9 274.7 276.4 275.6 276.3 277.1 276.6 275.3 276.3 277.1 279.5 280.2 278.6 278.1 276.9 275.7 272.8 270.9 144 Barents Sea 274.4 277.0 277.6 276.7 277.0 278.7 278.1 278.0 279.2 280.2 278.4 276.3 275.8 273.4 271.4 271.2 270.8 269.9 270.1 270.5 270.1 271.1 271.6 271.3 272.0 273.6 274.2 274.6 273.9 273.2 272.5 146 Kara Sea 274.2 273.0 273.2 274.0 274.8 274.9 275.0 275.3 276.1 276.1 276.5 276.2 275.7 275.5 275.0 273.8 272.4 271.1 270.0 269.0 267.1 265.5 265.5 266.7 266.4 263.2 260.6 261.7 263.6 265.4 265.8 148 Laptev Sea 271.0 271.2 270.1 267.6 267.2 267.2 268.0 268.7 268.9 269.7 269.7 270.4 270.8 271.0 269.9 268.2 267.3 266.7 265.8 264.7 263.2 262.3 260.2 257.4 256.3 255.6 254.0 251.6 249.9 249.2 249.8 150 East Siberian Sea 274.4 276.0 273.6 272.2 268.4 264.5 262.9 261.9 261.6 261.8 262.5 261.9 263.0 265.3 265.2 265.3 265.9 263.2 259.6 257.9 256.4 254.9 255.4 260.8 260.8 257.1 254.3 252.9 252.1 255.1 260.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.6 271.8 272.1 272.2 271.4 273.5 274.7 274.6 274.9 271.9 270.8 271.2 271.1 268.7 267.1 265.6 266.1 265.4 264.4 263.7 264.0 263.8 267.3 267.2 263.6 264.3 264.1 262.9 266.0 270.7 273.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.0 273.7 272.9 273.1 273.2 274.0 274.0 273.2 272.3 266.5 267.8 267.5 266.2 266.9 267.7 267.8 266.8 264.9 266.4 268.7 270.0 269.4 269.6 264.9 258.8 259.6 259.0 269.6 274.9 273.8 270.7