1998 10 - 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 271.4 271.0 270.7 270.6 270.5 270.4 270.1 269.6 269.4 268.7 268.1 268.0 267.7 267.1 266.8 267.1 267.5 267.6 267.4 267.2 267.4 266.8 266.5 266.2 266.0 266.2 265.6 264.3 263.1 262.4 261.8 34 Hudson Bay 277.0 277.3 277.7 277.9 278.3 278.7 279.3 279.2 277.9 275.2 273.5 273.1 273.4 274.2 275.1 275.7 275.5 276.0 275.3 274.6 276.2 276.9 276.9 274.3 272.8 275.8 279.2 277.4 275.9 274.6 272.2 36 Hudson Strait 276.6 275.5 274.9 274.0 273.2 272.7 273.0 276.5 273.2 275.3 271.3 271.8 270.5 269.7 269.7 271.1 273.5 273.8 273.1 272.9 271.7 271.1 268.8 268.4 266.5 266.9 270.0 274.9 272.7 270.8 270.0 98 Bering Strait 273.0 270.9 269.5 270.8 272.3 271.9 270.8 269.1 268.1 268.4 269.5 270.0 268.5 267.8 268.1 269.7 269.6 268.9 268.9 268.3 266.5 264.6 265.5 268.4 269.2 267.7 265.4 264.4 264.0 261.8 262.0 128 Arctic subocean 261.7 262.2 261.0 258.0 256.3 253.5 252.1 254.0 255.0 254.2 252.0 254.5 252.5 252.3 251.2 249.5 249.1 250.1 250.0 249.7 250.9 250.0 249.2 248.4 248.7 247.1 244.9 245.3 245.7 248.9 251.4 130 Chukchi Sea 272.9 273.2 271.1 269.3 269.8 269.9 269.7 271.5 270.5 268.9 271.5 273.0 270.6 270.9 268.8 268.3 269.4 269.1 265.9 264.8 264.0 263.2 263.1 266.0 268.4 268.0 267.2 269.1 268.4 265.8 265.1 132 Beaufort Sea 276.2 275.8 275.0 275.2 274.5 274.0 273.6 271.7 270.1 269.4 270.2 271.4 272.0 272.0 272.0 272.2 273.8 272.2 272.3 275.2 275.3 272.1 270.9 272.2 274.4 276.5 272.8 271.9 268.9 265.6 264.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 271.1 271.1 270.7 270.9 272.6 270.7 266.6 264.9 266.0 267.0 265.5 267.7 268.0 265.3 262.8 262.3 264.8 266.8 266.8 264.8 266.7 261.7 259.8 258.9 259.1 263.3 263.7 260.4 260.7 262.4 260.2 136 Foxe Basin 272.9 272.0 271.1 270.3 269.5 273.5 273.2 270.8 269.9 268.3 267.5 267.1 267.7 269.5 268.9 264.7 262.7 263.5 266.8 268.3 266.1 267.6 260.3 259.7 260.6 259.6 263.1 262.0 258.9 265.0 270.7 138 Baffin Bay 257.2 257.8 257.2 257.5 256.9 256.3 259.0 259.7 259.5 258.7 254.3 253.2 254.5 252.6 251.7 250.7 248.6 248.3 247.8 250.8 250.8 248.9 247.7 246.5 246.7 245.6 245.2 246.9 247.7 250.0 254.1 139 South Greenland 262.6 260.9 262.6 265.8 266.3 264.0 261.5 260.6 262.9 260.5 259.2 257.6 256.2 255.2 254.8 255.1 254.8 252.1 252.5 250.2 251.1 249.4 248.8 250.5 251.0 252.1 252.3 254.0 253.2 254.6 254.4 140 Greenland Sea 253.5 253.9 253.3 252.7 254.2 253.0 252.3 252.0 251.9 253.5 250.4 246.7 248.7 248.7 247.3 246.8 244.1 244.0 241.7 240.4 241.0 240.8 241.3 242.9 242.9 243.5 249.0 251.1 250.8 252.9 250.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.4 278.0 277.6 275.6 274.6 275.5 277.5 278.2 278.9 278.1 276.0 275.3 275.8 276.0 275.0 274.7 273.3 272.8 270.9 271.3 271.4 273.8 277.1 276.2 276.3 277.1 275.9 275.0 273.5 273.5 272.2 144 Barents Sea 273.4 272.9 274.2 274.4 272.9 272.2 272.0 275.2 274.8 274.1 273.2 270.3 270.4 273.9 275.0 275.3 274.4 272.7 271.0 268.8 269.5 270.0 270.6 275.2 276.2 274.3 271.6 272.5 272.4 271.6 270.4 146 Kara Sea 273.3 273.9 272.7 271.4 271.9 272.7 272.5 272.2 272.4 271.1 270.4 271.0 270.7 268.5 267.8 269.2 271.3 272.3 272.5 272.8 271.6 270.4 270.7 269.1 268.9 270.1 267.8 264.5 262.9 263.3 264.2 148 Laptev Sea 267.4 265.9 265.8 265.0 263.0 263.1 264.5 264.5 264.3 265.5 266.2 265.6 263.9 263.8 263.0 260.9 260.1 260.6 261.1 261.8 264.5 266.9 265.5 264.3 263.3 259.5 258.4 257.3 254.9 252.3 250.4 150 East Siberian Sea 268.7 265.3 267.2 271.1 269.6 268.3 265.6 260.9 261.4 262.2 260.8 261.0 261.6 260.8 261.4 262.8 263.3 262.2 259.4 256.3 253.8 253.1 254.0 255.0 253.6 251.5 252.0 253.1 254.8 253.1 250.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 275.0 272.5 272.2 273.4 274.3 274.3 272.5 271.7 271.2 270.4 271.5 272.0 270.8 271.5 272.4 273.2 272.4 272.7 276.1 275.0 273.5 272.3 273.7 275.9 274.9 271.0 269.6 267.3 267.1 268.5 269.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.4 273.9 273.6 274.6 275.5 274.4 272.5 271.5 271.5 273.7 277.3 276.6 274.2 273.8 274.7 273.3 271.2 272.3 274.7 273.5 272.2 273.1 272.4 271.8 271.6 271.7 273.1 271.9 273.0 271.9 271.3