2001 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 254.5 254.6 254.4 254.4 254.6 255.3 256.6 257.6 257.2 257.0 257.5 257.9 258.2 258.5 258.2 258.1 257.6 256.5 256.0 255.9 255.4 255.2 255.6 256.4 258.2 259.9 261.4 262.2 262.1 262.1 261.7 34 Hudson Bay 260.9 262.8 262.1 261.7 263.7 265.4 265.9 266.1 265.8 261.1 258.4 260.9 265.1 265.5 262.6 261.9 263.8 266.9 268.7 268.9 267.0 264.0 260.6 258.4 258.7 261.3 264.0 265.8 267.6 269.8 269.5 36 Hudson Strait 259.0 265.9 269.4 266.7 262.8 260.7 258.3 258.5 260.1 261.3 260.2 252.8 254.0 260.2 265.2 269.3 269.1 268.9 267.3 265.8 265.1 267.0 267.3 268.1 268.1 265.1 263.4 261.1 258.8 259.7 260.2 98 Bering Strait 258.9 257.4 257.0 258.1 259.0 260.5 261.8 260.5 262.2 262.0 261.8 261.0 259.4 258.5 259.5 259.3 258.4 255.4 253.4 253.2 254.2 254.3 253.8 255.6 258.9 260.8 261.9 261.2 259.7 260.7 262.2 128 Arctic subocean 240.3 237.9 240.0 239.8 237.2 234.9 234.1 233.7 235.7 235.4 234.7 237.0 242.0 241.2 238.8 239.3 240.2 238.6 237.0 237.6 237.3 235.4 235.5 236.5 237.3 239.8 242.0 241.6 244.0 243.1 243.8 130 Chukchi Sea 252.8 254.1 253.3 254.3 255.4 253.5 252.2 251.9 252.7 251.7 252.2 250.7 250.6 249.1 253.6 253.7 252.0 255.0 256.2 255.0 254.8 255.1 255.4 254.4 251.1 250.9 252.3 252.8 250.8 253.1 254.2 132 Beaufort Sea 266.7 262.5 261.6 262.8 263.5 263.5 264.3 265.3 259.0 256.9 259.3 262.6 261.5 258.8 258.4 259.8 258.9 254.7 253.2 250.0 248.5 248.6 250.0 252.6 257.2 263.0 265.7 266.3 264.3 261.1 263.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.6 246.6 248.6 249.9 251.9 252.7 251.2 250.1 244.0 241.0 240.7 240.8 241.0 240.5 241.5 241.2 241.3 242.1 241.5 243.6 246.6 246.9 244.0 243.0 244.2 246.2 250.9 255.6 256.9 254.8 252.7 136 Foxe Basin 250.0 256.1 260.3 259.6 253.5 254.2 255.8 254.4 255.6 256.4 251.4 245.1 242.2 245.4 254.8 257.5 254.4 252.0 251.5 250.8 251.7 253.1 251.0 250.0 248.3 247.9 248.9 250.9 252.3 255.0 257.5 138 Baffin Bay 247.4 245.8 242.3 245.0 242.5 240.0 238.2 237.4 238.2 239.7 242.7 246.2 248.4 245.9 243.0 248.1 250.1 246.3 243.8 244.1 239.5 236.2 234.8 234.0 235.8 237.2 239.0 239.3 241.9 245.0 245.5 139 South Greenland 260.6 260.5 254.7 251.9 247.8 246.2 247.2 246.8 248.5 254.0 254.5 255.1 254.9 254.8 252.1 252.4 252.9 252.8 253.6 252.1 249.8 248.3 249.0 248.5 248.7 248.4 247.4 247.0 248.5 251.0 250.5 140 Greenland Sea 247.4 244.3 239.3 239.4 237.6 234.8 233.6 233.4 235.1 239.5 241.5 242.4 244.8 245.7 244.3 243.8 246.6 246.8 242.9 242.0 239.1 237.0 236.2 236.0 242.0 240.1 239.2 236.7 236.9 241.9 242.0 142 Norwegian Sea 256.4 257.5 259.8 265.4 268.7 269.5 269.1 269.5 270.6 271.9 272.2 272.4 270.1 268.1 266.4 265.4 263.6 262.8 262.6 265.4 265.4 264.6 265.3 264.8 264.6 264.7 266.3 267.4 269.1 270.4 271.3 144 Barents Sea 255.4 253.2 259.6 265.8 265.3 264.0 261.8 259.5 257.6 260.7 264.7 268.6 268.0 267.0 267.4 264.3 260.4 260.2 260.9 260.7 260.6 262.6 265.0 264.2 263.0 262.2 260.9 261.2 261.4 262.4 265.2 146 Kara Sea 254.6 256.2 255.8 254.4 254.8 257.2 261.7 264.8 264.7 265.0 263.2 261.8 263.1 265.6 266.1 265.3 263.5 260.8 259.6 259.5 259.4 259.3 260.2 262.3 265.1 266.9 267.7 268.3 267.9 268.3 267.5 148 Laptev Sea 244.9 245.2 245.1 244.9 244.9 245.5 246.0 247.9 250.0 250.9 256.0 256.7 253.5 251.8 251.7 251.7 250.2 249.2 249.2 249.5 249.5 250.7 253.2 255.6 256.9 258.8 262.2 264.0 261.8 259.1 258.4 150 East Siberian Sea 244.2 243.3 242.3 241.9 241.5 242.1 244.0 245.8 244.0 243.5 244.5 244.5 244.5 245.0 244.9 245.6 249.6 251.2 250.8 254.6 256.5 257.7 260.3 260.2 260.5 259.8 260.0 259.7 262.6 261.3 254.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.8 266.9 265.6 266.1 268.4 270.6 270.7 270.3 272.4 272.6 272.9 272.8 271.0 270.6 270.9 270.9 269.5 265.8 260.2 258.4 257.5 258.3 257.9 261.6 268.1 271.2 270.5 269.1 268.7 268.7 267.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.6 263.9 265.5 272.2 273.8 273.6 270.4 271.4 273.1 272.4 273.0 271.5 269.0 272.6 272.0 267.4 264.1 262.5 260.3 262.6 261.9 261.7 259.1 261.4 264.3 266.8 268.9 266.2 262.7 260.9 260.7