1997 01 - 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 247.0 248.3 248.9 248.6 248.3 248.7 249.5 248.6 247.7 247.9 248.4 248.6 248.8 248.1 247.1 246.7 247.9 250.2 251.1 249.3 248.4 247.3 246.8 247.5 247.8 247.3 247.2 248.3 248.7 250.1 251.4 34 Hudson Bay 250.1 255.6 254.4 252.3 251.4 250.6 250.8 253.2 251.6 249.1 249.7 252.4 257.1 256.7 255.5 248.7 246.5 252.5 260.3 255.9 252.4 249.1 245.9 246.5 245.2 243.6 243.7 244.3 244.3 249.4 252.8 36 Hudson Strait 248.4 248.9 252.8 253.0 250.7 250.8 262.5 265.3 261.9 260.8 263.2 261.1 258.6 257.2 250.5 252.9 255.9 253.4 250.3 249.6 244.4 242.3 239.6 243.2 247.7 245.6 242.7 242.6 245.4 244.5 240.3 98 Bering Strait 245.2 242.3 239.7 240.0 241.1 243.4 240.3 238.3 243.4 252.8 260.0 258.5 260.0 261.8 260.0 258.7 257.8 259.1 257.9 256.1 252.4 248.0 246.7 247.7 249.4 249.5 249.4 252.8 254.1 257.1 259.1 128 Arctic subocean 243.3 242.0 244.4 242.0 246.1 242.1 240.6 237.1 234.0 234.2 236.6 234.5 233.0 232.0 232.2 236.5 237.7 234.5 230.9 231.0 231.8 231.9 231.8 234.7 235.5 239.3 242.7 242.3 244.4 245.1 242.3 130 Chukchi Sea 249.6 246.0 241.4 239.8 238.3 237.3 238.1 239.1 243.1 249.9 254.5 254.4 255.6 260.9 262.5 260.2 257.9 256.3 253.8 252.0 249.0 245.0 243.8 247.2 253.3 250.4 249.6 252.1 247.9 246.4 254.0 132 Beaufort Sea 243.9 245.5 242.7 242.6 243.3 249.1 253.0 248.5 241.5 243.9 251.0 257.1 259.0 260.7 255.4 251.4 253.6 261.6 258.6 252.4 246.8 244.3 241.5 239.9 243.3 242.9 242.5 244.6 251.8 256.2 258.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 235.8 238.7 240.5 238.4 236.5 235.1 240.4 243.1 239.7 237.1 241.5 249.5 247.5 241.0 240.6 241.1 244.6 245.4 242.7 238.1 238.3 238.5 238.8 240.3 239.9 236.7 236.2 237.5 238.0 238.7 237.9 136 Foxe Basin 241.9 247.3 251.1 254.5 250.4 247.1 242.3 242.9 245.0 245.7 245.1 245.3 250.4 248.5 248.0 246.9 245.6 251.2 250.8 246.5 240.4 237.9 234.9 234.0 233.8 236.7 235.8 234.4 232.6 234.1 233.4 138 Baffin Bay 249.6 253.3 253.4 254.9 253.4 249.7 244.3 239.5 240.2 239.8 237.4 235.8 235.0 235.0 235.9 239.2 243.3 242.9 245.7 242.0 239.4 236.8 235.1 234.8 233.1 232.9 233.9 238.8 236.6 237.9 243.0 139 South Greenland 262.2 262.8 263.7 261.3 261.0 259.9 257.6 254.4 252.0 249.7 248.0 246.7 243.6 243.2 244.7 245.7 248.2 255.9 254.6 251.5 249.7 245.0 246.9 246.1 240.9 239.3 248.1 251.7 246.0 249.0 252.6 140 Greenland Sea 252.0 253.9 256.3 252.8 252.9 249.4 248.6 241.6 239.9 239.1 236.5 233.0 233.0 230.9 230.7 233.5 240.0 241.4 243.8 240.0 236.7 234.4 236.3 247.0 242.3 237.0 238.0 242.1 239.8 239.3 243.1 142 Norwegian Sea 269.3 267.8 267.8 269.0 268.5 269.8 269.6 266.6 266.2 264.4 262.6 265.3 271.9 272.3 274.6 270.5 268.1 269.2 267.7 269.8 274.6 273.9 270.8 269.1 269.5 273.8 271.1 268.2 273.0 273.7 269.2 144 Barents Sea 258.8 257.2 255.0 249.0 247.5 248.4 249.0 247.1 249.2 258.1 257.3 253.8 255.1 258.8 255.7 260.9 258.9 254.5 252.5 252.3 257.3 264.5 265.2 265.1 262.4 258.4 258.6 259.3 255.2 253.4 255.2 146 Kara Sea 247.6 249.5 252.3 252.8 252.3 251.0 252.5 253.4 250.6 247.7 248.5 250.0 249.4 248.3 248.5 248.6 251.5 255.1 255.3 253.5 252.1 252.7 254.5 255.4 255.4 254.9 253.9 253.3 252.7 253.0 253.1 148 Laptev Sea 238.0 238.1 240.3 243.0 244.3 247.5 247.4 244.5 247.8 248.5 242.1 238.2 236.5 233.9 232.6 234.8 235.4 233.1 236.0 240.3 244.5 242.8 239.9 238.4 239.4 240.5 240.5 242.4 244.7 245.1 246.7 150 East Siberian Sea 246.2 243.6 241.2 241.8 239.3 241.9 243.9 239.9 236.4 237.7 238.6 232.8 229.9 228.8 230.1 231.7 232.9 232.6 233.3 233.5 233.9 235.3 239.1 245.3 253.1 257.2 253.8 252.2 250.4 248.4 247.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 249.2 248.7 250.8 253.8 257.9 257.1 253.2 251.5 259.9 271.2 271.8 271.0 272.0 269.7 268.1 266.8 267.7 269.3 269.7 267.4 264.0 259.9 255.7 253.5 251.9 251.6 252.2 260.2 267.4 270.9 269.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.8 249.4 245.7 242.6 243.4 242.4 241.6 249.1 261.7 271.4 274.0 272.2 273.0 273.7 274.6 271.9 269.8 266.6 263.1 258.2 259.5 257.3 258.4 256.3 252.0 254.8 254.0 258.7 263.8 267.5 264.5