1998 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 246.7 247.3 247.5 247.1 247.1 246.9 246.1 245.4 244.8 244.9 245.2 244.3 243.5 243.5 244.6 246.2 247.4 247.9 247.6 247.6 248.3 248.9 250.0 250.2 249.8 250.1 251.6 252.0 251.7 251.4 251.3 34 Hudson Bay 250.8 248.7 246.6 245.3 247.0 248.5 249.3 248.8 248.5 249.9 249.3 246.4 245.8 247.1 250.1 251.7 252.6 254.5 255.5 254.9 251.7 251.9 253.6 253.2 250.9 252.3 256.2 257.1 256.6 257.3 257.6 36 Hudson Strait 241.0 239.6 239.5 240.1 241.7 239.4 240.6 243.5 243.2 243.2 251.9 252.1 249.6 257.1 255.4 252.0 247.9 247.0 251.8 257.0 253.9 241.4 241.4 249.0 256.6 251.5 249.5 250.3 250.7 249.7 252.9 98 Bering Strait 246.4 246.7 245.4 244.5 245.3 247.9 247.5 246.9 248.7 252.1 253.7 252.4 250.0 247.5 247.2 248.9 249.3 252.1 250.4 250.6 252.2 253.4 253.9 252.7 251.5 251.1 252.9 253.3 253.3 254.6 256.2 128 Arctic subocean 243.2 244.9 247.1 245.9 244.3 243.8 244.6 244.3 244.3 244.1 243.1 241.3 239.0 236.7 235.6 235.2 236.3 235.7 234.9 236.3 235.6 234.8 233.3 233.1 236.3 236.7 236.8 235.4 241.6 246.7 242.7 130 Chukchi Sea 247.6 244.2 242.2 244.2 248.3 249.9 249.9 250.4 251.5 254.7 258.7 258.2 253.5 249.6 247.3 245.2 245.8 247.6 249.1 250.2 251.0 250.3 249.6 248.4 244.2 240.3 239.5 242.8 244.5 246.9 249.7 132 Beaufort Sea 244.1 240.7 239.5 239.6 240.6 241.9 241.4 241.3 241.0 241.0 241.9 240.6 239.2 240.0 243.4 245.6 248.1 250.1 249.9 248.3 249.9 250.3 248.0 249.4 253.6 255.9 258.2 256.1 255.1 256.9 257.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.2 238.2 235.3 235.2 237.1 239.1 238.8 239.3 239.7 240.4 239.0 237.5 235.8 234.6 233.6 237.1 239.9 238.1 236.2 235.1 235.2 234.9 233.4 233.1 235.4 233.5 234.2 240.3 242.7 239.6 236.4 136 Foxe Basin 234.4 232.2 233.5 234.7 237.6 240.9 242.2 240.1 237.6 236.5 235.4 235.5 234.5 236.3 247.3 252.6 244.9 242.8 246.6 239.9 236.1 234.2 232.6 231.9 233.6 238.7 242.1 241.9 238.3 238.9 239.8 138 Baffin Bay 248.8 247.6 250.1 251.5 250.6 248.8 247.2 245.3 244.3 243.0 241.1 240.2 239.9 239.7 238.5 238.7 242.7 242.9 238.4 236.2 236.9 237.5 241.1 244.0 240.0 238.5 244.6 250.7 251.3 245.7 241.3 139 South Greenland 254.7 254.5 257.7 258.9 256.8 255.8 254.0 249.9 248.3 247.7 246.8 245.3 246.2 246.3 246.6 247.9 246.6 247.0 245.3 243.3 245.6 246.9 255.9 259.0 253.3 253.5 259.4 257.5 254.8 251.7 253.9 140 Greenland Sea 249.0 251.1 253.9 252.1 249.6 245.7 244.9 245.9 243.5 242.4 240.8 238.6 237.0 236.6 237.2 238.2 239.7 241.1 238.5 236.7 234.7 235.5 242.3 246.2 243.8 240.1 243.3 244.1 243.7 243.8 242.2 142 Norwegian Sea 271.1 272.1 270.4 270.4 269.3 269.2 268.5 268.3 267.5 270.7 272.1 270.5 269.1 270.5 271.9 271.2 271.3 266.2 264.6 263.4 267.5 273.3 271.5 269.5 272.6 274.5 270.1 264.7 265.0 260.9 261.1 144 Barents Sea 265.6 264.8 264.2 264.2 263.8 262.2 258.9 255.9 254.3 250.6 250.5 253.0 254.4 255.3 258.1 263.4 265.3 266.5 267.2 265.7 262.9 263.9 267.4 264.5 259.3 260.0 264.6 260.5 252.3 249.0 247.9 146 Kara Sea 247.4 250.1 252.2 252.4 252.9 251.8 248.3 245.4 243.9 244.2 245.4 245.4 244.9 244.9 245.3 246.7 249.1 250.4 251.2 252.1 253.8 253.8 253.7 253.7 254.4 255.2 254.9 256.3 257.3 256.3 254.8 148 Laptev Sea 235.7 237.2 239.2 237.6 236.3 235.4 235.2 237.2 237.8 237.1 237.2 237.3 236.5 235.0 235.0 235.7 236.3 234.6 234.0 235.7 239.1 243.1 245.1 245.3 243.8 243.0 243.9 243.6 243.4 245.6 247.3 150 East Siberian Sea 244.8 250.6 247.6 245.4 241.8 240.5 245.4 245.7 243.5 243.2 241.3 237.9 236.7 239.7 241.9 242.4 240.2 237.6 234.7 234.3 234.3 234.3 235.1 235.5 236.6 237.6 235.9 234.6 233.5 233.0 231.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 255.7 257.0 253.8 250.9 249.9 249.7 254.5 257.6 258.9 261.1 260.9 260.1 259.0 257.6 261.2 266.4 265.4 267.7 264.5 264.6 267.3 267.0 266.2 263.9 265.9 268.4 268.7 269.8 269.4 269.1 270.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.5 254.2 249.2 248.6 249.4 247.1 252.7 267.2 269.8 273.3 272.4 266.6 261.7 255.6 254.4 262.1 262.5 261.3 260.6 260.5 268.5 268.2 267.4 261.2 256.2 255.2 254.7 255.5 258.4 260.8 263.3