1999 12 - 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 254.7 255.8 256.4 256.4 256.4 256.4 255.2 253.8 252.3 252.2 252.4 253.2 253.7 253.6 252.4 252.6 253.2 253.5 254.2 255.1 256.2 257.0 257.8 257.1 256.8 255.2 253.1 251.1 248.8 245.9 244.8 34 Hudson Bay 270.1 268.9 267.1 264.5 264.0 266.8 266.0 264.9 264.0 263.4 265.0 265.3 264.8 263.5 258.0 255.2 255.7 258.0 257.4 253.8 252.7 251.9 256.1 261.2 267.2 260.7 257.2 259.5 257.4 252.8 252.1 36 Hudson Strait 260.2 266.3 269.0 267.1 262.0 255.7 259.3 262.9 263.7 263.7 259.6 261.2 266.5 265.9 265.5 264.6 267.0 259.9 258.0 256.9 262.8 257.6 253.9 255.6 255.1 259.7 257.6 248.0 244.9 241.4 244.1 98 Bering Strait 253.3 254.4 254.1 254.4 254.8 254.3 251.3 249.6 248.5 248.5 249.1 248.1 246.8 246.9 247.2 248.3 245.5 242.4 245.9 253.0 254.1 258.8 260.2 251.8 247.0 254.3 256.9 253.1 246.7 241.3 238.9 128 Arctic subocean 238.8 238.6 238.8 238.6 237.9 239.8 239.2 240.9 240.3 238.8 236.9 236.6 238.2 237.0 236.5 237.6 237.8 239.2 241.3 238.2 238.3 237.4 237.2 236.9 235.4 237.2 240.3 242.4 241.4 241.5 242.1 130 Chukchi Sea 252.9 251.2 249.7 251.8 253.7 252.9 250.4 247.4 245.8 244.2 243.4 242.6 243.7 247.7 247.5 245.5 241.6 239.6 240.0 247.9 244.6 243.6 249.3 245.4 245.7 242.1 242.5 238.8 237.1 236.6 238.0 132 Beaufort Sea 256.4 254.7 256.0 257.0 261.8 259.7 257.2 253.6 252.7 257.3 254.3 252.6 249.7 245.5 244.6 250.8 252.5 249.2 244.7 250.4 257.6 264.6 270.5 270.6 262.6 262.0 265.9 265.7 260.6 253.1 248.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.6 246.4 246.1 245.9 246.9 248.6 247.1 246.2 245.8 245.8 247.4 247.5 247.2 244.6 242.9 241.6 242.4 243.2 242.3 240.0 240.5 243.2 246.6 251.0 248.7 245.4 244.1 242.5 243.4 243.6 242.5 136 Foxe Basin 248.8 250.9 256.9 255.9 249.6 242.6 244.0 247.8 246.7 244.2 247.0 256.7 261.4 257.6 256.0 254.8 255.1 251.8 247.9 246.5 253.0 254.1 249.4 243.2 239.5 239.8 237.2 238.2 248.2 245.2 243.0 138 Baffin Bay 237.1 235.8 235.5 235.8 238.1 239.0 238.2 238.1 236.3 234.9 234.9 235.0 236.5 239.4 239.8 240.2 241.0 249.5 250.5 247.5 247.5 244.1 244.6 242.0 241.2 242.3 242.6 243.9 246.5 247.2 250.3 139 South Greenland 242.3 242.6 243.0 248.6 248.4 248.9 247.1 245.4 243.4 242.2 241.4 243.8 246.9 251.1 250.8 250.0 252.4 256.6 257.6 257.6 257.7 257.3 255.2 252.1 250.5 250.8 249.9 253.5 255.7 253.3 256.3 140 Greenland Sea 235.7 234.3 234.8 234.5 234.5 235.1 236.6 237.0 235.9 233.5 233.4 233.0 233.7 234.7 236.2 238.2 239.5 244.0 248.3 245.2 244.4 242.6 243.9 242.8 243.5 247.6 248.2 247.4 244.4 244.5 245.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.3 270.6 267.0 263.8 267.6 266.0 264.0 261.1 261.5 260.5 261.8 263.0 260.5 261.0 260.8 264.9 265.2 265.8 268.7 268.3 268.2 268.8 271.7 274.3 274.5 274.2 272.1 270.1 265.1 264.0 266.2 144 Barents Sea 268.6 270.4 269.4 267.0 265.3 262.4 262.1 265.8 265.2 262.8 265.2 266.9 267.7 271.8 270.2 267.4 266.1 265.8 266.4 265.3 264.6 261.7 261.8 267.7 269.3 265.8 262.0 259.1 259.8 259.6 257.9 146 Kara Sea 260.3 263.5 265.5 266.2 265.6 266.1 265.3 262.5 260.3 260.8 261.3 262.6 262.7 261.5 260.4 260.2 259.5 259.5 260.5 261.4 264.0 265.7 265.5 262.6 260.3 258.0 254.4 250.2 246.6 243.2 240.8 148 Laptev Sea 241.8 245.8 247.0 246.5 245.9 245.3 243.9 241.7 239.0 237.3 237.7 239.6 241.5 241.7 242.1 244.4 248.3 249.2 251.4 254.1 252.9 252.9 251.8 251.2 254.6 250.4 245.5 241.3 240.0 238.3 238.1 150 East Siberian Sea 241.7 238.6 236.7 235.5 236.3 236.4 235.5 235.3 235.5 234.8 234.3 235.6 241.1 245.4 246.2 245.6 245.6 244.0 243.7 246.1 245.3 242.3 240.8 239.9 240.4 241.9 240.1 237.7 236.0 236.0 238.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.2 266.4 268.6 269.4 268.6 265.5 262.8 264.0 261.7 263.1 264.7 262.9 259.9 259.7 260.1 258.0 258.0 258.0 265.8 270.5 272.4 275.1 271.4 264.3 264.9 272.9 273.9 271.2 262.7 257.9 256.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 258.9 254.1 255.9 260.1 260.4 259.5 254.2 253.8 255.2 259.1 259.0 250.5 246.4 249.2 250.4 248.3 245.6 245.0 261.2 261.4 259.1 265.6 257.7 250.3 253.3 257.2 263.1 256.1 247.3 246.9 244.7