1997 05 - 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 271.3 271.5 271.7 272.4 272.9 273.4 273.8 273.5 273.8 273.9 273.5 273.8 273.7 273.8 274.4 275.4 276.1 276.5 277.0 277.3 277.8 278.3 278.1 277.6 277.5 278.0 278.7 279.1 279.9 280.3 279.8 34 Hudson Bay 271.7 271.5 272.6 274.2 274.0 274.6 275.7 274.0 276.2 278.0 275.3 273.9 274.3 273.5 274.5 277.9 277.9 276.2 276.1 276.6 277.0 278.2 279.0 279.5 279.8 280.0 280.5 281.4 283.9 284.8 284.9 36 Hudson Strait 270.4 268.8 268.9 268.6 268.4 268.2 269.1 269.0 271.7 272.1 273.6 274.7 275.2 275.9 276.3 276.2 275.5 274.7 275.8 276.2 276.4 276.7 276.4 276.4 277.0 276.8 276.1 272.6 272.6 278.1 277.1 98 Bering Strait 275.1 275.4 275.9 275.7 275.3 275.1 274.0 275.0 275.3 275.4 276.8 276.6 277.1 276.4 275.7 275.2 276.1 276.2 276.9 278.7 279.6 278.6 277.3 276.6 277.9 278.9 279.9 281.8 283.1 281.7 279.0 128 Arctic subocean 254.3 255.0 255.0 256.1 257.4 258.1 260.1 262.8 263.3 263.6 262.9 262.0 261.1 263.0 264.3 265.4 264.0 265.2 266.9 265.9 266.0 266.1 266.2 265.5 264.8 265.7 266.2 266.4 266.8 266.6 266.8 130 Chukchi Sea 270.5 272.8 274.4 273.1 272.9 273.3 273.4 272.6 271.7 271.4 273.5 273.8 274.0 273.0 273.3 273.0 274.0 274.3 275.0 274.8 274.6 274.0 273.1 274.1 277.4 280.9 281.8 280.5 279.4 278.2 277.7 132 Beaufort Sea 273.8 274.7 275.1 275.3 274.7 273.4 271.3 273.0 274.2 273.7 275.5 278.4 275.4 276.1 278.0 277.3 276.0 277.1 277.2 278.2 278.7 278.8 278.4 278.3 276.3 275.3 276.9 280.0 281.6 283.0 281.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.0 262.3 263.5 263.8 263.1 261.9 261.7 262.5 262.9 262.6 263.1 262.9 262.7 262.3 263.5 265.3 268.0 269.6 270.2 270.0 271.3 272.0 272.0 269.6 267.7 267.1 267.6 270.5 270.7 271.0 272.1 136 Foxe Basin 263.6 265.9 268.4 268.0 266.0 266.2 266.2 264.4 264.3 264.9 266.6 268.4 270.7 271.6 272.5 272.4 272.4 272.4 272.8 272.7 271.7 271.4 272.0 272.2 269.4 270.0 266.7 266.9 269.4 269.8 269.5 138 Baffin Bay 252.6 253.8 254.0 254.1 257.5 260.6 263.2 262.4 261.8 260.1 260.0 260.1 262.4 265.1 266.7 266.6 266.1 266.7 267.4 266.5 265.0 264.1 263.6 263.6 263.2 263.2 264.8 265.0 264.9 263.5 263.6 139 South Greenland 260.5 260.6 262.4 263.8 264.8 265.4 264.7 265.3 265.4 265.9 265.3 265.4 265.0 264.2 263.5 263.8 266.6 268.3 268.5 267.8 267.7 267.7 267.6 267.9 267.6 266.9 267.4 268.1 267.9 267.2 268.0 140 Greenland Sea 251.0 251.4 251.8 251.5 252.7 255.1 259.3 260.2 260.9 260.9 259.9 258.9 258.4 259.5 262.1 264.8 264.6 263.9 265.2 264.9 264.2 263.3 262.6 262.2 261.6 261.7 263.1 264.0 264.6 265.2 265.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.6 276.2 273.5 273.5 273.1 275.0 277.6 279.0 278.2 278.7 278.7 279.4 279.2 279.8 278.0 277.9 278.2 276.6 275.7 275.2 275.2 275.8 275.9 276.3 277.9 278.9 278.2 277.0 277.1 278.8 281.6 144 Barents Sea 274.6 275.6 276.2 277.4 277.8 278.1 278.2 278.3 278.9 279.9 280.4 281.0 280.1 280.0 278.8 276.4 273.9 273.2 273.3 274.1 274.7 275.2 275.7 277.0 276.2 275.7 277.8 278.2 278.4 277.7 277.1 146 Kara Sea 277.3 277.4 277.3 278.3 279.5 280.8 281.4 280.3 278.7 277.5 276.6 276.7 277.3 277.8 278.9 280.1 281.9 283.1 283.8 283.9 284.0 283.9 282.9 282.2 283.4 285.1 285.0 283.5 285.3 286.2 285.6 148 Laptev Sea 271.7 271.1 269.8 270.3 270.5 270.8 271.1 271.4 272.4 273.6 273.7 275.6 275.6 275.1 275.4 277.0 277.9 279.0 279.6 279.0 280.4 282.7 282.2 280.2 278.2 279.6 280.6 280.5 278.0 277.4 278.4 150 East Siberian Sea 266.8 267.0 267.6 268.1 268.8 269.8 270.2 270.4 270.9 270.6 269.5 267.6 266.3 266.3 266.6 267.2 268.0 267.2 268.0 269.4 270.7 273.4 275.4 275.6 276.6 274.3 275.7 279.6 282.8 282.9 280.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.7 274.7 276.5 277.2 277.1 277.7 276.9 276.4 276.5 276.5 276.7 276.8 277.6 277.5 275.9 276.1 276.9 276.3 278.4 280.0 282.3 282.9 281.7 280.7 281.5 281.1 281.1 281.6 282.4 280.3 278.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.2 278.6 278.5 278.0 279.8 282.3 281.0 279.8 279.2 279.9 279.4 278.6 277.0 278.0 276.3 278.3 278.3 277.7 280.0 279.9 280.2 280.3 279.8 282.7 286.2 288.3 287.6 287.5 287.4 286.1 283.5