2001 10 - 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 273.7 273.1 272.4 271.8 271.5 271.4 271.2 271.4 271.5 271.3 270.8 270.1 269.3 268.7 268.0 267.6 267.6 267.1 266.4 265.1 264.4 264.3 264.0 263.9 263.7 263.5 263.1 262.8 262.4 262.4 262.5 34 Hudson Bay 282.0 279.6 278.4 276.4 273.8 273.6 275.6 277.8 278.5 278.6 279.4 278.8 278.9 279.0 276.1 273.8 274.5 274.3 275.1 274.0 272.3 270.7 270.7 271.0 271.2 270.6 271.1 272.0 270.0 270.0 272.5 36 Hudson Strait 277.3 274.9 273.4 273.9 273.5 274.2 273.5 271.4 275.3 275.4 275.0 273.5 271.5 277.6 283.6 278.7 275.0 273.7 273.1 274.5 274.9 273.3 272.4 271.5 271.1 270.9 270.5 267.8 269.8 268.0 264.3 98 Bering Strait 272.5 272.4 271.9 274.1 276.4 275.5 271.3 270.0 269.1 269.9 269.5 267.5 265.6 264.8 266.0 266.7 265.8 266.3 265.4 264.1 264.3 264.3 262.4 261.7 260.6 261.6 260.1 259.8 261.9 262.1 258.8 128 Arctic subocean 261.9 261.2 260.1 260.1 258.9 258.8 258.4 257.0 256.4 255.2 253.8 255.0 254.7 253.9 252.9 251.4 251.8 256.4 257.2 253.2 248.5 248.7 248.4 247.5 248.4 248.5 248.3 246.4 246.0 246.0 244.9 130 Chukchi Sea 269.2 269.5 270.7 273.1 274.4 272.5 267.8 265.8 264.2 263.4 263.2 265.3 265.6 263.9 263.3 263.6 263.0 262.9 260.8 261.0 260.9 262.9 260.3 258.1 257.4 257.0 257.4 256.1 255.4 257.9 258.0 132 Beaufort Sea 276.1 276.0 274.6 272.6 274.4 276.4 277.0 274.8 274.1 274.0 274.3 274.1 273.6 271.7 269.8 270.3 269.6 269.2 269.0 267.5 266.4 267.1 266.6 265.8 265.0 264.7 265.4 262.9 264.0 267.4 266.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 269.1 269.0 266.8 265.3 264.4 267.0 268.9 267.4 264.3 264.3 264.6 265.4 264.7 261.7 261.4 262.0 261.1 260.2 259.6 258.6 257.7 256.6 255.6 255.1 255.9 256.1 254.4 253.2 250.9 251.5 252.9 136 Foxe Basin 272.8 271.6 270.3 269.2 267.7 268.2 267.2 268.5 269.7 266.6 263.0 262.7 265.9 268.2 271.1 272.6 271.9 269.0 265.8 269.0 270.3 271.0 270.2 267.9 265.0 262.4 259.2 258.2 256.6 254.9 255.6 138 Baffin Bay 261.5 260.4 261.1 259.0 257.9 256.9 255.6 255.5 255.1 253.6 250.8 250.1 246.9 247.1 248.7 252.5 260.2 263.7 259.1 254.7 255.4 258.3 256.8 253.7 250.3 246.7 245.0 245.1 243.2 241.6 240.1 139 South Greenland 265.1 263.7 261.7 259.7 258.2 258.4 258.0 262.0 261.9 261.0 258.6 256.6 254.7 254.5 256.2 261.0 264.3 264.2 263.2 263.8 264.8 263.8 263.7 263.5 261.7 258.4 257.1 257.7 254.4 252.0 253.2 140 Greenland Sea 254.8 255.8 254.6 252.9 252.0 249.6 248.2 249.7 251.9 254.4 255.6 255.2 253.3 253.3 251.9 250.5 256.2 259.2 258.1 253.0 251.1 253.7 251.7 249.0 246.4 243.0 240.7 239.8 238.9 238.2 237.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.8 279.2 279.7 278.4 278.1 278.7 280.1 279.6 279.1 279.4 278.6 279.2 279.5 279.5 280.7 281.0 279.2 277.1 275.6 275.3 275.0 272.9 272.6 273.3 276.1 278.8 278.0 275.2 273.5 273.7 272.5 144 Barents Sea 274.3 274.1 275.4 276.5 274.7 273.3 272.1 272.6 274.0 274.5 272.1 271.2 270.7 272.6 274.2 274.5 273.1 269.3 268.7 267.0 265.2 266.1 268.5 267.6 268.3 270.3 272.7 275.0 272.3 272.7 270.4 146 Kara Sea 276.4 276.4 275.6 275.1 275.4 275.4 275.5 275.9 275.8 274.2 273.4 273.4 272.5 271.2 270.7 270.6 270.3 269.5 268.8 266.9 265.5 265.7 267.0 267.6 267.2 267.9 268.3 268.2 268.5 267.8 268.4 148 Laptev Sea 271.2 270.4 271.3 271.0 270.2 269.6 269.4 269.6 270.5 271.2 271.0 269.1 268.9 268.3 266.0 263.2 261.4 259.8 259.0 260.1 261.4 260.3 258.1 258.8 260.5 258.9 256.3 256.1 257.3 258.8 259.1 150 East Siberian Sea 269.4 267.9 266.6 265.7 266.9 267.9 264.9 264.1 262.3 265.8 266.3 264.8 263.5 261.5 261.1 261.6 261.7 262.8 261.7 257.7 255.6 256.2 256.2 255.8 254.4 256.9 258.2 255.4 252.8 250.1 250.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.7 276.5 275.5 279.0 280.2 277.9 275.2 274.5 275.9 275.9 273.2 271.1 268.3 270.5 271.2 269.7 269.6 271.6 270.2 268.2 270.1 269.8 267.4 267.2 267.0 265.3 263.0 264.4 266.3 266.5 263.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.9 278.1 279.5 283.4 281.5 278.0 275.9 275.7 276.8 273.2 269.1 268.6 271.2 273.6 271.5 268.4 271.2 271.3 267.0 264.9 264.7 264.3 264.5 265.5 265.4 263.9 260.5 259.3 258.1 259.1 263.9