1999 03 - 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 253.0 252.3 251.5 250.7 250.3 250.4 251.2 251.7 252.4 253.5 254.4 254.7 254.0 254.1 254.3 254.2 254.0 254.5 255.5 256.3 257.0 257.7 258.0 258.0 258.8 259.3 259.4 259.4 259.4 259.6 260.5 34 Hudson Bay 264.2 259.9 256.7 254.5 252.7 253.1 255.8 259.0 261.7 263.1 264.1 264.1 264.2 265.9 267.6 267.7 267.2 266.3 267.2 268.0 267.8 268.3 267.6 267.5 270.9 274.4 276.0 274.3 271.1 267.8 264.9 36 Hudson Strait 259.6 258.2 263.0 257.1 257.9 250.3 246.9 248.9 250.1 253.7 261.8 265.2 263.9 262.4 261.1 261.9 264.6 262.3 259.4 259.4 258.3 259.6 265.4 265.9 264.2 265.5 269.7 273.8 274.6 272.7 262.3 98 Bering Strait 254.1 256.4 256.3 255.0 253.8 253.3 253.2 253.0 251.4 252.0 255.0 257.7 257.1 258.1 257.9 256.9 255.4 254.8 257.7 260.9 262.4 265.4 268.4 267.8 267.5 264.8 261.3 258.8 257.9 258.1 260.2 128 Arctic subocean 237.7 237.2 237.2 235.8 236.4 236.8 238.5 241.6 243.1 242.7 245.1 245.5 243.7 245.0 246.0 248.8 249.5 246.8 245.4 244.1 243.5 242.3 241.6 239.8 237.8 236.9 235.9 237.4 237.5 239.8 245.1 130 Chukchi Sea 245.2 246.7 250.1 252.6 252.9 251.6 252.5 247.8 245.6 244.3 243.2 244.5 243.3 249.4 252.1 252.5 250.5 248.9 250.3 253.2 252.9 257.7 259.5 261.5 260.7 256.7 251.8 249.9 249.4 251.6 252.6 132 Beaufort Sea 257.5 257.3 256.9 255.1 254.2 253.6 252.8 253.5 257.2 259.2 262.9 266.3 266.5 266.6 265.9 264.7 264.0 264.8 265.8 267.0 269.3 271.3 271.4 271.5 272.1 268.4 264.1 260.9 259.1 257.9 258.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.9 239.9 238.8 238.4 240.0 240.1 239.3 239.3 242.4 251.4 254.8 258.5 259.0 257.0 256.3 256.7 255.7 254.2 254.3 255.9 255.9 255.0 258.2 258.4 257.1 257.7 254.4 250.7 246.9 244.4 245.6 136 Foxe Basin 240.7 240.6 241.5 246.1 244.9 246.9 247.6 247.8 243.7 243.4 250.2 252.0 253.7 253.5 252.9 253.3 252.6 252.1 252.0 251.9 254.4 254.5 254.2 255.5 257.6 256.4 260.9 259.1 262.0 258.7 253.1 138 Baffin Bay 241.8 241.2 239.3 239.2 242.9 245.4 251.5 252.4 245.9 241.9 243.7 244.2 244.1 243.1 242.5 244.1 244.2 242.5 242.1 240.5 241.0 241.2 240.3 239.1 238.2 237.5 238.0 238.1 240.7 244.7 251.9 139 South Greenland 249.6 247.7 247.4 252.9 255.5 257.0 260.5 256.6 252.2 250.5 251.5 252.2 250.1 248.2 247.8 246.4 245.6 246.6 249.2 249.3 249.8 250.2 248.7 247.9 249.2 249.6 250.8 249.9 251.8 255.5 260.1 140 Greenland Sea 242.4 241.6 241.9 241.3 240.7 241.8 250.1 251.4 248.9 248.8 249.3 245.9 242.8 239.2 238.2 238.9 238.7 240.5 241.1 240.7 239.3 239.3 239.4 236.7 235.1 233.9 235.8 235.5 236.3 241.3 248.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.1 269.0 265.1 264.9 266.5 268.9 270.9 272.7 270.7 265.5 265.1 266.9 270.1 270.8 271.4 274.0 274.0 273.1 273.1 271.7 269.7 269.0 268.8 270.4 270.8 270.8 272.3 272.3 273.9 276.1 275.9 144 Barents Sea 264.4 263.3 262.7 263.2 262.4 261.5 260.1 260.4 262.9 261.7 259.1 256.9 257.1 259.8 265.1 266.4 268.4 269.0 264.1 255.2 254.4 259.4 265.0 267.7 269.5 270.8 270.1 272.3 273.9 271.4 271.3 146 Kara Sea 256.7 255.4 253.7 251.7 250.2 249.6 249.5 249.8 251.3 253.3 253.4 252.5 251.7 251.4 251.6 251.4 251.4 252.6 255.3 258.1 259.4 259.1 257.0 255.4 256.2 258.0 260.1 262.2 263.7 265.7 266.7 148 Laptev Sea 242.4 243.3 244.7 244.1 244.7 245.4 245.9 246.4 246.3 246.5 246.3 246.5 246.0 245.4 244.6 244.8 245.2 246.5 246.3 246.6 247.3 247.8 249.1 250.0 250.2 250.3 250.0 250.2 250.9 252.0 254.2 150 East Siberian Sea 239.7 242.6 243.0 244.3 246.3 249.3 251.1 250.1 249.8 248.1 245.5 244.0 241.0 239.0 239.3 239.1 238.9 239.4 240.1 240.4 241.0 241.6 244.8 248.0 249.5 250.0 249.4 250.9 251.9 252.2 251.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.1 266.4 264.0 261.6 259.1 257.5 257.2 257.0 258.9 262.1 268.1 269.3 268.1 268.5 268.0 266.1 263.9 262.8 267.4 270.4 271.9 271.6 272.9 272.3 271.9 271.0 271.0 269.4 267.3 266.5 269.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 254.0 253.6 254.5 255.7 258.5 258.8 258.3 258.7 254.2 252.7 256.6 257.3 255.5 265.4 264.2 257.7 254.3 262.1 271.1 272.0 271.4 273.1 271.3 273.8 273.9 272.8 271.4 269.9 264.6 262.3 266.2