2000 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 250.4 250.4 250.3 248.9 248.2 248.7 248.8 249.3 250.2 251.0 251.1 250.7 249.8 249.2 248.9 249.3 249.2 249.5 250.2 249.8 249.3 249.3 248.9 248.8 249.2 249.5 249.9 249.2 248.1 247.4 246.9 34 Hudson Bay 259.4 262.4 266.2 260.9 253.5 252.2 250.7 248.8 248.7 248.8 249.0 248.0 248.5 247.6 247.6 249.1 250.8 251.2 250.6 250.1 248.6 249.0 247.0 247.2 251.2 251.4 252.8 255.4 256.1 254.8 254.5 36 Hudson Strait 260.6 256.3 254.3 257.5 265.5 260.8 258.9 260.6 256.5 254.7 254.1 248.8 247.1 251.5 250.6 251.3 251.0 260.5 261.9 257.9 257.3 256.3 257.4 257.7 255.8 261.9 267.8 267.4 265.4 262.7 259.3 98 Bering Strait 252.2 248.9 248.1 253.5 258.1 261.4 261.5 262.6 264.1 260.4 259.8 261.7 262.6 260.2 256.7 256.2 253.8 257.2 259.9 261.2 261.7 261.1 259.5 257.9 257.8 259.0 258.7 258.4 259.3 261.5 261.2 128 Arctic subocean 240.9 241.1 241.7 241.5 239.3 237.2 237.2 239.7 242.5 241.3 241.8 243.7 244.9 246.0 246.7 245.5 245.8 247.7 242.4 240.3 239.8 241.0 241.5 242.9 244.3 247.7 243.7 241.1 241.3 240.6 239.2 130 Chukchi Sea 243.1 243.0 247.1 254.1 257.6 257.4 258.8 262.0 262.6 257.2 260.3 267.8 269.7 265.8 261.4 261.4 259.7 259.0 258.4 263.5 264.5 263.5 261.1 259.7 258.2 255.4 254.7 254.7 253.9 255.1 256.6 132 Beaufort Sea 258.6 260.0 254.3 249.0 251.7 259.8 256.7 251.2 245.9 244.3 244.0 245.5 245.8 244.9 241.6 241.6 245.4 246.9 251.7 250.2 251.4 250.8 250.1 250.7 249.6 253.7 256.8 255.0 253.7 255.5 257.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.9 243.0 241.9 238.8 237.6 238.2 240.5 241.2 245.0 246.0 244.9 245.3 246.7 244.3 244.3 244.9 242.1 241.5 242.5 243.3 240.0 238.2 241.2 243.3 245.4 242.1 241.2 244.1 244.9 242.9 242.8 136 Foxe Basin 250.1 244.8 242.0 247.5 254.1 256.9 253.6 258.8 259.3 257.5 256.9 256.4 254.7 255.1 252.6 247.9 244.6 242.5 240.5 243.1 248.2 252.2 258.0 262.4 268.6 264.7 258.0 254.0 256.2 252.0 247.2 138 Baffin Bay 246.7 247.2 245.2 242.6 240.9 241.8 241.6 241.9 243.2 242.2 240.9 239.7 241.3 245.0 246.9 248.1 246.0 244.7 242.2 240.7 242.2 245.6 248.3 249.5 253.7 256.8 249.7 243.3 243.1 243.3 242.5 139 South Greenland 252.2 253.2 254.0 254.2 255.1 253.8 251.4 252.8 251.9 251.8 248.6 247.6 249.7 253.8 253.4 251.1 247.3 249.7 254.7 252.7 252.9 256.0 257.0 255.1 255.1 253.1 253.2 251.9 247.5 246.1 245.7 140 Greenland Sea 241.1 240.9 243.1 244.1 242.6 239.6 238.0 236.6 238.1 237.8 235.5 234.8 234.6 237.6 239.0 240.2 242.4 243.1 241.9 241.1 241.1 246.4 247.6 247.4 248.6 253.1 253.0 243.4 240.7 241.1 238.6 142 Norwegian Sea 273.9 274.8 275.3 273.9 275.8 278.0 275.8 272.6 271.2 269.8 269.8 270.9 272.1 272.0 273.0 272.6 269.8 266.5 266.3 265.0 267.2 272.1 270.3 268.6 266.1 262.9 261.4 260.3 258.3 258.0 261.6 144 Barents Sea 266.2 260.4 256.8 254.7 253.0 259.0 269.5 269.7 267.9 264.4 265.5 270.6 270.7 269.6 268.8 267.2 265.0 261.5 261.2 262.5 260.2 256.7 253.8 251.8 250.1 249.5 248.5 248.8 250.3 254.3 257.8 146 Kara Sea 248.2 250.0 251.0 249.0 247.6 246.1 246.6 249.7 252.5 255.5 256.9 255.2 252.9 251.9 252.8 253.2 252.7 252.8 253.3 252.3 250.6 249.3 248.8 249.3 249.8 250.0 251.3 250.1 247.6 245.1 243.4 148 Laptev Sea 239.1 236.6 234.9 235.2 236.4 236.6 236.8 237.6 237.8 240.1 240.4 240.8 238.6 235.6 234.5 235.3 236.5 235.9 236.3 236.0 237.8 239.0 239.2 238.4 235.8 234.4 233.9 233.5 232.5 231.7 231.7 150 East Siberian Sea 243.2 242.1 241.2 240.6 239.5 240.4 238.4 240.2 250.7 256.1 252.5 245.2 241.2 245.0 248.5 251.8 250.5 248.4 246.9 246.9 247.6 249.3 248.5 246.2 245.7 247.7 247.4 244.2 242.1 241.1 238.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.2 260.3 264.0 269.3 272.2 272.2 270.5 269.2 264.5 264.0 269.0 268.6 264.9 261.3 259.0 260.6 260.9 269.4 270.2 269.2 267.4 263.2 262.1 266.8 268.4 270.4 271.1 270.3 271.2 273.0 272.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 252.8 252.1 265.5 271.7 270.9 270.0 272.5 272.5 271.7 271.3 273.4 275.8 274.7 273.7 271.9 269.8 267.3 270.4 275.5 276.1 273.3 269.6 268.4 270.7 271.0 268.3 271.2 273.3 274.0 272.9 270.3