2000 08 - 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 286.8 286.4 286.4 286.6 286.6 286.3 286.0 285.9 285.6 285.3 285.1 284.7 284.1 283.3 282.6 282.5 282.9 283.4 283.6 283.5 283.1 283.1 283.1 283.0 282.6 281.7 281.2 281.0 280.5 280.1 280.0 34 Hudson Bay 291.4 290.1 289.9 290.4 290.5 289.8 289.0 289.1 289.2 289.7 290.6 290.1 288.6 287.8 287.7 286.6 285.4 285.6 287.0 287.8 287.6 288.0 289.2 290.3 289.5 287.2 286.6 286.3 284.7 282.9 282.2 36 Hudson Strait 290.5 286.9 285.2 284.8 283.9 283.7 285.2 286.6 287.5 288.1 285.9 286.4 288.2 285.3 286.4 288.0 286.2 283.5 282.6 283.4 283.8 285.1 286.5 287.1 286.3 284.5 281.4 281.7 285.7 285.5 281.0 98 Bering Strait 285.1 285.9 286.4 285.7 283.9 283.0 282.8 283.0 283.1 283.2 283.5 282.8 284.1 283.1 280.4 280.9 282.2 282.5 281.2 280.3 280.2 279.6 278.5 278.6 278.7 277.4 278.0 279.1 280.2 280.1 279.2 128 Arctic subocean 273.2 272.7 272.6 274.1 272.8 274.4 274.0 272.7 273.4 273.8 272.8 271.8 270.7 271.4 271.7 271.4 271.4 271.7 272.4 271.7 269.5 269.0 268.3 269.5 269.6 266.9 265.4 265.3 266.1 267.3 266.5 130 Chukchi Sea 282.3 282.8 284.0 281.9 280.5 280.7 281.7 281.4 282.3 283.4 279.4 281.6 281.7 279.6 279.8 283.2 282.7 280.3 279.1 277.9 276.7 276.5 276.3 276.2 276.3 276.7 277.7 278.8 280.8 280.5 279.3 132 Beaufort Sea 290.6 289.2 289.8 290.4 290.6 288.4 285.3 283.7 283.7 284.0 283.5 282.6 281.8 281.3 281.4 281.2 282.7 284.2 284.6 283.5 283.2 283.5 283.6 282.0 281.7 281.5 279.9 278.8 278.2 278.0 279.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 284.9 285.4 283.5 284.2 286.0 285.1 282.8 280.8 278.9 279.9 281.0 281.1 279.8 279.4 279.0 277.9 277.3 277.9 279.3 279.2 278.8 278.0 277.5 277.2 276.0 275.3 274.3 273.8 273.1 273.5 274.0 136 Foxe Basin 281.6 282.1 283.0 283.4 284.2 284.8 285.3 285.9 284.0 281.1 282.8 283.4 284.0 282.4 281.5 280.3 281.6 280.5 280.5 282.7 282.7 282.8 280.6 280.5 281.3 280.7 279.2 276.2 277.3 278.2 276.4 138 Baffin Bay 272.4 271.9 271.3 271.5 271.1 270.5 270.9 270.9 271.4 271.3 270.1 268.1 267.3 268.1 268.9 269.4 271.0 271.9 272.5 272.2 269.4 269.6 270.5 269.2 268.3 266.8 266.1 265.4 264.5 265.2 266.2 139 South Greenland 274.4 274.6 272.6 270.8 270.8 270.7 272.8 272.8 273.1 272.7 271.8 272.2 272.1 272.2 271.3 271.0 272.1 273.7 274.6 275.4 273.7 273.8 272.7 272.1 270.9 269.2 268.2 267.1 266.9 269.3 271.9 140 Greenland Sea 270.5 270.3 269.1 268.6 268.0 266.9 266.7 266.2 267.2 268.1 266.3 265.8 265.1 266.4 265.6 264.4 264.3 267.4 268.6 273.0 270.0 267.2 267.9 267.4 266.0 263.6 262.5 262.4 259.8 260.6 259.8 142 Norwegian Sea 284.0 285.4 286.0 285.3 285.1 284.3 282.7 282.7 282.1 282.6 282.4 283.1 284.6 285.6 285.2 283.8 283.6 283.5 283.0 282.5 282.6 281.7 281.1 281.9 282.5 285.2 286.9 286.3 284.5 282.8 282.1 144 Barents Sea 286.9 284.5 283.9 283.9 284.0 284.6 285.9 287.5 287.3 286.7 286.0 285.5 285.3 284.7 283.5 283.5 283.7 283.3 283.3 283.5 283.2 283.2 283.2 283.4 283.3 283.5 284.7 285.7 285.5 285.6 285.2 146 Kara Sea 290.3 290.6 290.9 291.4 291.5 291.4 291.3 290.7 290.4 290.2 290.2 290.1 289.3 288.3 287.5 287.9 288.2 288.9 289.0 288.4 288.0 287.8 287.4 286.5 286.1 285.5 285.2 284.3 283.4 282.6 282.3 148 Laptev Sea 287.1 287.5 288.5 288.8 288.7 288.9 289.1 289.2 287.7 286.4 286.5 286.3 285.5 283.9 282.2 281.1 282.3 282.9 283.2 283.0 283.4 284.1 284.4 285.1 285.2 284.4 283.4 284.8 284.9 283.9 283.0 150 East Siberian Sea 283.4 281.6 281.8 282.5 282.8 282.9 283.2 286.1 287.5 283.1 279.9 277.6 277.7 278.1 278.7 280.3 281.2 281.0 279.4 278.5 278.6 278.5 278.7 278.9 278.7 279.3 280.3 280.0 278.7 280.1 281.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.0 283.7 284.0 284.7 284.1 283.1 282.5 282.7 282.5 282.5 283.2 284.2 285.0 283.7 280.9 280.9 282.0 282.9 281.4 280.8 280.9 280.7 279.4 280.0 279.9 278.9 279.6 280.1 281.3 280.6 280.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.1 286.7 286.0 284.0 282.9 283.4 284.3 283.6 283.7 283.6 285.3 288.0 288.1 285.3 285.0 284.3 285.5 284.3 283.4 283.8 283.2 281.3 280.2 280.7 280.1 281.1 282.8 282.9 285.1 281.9 282.0