1997 12 - 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 253.6 254.8 254.0 253.8 254.0 253.4 252.6 252.4 253.1 254.5 254.1 253.4 251.8 250.7 250.4 250.1 251.2 251.6 251.6 251.4 251.5 251.4 251.2 251.4 251.7 250.3 248.4 247.0 246.9 247.0 246.9 34 Hudson Bay 264.9 266.1 265.2 263.7 265.0 265.3 263.3 262.6 262.8 264.3 263.0 264.5 263.7 261.8 265.5 264.9 261.8 261.3 259.1 256.8 258.4 262.2 263.3 263.8 262.7 259.5 255.9 254.7 254.0 251.5 249.1 36 Hudson Strait 269.0 272.6 271.6 270.4 267.3 263.0 258.8 257.4 260.1 260.0 262.1 258.8 256.0 250.6 246.4 245.3 249.4 257.0 254.9 252.0 251.3 249.3 252.1 261.7 261.6 257.9 257.8 244.6 244.1 245.4 242.3 98 Bering Strait 255.2 259.1 257.4 259.2 262.4 260.5 258.5 259.2 257.6 256.5 257.0 256.3 255.2 254.0 253.3 253.0 252.0 250.2 253.5 256.1 253.2 251.4 253.1 255.9 256.1 253.2 250.5 249.7 250.9 252.7 250.1 128 Arctic subocean 254.1 251.8 255.7 256.2 244.8 239.6 238.7 237.0 235.2 235.3 241.1 244.1 242.7 243.5 241.6 239.2 241.1 243.3 245.2 245.8 244.5 243.4 243.3 239.3 237.8 237.4 237.5 236.7 235.6 237.6 238.9 130 Chukchi Sea 245.7 247.2 250.8 254.4 260.1 262.6 259.7 256.6 256.0 252.8 248.6 246.5 244.6 244.3 244.8 244.1 243.2 244.1 250.4 250.7 246.7 245.3 247.9 248.1 248.1 244.8 242.2 243.5 242.3 243.3 244.7 132 Beaufort Sea 261.1 264.8 262.7 262.1 261.1 260.7 259.5 260.0 260.9 262.5 264.0 264.9 263.6 266.4 259.7 254.2 256.8 253.9 250.0 254.5 255.6 253.5 256.9 256.9 260.5 259.6 258.9 256.1 255.7 253.9 251.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 253.7 256.1 259.2 257.3 257.5 252.7 251.8 251.0 249.0 248.4 242.5 240.3 241.6 246.3 248.4 247.8 245.8 244.3 244.6 241.1 240.5 241.4 242.2 241.7 239.4 238.4 239.1 238.3 236.4 235.9 236.2 136 Foxe Basin 259.3 259.1 258.6 256.4 257.9 258.5 247.3 247.1 246.1 243.5 247.0 243.3 239.8 239.9 241.4 243.1 243.6 244.4 244.2 244.6 245.3 243.2 245.2 252.9 253.9 248.8 248.8 249.6 247.6 244.8 239.1 138 Baffin Bay 257.3 253.8 250.6 253.5 245.0 239.1 238.7 237.3 235.7 234.6 235.2 236.5 241.0 241.6 244.2 245.1 249.9 255.5 254.3 251.7 250.5 250.8 246.3 243.5 243.3 243.9 243.4 242.5 244.2 245.5 246.8 139 South Greenland 258.6 258.5 255.4 253.1 252.5 249.6 248.7 245.9 244.8 243.8 241.5 246.9 247.3 250.5 261.1 259.5 264.6 261.4 260.2 261.0 260.2 259.0 253.9 254.5 252.6 251.4 248.4 251.1 254.6 254.9 255.4 140 Greenland Sea 253.9 253.3 247.4 250.6 245.4 236.2 233.6 232.2 232.8 237.2 247.5 242.3 241.1 243.3 249.2 251.2 252.8 255.4 252.1 252.4 250.9 252.6 252.1 245.7 241.7 240.0 240.3 239.1 239.7 242.9 246.9 142 Norwegian Sea 265.9 263.9 265.5 268.2 269.3 268.3 271.8 274.3 275.3 274.3 274.9 273.3 270.2 268.3 272.5 275.8 274.2 272.0 270.0 267.3 268.2 271.9 271.6 271.3 268.5 269.2 266.4 264.9 262.4 264.0 267.0 144 Barents Sea 255.0 257.2 256.9 258.9 258.2 258.8 262.8 265.9 268.5 268.1 265.0 259.1 250.8 246.6 248.8 261.3 270.1 263.0 258.9 256.0 251.7 253.9 258.0 261.0 264.4 260.0 256.0 254.3 254.9 258.0 263.1 146 Kara Sea 253.1 253.4 251.3 250.5 252.3 254.3 254.3 255.8 258.7 259.7 257.7 255.7 252.1 248.5 247.3 247.0 248.7 252.2 254.5 253.5 252.6 251.1 248.1 247.4 249.9 250.2 248.6 248.4 248.5 248.7 247.6 148 Laptev Sea 240.6 241.7 243.4 243.8 242.7 241.1 240.1 237.4 238.5 244.8 247.5 247.1 246.6 244.8 240.0 237.1 235.7 235.4 236.3 239.3 244.6 244.6 245.8 245.8 243.1 241.4 239.6 235.4 232.7 232.1 234.1 150 East Siberian Sea 231.2 233.2 235.9 235.8 235.9 235.5 235.1 234.1 232.3 231.4 230.9 231.2 234.6 237.7 238.4 240.4 246.4 247.5 245.2 241.2 238.4 237.1 236.4 234.3 236.1 236.0 233.5 232.9 237.3 245.4 246.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.6 268.9 267.0 267.5 270.3 270.3 268.8 267.8 266.4 268.5 270.8 268.7 265.9 262.7 261.5 260.6 259.8 262.2 267.4 266.2 262.2 265.9 268.6 272.1 270.6 268.1 265.1 266.8 265.9 260.7 257.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.5 257.5 256.5 262.4 273.8 272.1 268.3 265.8 263.5 262.2 262.5 258.2 254.5 249.9 249.4 249.5 247.6 248.3 258.5 257.8 258.8 261.0 259.1 266.5 261.5 257.5 256.3 254.2 249.8 244.9 248.7