1999 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 271.2 272.4 273.2 273.7 274.1 274.2 274.3 273.7 273.2 272.8 273.2 273.7 274.2 274.9 276.0 276.8 276.4 275.7 276.0 276.5 277.1 277.8 278.2 278.5 279.6 279.5 279.0 278.9 278.5 278.1 278.3 34 Hudson Bay 279.2 283.1 284.2 284.2 284.3 282.8 280.1 276.6 275.1 274.6 275.5 276.9 279.2 281.5 282.5 282.2 280.5 279.1 279.1 279.0 279.5 279.5 280.4 281.6 283.8 285.0 285.0 285.5 283.9 281.0 280.3 36 Hudson Strait 266.5 269.8 275.5 278.1 280.0 279.4 283.1 283.6 281.2 274.8 267.9 268.1 271.9 274.6 276.9 279.9 278.1 274.6 273.5 272.5 272.2 273.5 274.7 275.6 277.8 278.2 276.5 279.8 281.0 278.4 274.3 98 Bering Strait 271.2 270.3 269.7 270.3 270.0 271.2 271.5 271.9 273.1 274.3 275.4 276.3 277.5 277.5 278.3 278.1 277.5 276.5 276.2 277.4 277.7 278.3 278.8 279.3 278.7 277.7 277.4 277.5 277.4 278.5 278.3 128 Arctic subocean 253.8 254.4 255.1 255.6 256.2 257.8 259.2 258.5 258.4 258.4 257.8 257.3 259.6 260.8 262.9 264.7 265.5 264.0 264.3 263.7 263.0 263.5 262.9 263.8 265.0 264.5 264.4 265.0 264.9 264.8 265.5 130 Chukchi Sea 267.9 266.6 266.0 266.3 265.0 265.8 266.4 266.4 267.8 269.8 271.2 272.7 273.5 272.8 273.3 273.6 273.0 275.2 276.1 277.0 277.6 277.3 276.8 275.8 274.8 274.7 275.0 274.6 275.1 276.0 275.6 132 Beaufort Sea 275.9 276.9 274.1 272.9 271.3 272.0 273.9 274.0 275.2 276.6 278.4 278.5 278.1 277.0 276.1 274.8 275.3 275.1 276.1 277.2 278.2 278.8 280.3 283.2 284.9 280.8 279.1 279.3 279.1 281.3 282.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.1 261.3 261.7 261.0 260.5 260.7 261.5 262.5 263.9 263.9 267.8 268.9 268.3 267.6 266.9 266.8 268.3 268.3 268.0 268.3 268.6 267.0 267.8 269.1 270.8 270.4 268.7 267.3 267.3 268.3 271.0 136 Foxe Basin 253.9 257.6 260.5 260.9 261.3 261.1 261.1 260.8 260.1 260.1 260.5 265.8 268.4 267.0 265.0 262.0 262.8 265.9 267.0 267.1 266.4 267.6 267.0 266.0 267.8 268.0 268.9 269.6 272.0 271.8 270.9 138 Baffin Bay 253.6 254.9 255.4 255.4 257.0 258.4 259.6 257.3 254.5 254.0 254.5 252.9 252.6 253.9 257.2 260.2 259.5 258.1 258.2 258.8 258.4 259.2 259.6 261.1 262.1 261.8 262.3 263.8 264.3 265.1 266.9 139 South Greenland 259.2 259.9 261.3 263.6 264.8 266.3 267.3 266.7 267.1 267.6 270.4 268.4 262.9 261.5 262.2 263.5 261.7 259.7 258.7 259.9 260.7 262.0 264.3 265.3 265.6 266.0 266.9 268.0 269.0 268.6 268.6 140 Greenland Sea 251.2 251.6 253.4 254.8 258.1 262.3 265.1 263.6 261.5 258.9 260.7 255.8 252.8 252.8 258.7 260.5 260.4 258.5 258.5 259.3 260.5 262.9 264.4 265.1 265.8 265.7 264.8 265.2 264.7 264.7 265.2 142 Norwegian Sea 272.6 272.8 273.7 275.3 275.8 277.0 276.1 275.3 275.3 275.3 275.3 276.1 276.2 276.9 277.0 276.3 277.2 279.6 280.8 282.9 284.6 282.7 281.3 280.0 279.7 279.7 280.4 280.0 278.9 278.5 279.2 144 Barents Sea 270.7 267.7 266.9 267.6 268.8 269.5 269.0 270.2 270.1 270.3 271.2 271.9 272.8 272.7 271.8 273.1 273.9 273.7 274.8 274.7 275.8 276.4 276.7 277.5 279.8 279.2 279.0 277.3 275.0 275.3 276.7 146 Kara Sea 276.9 279.7 280.6 280.7 280.6 280.4 279.3 277.2 276.9 276.6 276.3 276.9 277.8 279.9 281.7 282.7 281.9 281.6 282.6 283.8 284.5 284.9 285.2 284.6 284.4 284.8 284.3 283.6 283.5 284.2 284.6 148 Laptev Sea 268.9 268.2 270.7 272.4 273.7 273.6 275.5 278.1 276.6 274.9 274.0 274.6 275.2 275.2 276.1 278.2 278.6 277.4 277.6 277.1 277.6 280.6 279.8 278.5 281.3 281.1 280.3 281.0 278.9 275.9 274.4 150 East Siberian Sea 267.1 267.8 270.1 271.3 272.3 273.1 272.5 273.4 272.7 269.6 269.4 270.3 270.8 270.6 273.0 273.8 273.7 273.7 273.3 273.8 273.9 273.7 273.0 273.2 273.8 277.8 277.2 275.3 277.0 277.7 279.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.2 271.4 270.7 272.1 273.0 273.1 274.0 273.4 273.7 275.3 275.8 276.9 277.0 279.3 280.5 280.2 279.1 278.9 277.6 278.2 277.6 277.5 277.5 279.0 277.3 275.9 275.9 276.8 276.5 276.1 277.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.8 270.5 270.1 271.1 272.6 271.1 270.8 271.1 273.8 276.3 277.4 278.3 277.5 280.6 283.2 283.1 282.2 283.6 282.0 282.2 282.6 281.4 280.5 279.9 279.0 277.9 276.1 276.1 278.2 278.2 278.5