1998 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 270.5 271.2 271.6 271.7 272.0 272.8 274.1 274.9 275.1 274.7 274.7 274.6 274.5 274.2 273.8 273.8 274.2 275.2 276.1 276.5 277.2 278.2 278.7 278.9 279.2 279.5 279.8 279.7 279.4 279.9 280.1 34 Hudson Bay 274.8 276.8 280.1 281.3 279.5 277.4 277.9 280.2 282.1 283.2 282.7 281.4 280.2 281.5 283.4 284.6 283.8 283.1 282.3 281.6 281.9 282.9 283.2 282.4 281.1 281.3 282.4 280.7 277.1 278.6 278.0 36 Hudson Strait 268.0 268.3 269.0 271.1 274.3 278.8 278.2 272.2 274.1 275.7 275.1 280.6 278.4 275.8 275.8 277.6 283.1 282.7 279.6 279.0 276.1 274.2 276.9 275.6 272.2 272.8 274.3 277.0 275.9 274.1 274.7 98 Bering Strait 270.0 270.8 269.7 269.6 271.1 272.8 271.5 271.6 273.3 274.7 273.9 273.2 273.6 274.2 275.2 277.2 276.8 278.4 279.2 278.1 277.8 279.6 278.8 279.3 281.6 283.1 282.4 283.6 283.1 284.0 281.9 128 Arctic subocean 257.8 257.3 257.4 258.4 260.2 261.5 261.7 260.7 257.4 255.9 256.9 258.5 259.8 260.7 261.0 260.4 261.2 262.6 262.5 261.4 261.2 263.9 265.9 266.5 266.9 266.4 266.5 267.5 267.3 268.7 271.4 130 Chukchi Sea 262.8 265.0 261.0 260.5 263.7 265.2 263.4 266.2 269.4 270.5 270.3 269.6 270.7 271.6 273.0 274.6 273.7 275.6 276.9 276.6 273.7 275.2 276.0 277.0 277.7 279.1 278.3 279.0 277.3 279.6 280.5 132 Beaufort Sea 278.2 279.9 279.6 276.7 275.4 276.9 279.5 278.4 278.9 279.6 281.5 281.3 280.7 279.7 279.5 280.8 282.5 283.3 283.6 283.5 284.5 284.4 282.7 284.1 286.1 286.6 285.2 283.3 283.6 282.9 283.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.2 265.0 265.4 265.6 266.4 265.7 267.0 266.6 265.8 265.8 267.2 268.9 271.1 271.4 270.8 271.5 271.9 270.5 270.0 268.9 268.2 267.9 269.7 271.2 271.6 271.4 270.3 270.3 270.8 271.9 272.9 136 Foxe Basin 267.1 265.2 265.1 265.4 269.0 269.7 265.9 264.9 266.5 266.0 264.2 264.9 266.4 268.9 269.1 268.6 270.1 272.3 272.3 271.3 270.7 268.7 268.1 268.9 269.0 269.3 269.4 270.7 271.8 272.8 275.9 138 Baffin Bay 260.4 260.4 259.8 259.2 258.4 260.1 261.9 261.2 258.6 255.8 255.6 256.6 257.7 258.9 260.7 259.1 259.3 262.2 263.0 263.2 263.8 265.9 266.8 265.4 265.3 266.7 268.2 266.5 267.2 270.3 271.1 139 South Greenland 263.8 264.9 263.9 261.9 260.8 261.1 263.7 265.2 265.0 263.6 263.6 264.2 264.2 264.5 263.9 262.6 262.7 263.3 266.8 270.1 271.7 271.7 270.4 269.0 271.0 272.3 271.8 271.6 272.9 273.3 272.4 140 Greenland Sea 256.9 256.9 255.9 256.2 255.5 255.2 259.4 260.7 260.0 256.6 256.7 256.8 257.3 257.1 258.2 257.2 256.5 258.3 260.5 260.8 260.8 262.9 264.4 263.7 263.6 266.0 267.7 267.2 266.4 267.8 269.4 142 Norwegian Sea 277.6 276.3 276.1 277.4 277.9 276.3 276.1 276.8 278.3 278.6 277.2 278.0 279.2 281.7 283.4 283.1 281.2 280.8 277.4 273.7 274.4 274.2 275.2 276.6 276.2 277.0 277.7 278.5 279.1 279.4 277.5 144 Barents Sea 272.4 273.6 273.2 275.2 275.9 277.4 277.6 275.9 274.6 273.0 275.5 274.6 271.7 271.2 273.3 272.9 276.7 280.8 282.4 280.7 278.4 278.3 281.9 284.2 282.5 280.6 281.9 281.6 280.4 278.1 276.4 146 Kara Sea 273.9 273.5 273.5 273.3 274.6 276.8 279.6 281.2 280.4 279.2 278.4 277.2 276.7 275.8 273.3 272.7 273.7 275.1 277.3 278.3 280.1 282.2 283.1 283.5 283.8 284.2 284.6 284.6 284.6 285.0 285.3 148 Laptev Sea 268.1 269.5 270.5 270.8 271.1 271.2 271.8 272.8 273.2 272.9 273.8 275.7 276.2 274.2 272.9 272.7 271.8 271.7 272.3 274.4 275.8 276.1 276.3 275.8 275.5 275.4 276.4 277.8 278.3 278.9 280.4 150 East Siberian Sea 259.0 260.4 261.7 263.0 264.7 265.0 265.4 267.9 269.7 269.9 267.4 265.9 268.5 270.1 268.6 267.6 267.3 270.2 272.2 272.8 273.4 273.7 275.2 276.0 278.4 278.6 277.7 277.5 279.5 281.0 281.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.9 275.2 274.9 274.6 275.2 274.6 274.2 274.2 274.2 274.6 273.8 273.5 273.9 275.7 277.2 276.5 276.8 277.6 276.7 276.3 276.7 278.5 276.6 279.0 281.9 282.0 282.1 283.4 282.7 283.5 279.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.8 275.4 274.4 274.6 276.9 276.4 276.0 276.7 277.3 275.7 274.4 275.9 276.8 276.3 278.8 276.9 276.7 278.7 278.2 277.5 278.9 280.2 280.8 276.2 278.6 281.4 281.6 280.9 282.4 284.1 280.6