1996 11 - 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 261.2 260.7 259.8 258.6 258.2 257.9 257.6 257.0 255.9 256.1 257.2 258.3 259.4 260.0 260.4 260.6 260.9 260.6 260.3 260.4 260.0 258.7 257.5 256.0 255.2 255.5 255.5 255.6 255.6 255.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 265.8 268.0 270.0 267.9 268.3 269.8 270.5 268.1 264.1 262.3 260.5 259.8 259.2 261.8 263.4 263.2 261.9 261.2 259.7 260.4 260.1 258.3 257.3 257.5 257.2 256.6 257.8 260.0 260.8 261.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 273.3 271.1 269.6 268.8 267.9 269.0 271.3 273.8 269.2 272.5 269.8 265.0 263.0 264.0 266.6 266.6 269.3 268.2 270.7 269.6 265.8 263.8 261.5 261.4 261.9 260.3 261.3 265.0 262.4 260.9 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 267.6 264.8 263.3 263.1 264.5 261.9 259.5 260.0 257.4 258.1 258.1 261.7 263.9 262.1 261.7 260.6 261.6 259.5 258.5 257.4 256.0 255.4 255.2 254.8 253.8 255.2 255.7 255.5 255.5 253.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 249.4 249.0 249.3 250.5 250.5 251.2 250.8 250.7 249.6 247.6 248.3 247.2 246.6 247.6 249.6 249.0 255.8 258.7 261.6 257.5 255.0 252.7 252.1 248.9 246.8 246.7 246.3 243.9 243.8 244.8 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 265.5 267.2 262.2 261.5 263.0 258.5 254.7 254.3 259.5 265.9 263.2 260.4 261.2 264.2 269.5 270.9 270.8 269.2 267.1 263.8 262.8 262.0 259.4 258.0 257.7 256.4 253.9 251.6 249.8 247.3 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.3 268.0 263.5 262.1 262.8 264.0 262.2 258.5 255.5 255.3 256.4 258.7 260.8 262.1 257.9 255.6 254.6 253.6 250.9 251.6 252.8 253.3 252.7 251.8 252.4 255.3 255.7 258.1 257.9 257.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.3 260.4 258.9 257.6 256.1 254.3 251.6 250.5 252.5 252.4 251.7 253.0 256.9 257.1 256.0 253.3 251.0 251.0 252.4 257.0 257.4 254.7 253.5 253.4 251.6 250.5 249.4 247.5 246.6 246.8 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 267.0 267.4 268.5 265.7 262.1 266.4 260.1 253.3 249.7 254.7 258.8 256.9 253.0 258.9 255.8 253.9 254.2 252.0 255.4 256.3 258.7 255.3 255.0 254.0 251.3 249.0 249.3 251.0 253.3 250.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 246.0 246.0 246.9 247.4 247.1 248.7 248.9 248.6 247.8 243.3 244.7 243.7 246.0 245.3 244.8 244.7 246.1 247.4 252.7 249.6 247.9 247.6 247.8 247.7 248.6 249.9 248.5 246.9 245.9 244.3 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 247.7 246.7 247.5 247.8 247.9 249.5 250.6 249.3 253.9 251.6 259.4 263.9 263.1 254.9 253.1 250.6 248.6 247.6 248.0 250.0 250.8 248.6 251.3 256.4 256.7 257.8 257.8 253.0 250.2 247.9 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 243.0 244.6 247.0 249.1 246.9 246.2 246.5 244.9 246.2 243.7 242.1 240.7 241.2 241.6 243.3 242.2 245.5 249.6 255.5 250.9 246.1 244.1 240.3 241.1 245.2 246.8 245.5 244.3 243.7 242.7 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 271.9 272.9 272.3 270.6 271.7 271.4 272.6 272.1 270.3 269.3 267.2 265.6 265.3 271.7 275.1 273.0 271.7 267.5 265.2 267.0 266.7 269.4 271.9 268.4 265.3 263.5 263.7 262.7 262.5 266.4 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 273.0 272.9 272.7 272.6 272.0 272.2 271.0 270.1 271.2 271.4 270.8 270.4 269.9 271.6 272.5 273.0 272.4 272.2 270.9 273.0 273.8 274.5 273.8 272.7 271.6 271.1 268.2 266.9 268.1 270.3 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 264.9 263.4 262.2 260.6 260.1 259.7 258.7 256.9 255.4 256.3 258.5 259.4 260.6 261.7 264.1 267.5 269.3 269.6 269.1 268.7 268.1 266.9 263.9 259.5 258.7 259.5 259.7 260.0 261.2 261.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 249.4 249.8 248.3 246.6 244.9 243.1 243.6 246.6 248.3 250.8 253.3 256.0 256.4 256.3 255.5 255.9 257.7 258.3 258.3 258.6 257.8 255.3 254.0 251.8 249.3 248.0 247.9 247.9 247.6 247.2 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 256.1 250.3 247.2 244.9 243.3 240.9 247.3 255.1 250.4 247.8 247.2 248.1 255.4 257.6 258.3 254.6 250.6 247.7 247.7 246.3 244.5 244.2 245.4 245.7 244.2 243.8 243.4 243.2 241.7 240.3 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.7 268.7 266.9 270.1 271.4 269.3 267.5 263.6 259.4 259.4 264.2 269.8 271.0 268.8 264.6 263.4 261.9 260.9 258.6 258.3 259.0 258.8 258.1 256.6 259.4 264.6 268.3 268.4 266.8 265.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.4 266.2 269.1 273.2 273.0 271.3 265.3 260.6 261.3 266.2 266.6 266.0 265.0 270.1 275.0 275.4 273.0 270.4 270.1 270.6 272.2 268.6 268.3 265.3 262.9 261.5 259.6 255.7 253.8 254.1 -9999.0